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Unseasoned Twitter Melts Down After the Cleveland Indians Decide to Get Rid of Its Racist-Ass Nickname
Since establishing itself as a major league franchise in 1901, the Cleveland Indians have won a pair of World Series championships, 10 Central Division titles, and six American League pennants. But along the way, the team has infuriated plenty of people with its decision to perpetuate Indigenous stereotypes with its trash-ass logo and team nickname.…
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Racist NFL Franchise Washington Redskins Dead at 87
During an interview with USA Today in 2013, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder was defiant in his refusal to ever change the team’s name—so much so that he even used absolutes. “We’ll never change the name of the team,” Snyder said at the time. “It’s that simple. NEVER—you can use caps.” And for all intents…
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While Blackface Remains a Source of Outrage, Redface Is Still Somehow Permissible
While elected officials such as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and designer brand Gucci drew outrage after attempting to derail Black History Month with a pair of ill-conceived blackface scandals, nobody bats an eye when a sea of Atlanta Braves fans busts out the Tomahawk Chop—their signature celebration that was adopted in 1991 after the team…
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Move Over, Lois Lane! Hit Comic Features Black, Bisexual Tabloid Reporter
First in Series ‘Sold Out on Day One’ Trump Vents With Reporters Before SOTU Smiley Begins Five-City Tour on Harassment New Mexico Keeps Prisoners Past Release Date Other Cities Eye Cleveland Decision on Wahoo Simeon Booker Has Company as Newspaper Pioneer Mogul Says Arise Network Has Beaten Despair Jacquie Jones Dies at 52, Led Black…
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The Man Who ‘Integrated an Industry’*
Those Who Followed Honor Jet’s Simeon Booker Columbia J-School Establishes Civil Rights Center Plain Dealer: Wahoo Should Have Been Long Gone Lemon Asks What Trump Is Trying to Hide Melvin Makes Spicer Watch Embarrassing Moments N.J. Investigation Tallies the Cost of Bad Cops Bystanders Bombard Texas Reporter With ‘N-Word’ A New Approach to Prepare Journalists…
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The Cleveland Indians Are Getting Rid of Racist Logo but Sticking to Racist Name
It is not lost on this writer that the name of the stadium where the Cleveland Indians play is “Progressive.” Why? Because the name of the team that plays there and its mascot are anything but. In fact, the fire-engine-red, big-nosed caricature is … what’s the word that white folks hate again? … oh yeah,…
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LeBron James Wears T-Shirt and Helps a Small Business’s Sales Skyrocket
It was only the biggest game in baseball history; the cursed Chicago Cubs were playing the Cleveland Indians in a World Series Game 7, and LeBron James was making a small clothing company famous. The camera panned to show King James and his wife, Savannah, in the stands, cheering for Cleveland and wearing shirts that…
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The Swing State Strikes Out: Cleveland Loses the World Series and Ohio Politics May Never Be the Same
The Cleveland Indians lost the World Series Wednesday to the Chicago Cubs, blowing a seemingly insurmountable 3-1 series lead. Even if you don’t like baseball, the game was a classic. Game-saving home runs, questionable manager decisions, a “God Hates Cleveland”-inspired, momentum-killing rain delay and extra innings that ran until almost 1 a.m. Of course, there…
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Chicago Cubs Break Curse, Win World Series in Strangest Game 7 Ever
It only took 108 years plus 10 action-packed innings and 4 hours and 45 heart-stopping minutes, which included a rain delay, for the Chicago Cubs to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, breaking the longest professional-sports curse. According to ESPN, it was the first World Series game to feature a rain delay. It…