Dec 14, 2020
TO CHANGE CURRENT TEAM NAME
CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Indians today announced our decision to begin the process of changing from our team name “Indians.” Since July, we have conducted an extensive process to learn how our team name affected different constituencies and whether it aligned with our organizational values.
As a result of that process, we have decided to move forward with changing the current team name and determining a new, non-Native American based name for the franchise.
In our statement in June 2020, we acknowledged the importance of taking a leadership role in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across the community and enhancing our support for underserved and under-represented groups. As part of that commitment, we heard from individuals and groups who shared a variety of views and opinions on the issue. We are deeply grateful for the interest and engagement from Native American communities, civic leaders, leading researchers,
Dec 14, 2020
CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Indians today announced our decision to begin the process of changing from our team name “Indians.” Since July, we have conducted an extensive process to learn how our team name affected different constituencies and whether it aligned with our organizational values.
As a result of that process, we have decided to move forward with changing the current team name and determining a new, non-Native American based name for the franchise.
In our statement in June 2020, we acknowledged the importance of taking a leadership role in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across the community and enhancing our support for underserved and under-represented groups. As part of that commitment, we heard from individuals and groups who shared a variety of views and opinions on the issue. We are deeply grateful for the interest and engagement from Native American communities, civic leaders, leading researchers, fans, corporate partners, pla
Here are my thoughts on portions of the statement:
Since July, we have conducted an extensive process to learn how our team name affected different constituencies and whether it aligned with our organizational values.
The purpose of any such review is obvious. The moment it began, the Indians nickname was doomed.
We believe our organization is at its best when we can unify our community and bring people together–and we believe a new name will allow us to do this more fully.
Well, it’s easier than winning a World Series. I know of no evidence that one sports team name unifies a community more than another. I suppose the Cleveland team will soon be known as the Bears, or some other animal; or perhaps the Crimson, or another color. How exactly will such names be unifying?
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