Reply #3: Nothing is worse than the name and logo of the Cleveland baseball team...

[Auggie]

a name and image, you may have noticed, that I go to lengths to avoid using.





Chief Wahoo should go

Posted by David Briggs/Plain Dealer Reporter April 05, 2008 01:00AM

In his historic speech on race, Sen. Barack Obama raised two important
truths: America is stuck in a racial stalemate based on profound
misunderstanding, and we cannot ignore these wounds "if we are to continue
on the path to a more perfect union."

If you don't believe him, consider the case of Chief Wahoo.

Many people see Wahoo as an affectionate symbol of the Cleveland Indians, a
harmless caricature that is threatened only by protesters who represent an
attitude of political correctness run amok.

But to many American Indians, and a large number of their supporters who
see the issue as a matter of moral conscience, the mascot, with its toothy
grin, hooked nose and fire-engine-red complexion, is a demeaning symbol
whose acceptance should be a source of shame in 2008.

"Cleveland is the home of the most offensive racial icon in the country,"
Charlene Teters, an artist and founding board member of the National
Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media, said during a demonstration
outside Progressive Field on Opening Day Monday. "Don't insult my
intelligence telling me this honors me. . . . It is 'Little Red Sambo.'"

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