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Multiculturalism and Antiracism in Sports? U.S. Public Opinions about Native American Team Names and Mascots and the Use of Hijabs in Sports

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ID7394792
AuthorsChris Knoester (0000-0003-3177-3527, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Carter Rockhill (0000-0001-8921-7174, Northern State University)
Year2021
Volume7
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23780231211028681
OpenAlexW3186378151
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited54

Sports interactions offer contested cultural terrain where cultural citizenship is continually (re)established. Relatedly, this study uses National Sports and Society Survey data ( n = 3,993) to assess public opinions about the use of Native American team names and mascots and the allowance of Muslim women to wear hijabs in sports. Descriptive results indicate that there is considerable but mixed support for eliminating Native American team names and mascots. There is more uniform agreement for allowing hijabs in sports, although more than 20 percent of U.S. adults disagreed with allowing them. Multiple regression results show that dominant statuses and in-group identities, as well as indicators of traditionalism, are consistently associated with reduced support for the proposed changes in sports that are designed to result in multiculturalism and antiracism. Also, recognition of racial/ethnic discrimination is positively associated with support for eliminating Native American team names and mascots as well as allowing hijabs in sports

Allowance (engineering · Citizenship · Ethnic group · Multiculturalism · Native american · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Anthropology · Engineering · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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