The main idea or thesis for this artists work is to make people aware of some of the things that can be offensive to people. These different images irriherate different stereotypes that different religions and ethnicities have. The pictures say a thousand words and I think they do a good job of making people aware of how using the name from a certain group of people for a sports team can be offensive.
I will look at two of these images in particular. The first one I looked at was the Spanish. The logo for the Spanish has a sumbraro with a thin poinited mustage and and pointed go-tee. This image portrays how all Spanish must wear sumbraros (which is not true) and also the fact that all spanish people have dirty mustaches(which is not ture. Spanish people or Mexicans are know for being "dirty" and this images rehirerates that stereotype of Mexicans. The second logo which stuck out to me was the German logo. First and foremost the logo looks like the most famous German person, Adolph Hitler. Hitler had a really strong comb over and a small mustach. I just thought it was werid how the logo portrays every person of German backgound must look exactly like Hitler. When in fact most German do not look like Hitler at all. Also you can not miss the Nazi sign below his chin. That rehirterates the steroetype that all Germans are Nazi's, which is not true either.
I am a huge sports fan and love the Indians. Throughout my whole life I never once thought that the Indians logo must be offensive to Indians. The Indians logo has huge eyes, nose, and mouth which is a stereotype of Indians. I really do feel bad for people of Indian decent because they must be extreamly mad about the way the logo portrays their looks. I will never look at the logo the same way ever again.
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