Finally the racist baseball team name and mascot are leaving Cleveland
By Martha Grevatt posted on July 26, 2021
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The big front page news July 24 was the new name of the city’s Major League Baseball team: the Cleveland Guardians. The “Cleveland Indians” and their despicable mascot a racist caricature known as “Chief Wahoo” had finally found their rightful place in the dustbin of history.
Protest outside Cleveland home baseball game, July 24, 2020
For decades Indigenous activists and allies protested outside home games, demanding the team scrap its mascot and change its name. For decades team owners were intransigent, citing “tradition.” In 2018 they announced that the offensive logo would no longer appear on player uniforms but merchandise bearing the image was still sold.
Trump Calls Cleveland Indians Name Change a Disgrace
The former president says he is now a FORMER baseball fan
Aarohi Sheth | July 23, 2021 @ 6:11 PM
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Former President Donald Trump is not happy with the Cleveland Indians name change, as he expressed his disapproval of the situation Friday.
“Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians? Such a disgrace, and I guarantee that the people who are most angry about it are the many Indians of our Country,” he said in a statement.
This reaction came shortly after the Major League Baseball team announced via a video narrated by actor Tom Hanks, that, beginning in 2022, their name all be the Cleveland Guardians.
White House on Cleveland Indians name change: We certainly support their change of name
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration is supportive of the Cleveland Indians’ decision to change the baseball franchise’s name to the Guardians, adding that their view is likely in opposition to that of former President Trump.
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