Cleveland Indians will remove Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms

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(01-31-2018, 02:04 AM)Benton Wrote: Good, longer overdue.



With the exception the Celtics, those probably aren't the best comparisons as they're drawn to convey toughness, courage. It's a far cry from a caricature with a penis nose.

Yeah, I'm with you on this one.  You can't really toss every mascot with a human into the same pile because most of them aren't drawn as stereotypically as the Indians logo.  The Fighting Irish and Celtics ones I don't see changing because one could argue that they are leprechauns, not human, plus this is a country where we "celebrate" St. Patrick's Day by getting drunk and starting fights.  Our misappropriation of Irish heritage for the sake of commercialism goes well beyond some goofy mascots.

In order to satiate the poor white people crowd, I will say that you don't see the Black Sambo or racist Chinaman characters or accents or jokes anymore, but you still have snooty French and pizza pie it's a me Mario style Italian stereotypes.  But who am I to complain?  I'm Irish and Italian and I went to a Catholic school, played soccer, like the Boston Celtics, I play the mandolin, put anchovies on my pizza, and own more than 1 record by Dion.

What about those Canadian teams that are named after slang for people/Canadians and use non-people logos?  The Nordiques, Canadians, and Cannucks come to mind.  I guess that's because they'd be making fun of their consumer base if their logos were unflattering images.  Side note, if I were Dan Snyder I'd change the name of the Redskins to the Rednecks and order my team to stand for the anthem and just take all that would-be XFL interest right now.