Source: www.dailykos.com --- Monday, January 29, 2018
Given the latest attacks today on democracy from some of the top dogs in our government, you might well have missed a small bit of news coming out of Cleveland. The city’s Baseball team is finally giving up its excremental mascot known as Chief Wahoo. Not until next year. But, still, better late than never. In light of this, for tonight’s Night Owls, I’ve excerpted a diary I wrote on the subject in 2016 when Cleveland earned a berth at the World Series: Thumbs up to Cleveland for going to the World Series, but send that f'n Chief Wahoo to oblivion : [...] For some Americans, however, the fun is going to be at least partly spoiled by the Cleveland team’s stubborn defiance in continuing to display their vile racist logo, a caricature of an American Indian, Little Red Sambo Chief Wahoo. Although Cleveland adopted the name of the team 101 years ago, a cartoonish depiction of an “Indian” mascot with yellow skin emerged more than 80 years ago. This was reengineered in the late ‘40s and soon everybody was calling him Chief Wahoo. In 1951, the caricature was tweaked again, this time with red skin. Since then, it’s been rejiggered only slightly. As usual, those who say there’s nothing wrong with the caricature, from the owner to the fans who show up at the games painted in garish red face and woo-woo-whooping, it’s supposedly all about respect and honor of America’s Native peoples. This would be laughable if it weren’t so moronic. Chief W ...
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