Cleveland Indians fans embrace inner Chief Wahoo mocking Native American protestors
An angry “mob” of Cleveland Indians fans stay “classy,” mocking peaceful Native American protestors.
Chief Wahoo has been a significant staple among fans of the Cleveland Indians fans for years, where on the surface, the logo seems harmless. Beginning in 2019, the racist symbol of the Cleveland Indians will finally be removed from the team’s uniforms, but the organization will continue selling Indians merchandise with the Chief Wahoo logo.
The Cleveland Indians organization even insists (for years) that the Chief Wahoo designation honors the Native American people, and that it’s not offensive. However, the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance beg to differ, who’ve engaged in peaceful protests outside of Jacobs Field ( and now Progressive Field) for 25 years. Now, they beg Cleveland Indians owner Larry Dolan to scrap the Indians designation entirely.
As they have for 25 years, people gathered outside Progressive Field during opening day to protest the team’s name and Chief Wahoo logo, which they say are racist and dishonor the heritage of indigenous people. Led by the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance, demonstrators marched from West 25th Street to the Ontario Avenue side of Progressive Field, where they held signs and chanted at people entering the ballpark. — Via the Indians team website.
A gathering of peaceful, informative citizens didn’t sit well with entitled fans, who engaged the protestors as they walked into the ballpark during in a recent 2018 home game at Progressive Field.
Warning. Offensive language and despicable, racial slurs appear in this video.
What a complete and utter disgrace; not only to the city of Cleveland but the human race in general. I’m at a loss for words with this repulsive, cowardly behavior.
"Chief Wahoo" is a national disgrace.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 8, 2018
Nothing whatsoever against Cleveland or its baseball team, but that logo is unconscionable and indefensible and I can't believe that in 2018 there is *any question* about what should be done with it. It should've been trashed many years ago. https://t.co/SZjEKUufd9
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We need no further proof of why the Chief Wahoo logo needs to be buried, along with blatant racism in our country.
These particular pathetic excuses for humanity and MLB fans are an embodiment of what the Chief Wahoo logo represents. Hatred. Biogritry. A lack of empathy and love.
Beginning in the 1930s, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published stereotypical Native American Indian images — holding a knife and hatchet titled “The Little Indian.” The initial appearance of Chief Wahoo manifested in 1950, when pitcher Allie Reynolds, was coined with such nickname. Reynolds was a member of the New York Yankees at the inception of Chief Wahoo but played for the Cleveland Indians before receiving his “new” name.
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Now, a “harmless” stereotype has transformed into blatant hate and ignorance among a portion of Cleveland Indians faithful. Isn’t it ironic that the very group of Indians fans who claim Chief Wahoo isn’t offensive are among the group of bigots spewing hate? Hypocrites!