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Cleveland removing Chief Wahoo from uniforms next year
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<blockquote data-quote="bobbob" data-source="post: 1370906" data-attributes="member: 531828"><p>That is really unfortunate. </p><p></p><p>It is one thing to say "I think weighing it on the whole, it is ok" and a completely different thing to say "I don't see any prejudice or discrimination against Indians in the representation of the logo." You have to be willfully ignorant, IMO, to not see anything questionable.</p><p></p><p>First, the over-saturated redness of the face, the large nose, and the eyes are classic methods of dehumanizing a group via caricature by highlighting the differences between them and the majority. This is exactly what Black Sambo did, which is universally accepted as racist. When you do this to an entire group (as opposed to an individual like a political cartoon) you are treating them as "different". That is blatant discrimination.</p><p></p><p>Second, the feather. In the closest native american cultures, that is a war time award for shedding blood in battle. Very similar to a modern day Purple Heart. Do you not think it would be in poor taste for a sports teams to put the Purple Heart on their mascot?</p><p></p><p>Regardless of some native americans being "Ok" with it, many many more are not. You can't just ignore the masses and focus on the voices you want to hear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbob, post: 1370906, member: 531828"] That is really unfortunate. It is one thing to say "I think weighing it on the whole, it is ok" and a completely different thing to say "I don't see any prejudice or discrimination against Indians in the representation of the logo." You have to be willfully ignorant, IMO, to not see anything questionable. First, the over-saturated redness of the face, the large nose, and the eyes are classic methods of dehumanizing a group via caricature by highlighting the differences between them and the majority. This is exactly what Black Sambo did, which is universally accepted as racist. When you do this to an entire group (as opposed to an individual like a political cartoon) you are treating them as "different". That is blatant discrimination. Second, the feather. In the closest native american cultures, that is a war time award for shedding blood in battle. Very similar to a modern day Purple Heart. Do you not think it would be in poor taste for a sports teams to put the Purple Heart on their mascot? Regardless of some native americans being "Ok" with it, many many more are not. You can't just ignore the masses and focus on the voices you want to hear. [/QUOTE]
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