Cleveland’s baseball team intends to remove the word “Indians” from its name, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing three people familiar with the decision.
The expected change comes after fans and Native American groups have protested the name of the team and general use of Indigenous names and mascots for decades. It also follows the Washington Football Team’s decision to drop its name this year that is considered a racial slur.
The three people familiar with the decision told the Times that Cleveland could announce its plans to adjust its name that it’s had since 1915 as soon as this week. The Times noted it’s unclear what the team’s plans are beyond removing “Indians” from its name.
One of the sources said the team plans to keep the name and uniforms for the upcoming 2021 season and then make adjustments for the 2022 season.
Read more at The Hill.
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The Cleveland BLM’s would work.
Dog tight war.
My red face is cooked.
Dumber than dumb!
Stupider than stupid!
Should we also think of changing names of children named Aryeh, Leibi, Dovi, Beri and Zevy or Volvi? How about Devorah and Tziporah to go along! This world has gone Nuts!
How about people named Roth? And while we’re at it. If your name is Scwartz you’re a racist and if it’s Weiss you’re a neo-nazi.
Why do you find it stupid? The current name is disliked by some potential paying customers. Makes sense to change the name. If anything, the nonsense is that WE should care, at least those of us who don’t own a share in this team.
it’s pretty telling that you’re comparing names based on animals to a name based on a group of people.
It’s ironic in that the name “Indians” was actually chosen to honor Louis Sockalexis, a Native American baseball player. But, if American Indians find that name insulting nowadays, it seems only decent for the team’s owners to change it.
next is the NY and SF Giants. its insensitive to shorter people.
Thank you President Harris.