The most obnoxious take I've seen on the long overdue demise of Chief Wahoo as the @Indians logo comes from @phillipfmorris of @clevelanddotcom, haughtily denies that outrage over the racist logo was ever a "legitimate civil rights issue." 1/http://www.cleveland.com/morris/index.ssf/2018/01/chief_wahoo_was_never_a_legiti.html …
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@phillipfmorris: "Once we rid ourselves of this noxious caricature, will the anti-Wahoo brigade roll up its sleeves and move on to the punishing life-and-death issues that continue to bedevil the real American Indian, not a midmarket baseball team?" I wrote. 2/1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Or maybe this is worse: "Now, freed from the stresses created by Wahoo, perhaps these determined activists will double-down on their pursuit of essential issues, such as the staggering rates of school dropouts, suicides, and sexual assaults on reservations." 3/
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And: "Now that Wahoo will soon be out of the picture, perhaps these activists will devote their passions to reversing the sad reality that Native Americans have the lowest life expectancy rate among all U.S. ethnic groups." 4/
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And: "He outlived his purpose and became a contrived distraction. But, can his detractors now move on to some heavy lifting? Perhaps, we can find a way to donate Wahoo's legacy to science -- and the study of pointless division." 5/
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Seriously, dude. Could you be more obvious expressing your contempt for Native Americans and their concerns than this? You'd have to work really hard at it. Your critics are right: Protesting Chief Wahoo and working on the problems you list are not mutually exclusive. Idiot. /end
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Wait. Had to add one more: What makes Mr. Morris think that Native American activists are NOT working on the problems on reservations that he listed? Does he speak with them? Did he do any research? Or did he just assume that they all protest Chief Wahoo and do nothing else? /end
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Replying to @gorskon
My feeling is that these excuses tossed out by people like
@phillipfmorris betray their ignorance of the long history of First Nations. Indoctrinating racism into our sports culture is precisely what we want to stop.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
It's also disappointing that a African-American would take such a condescending view of the efforts of another marginalized group to eliminate symbols of racism directed at them.
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Replying to @gorskon @phillipfmorris
That got me scratching my head. Am I missing something?
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Replying to @skepticalraptor @phillipfmorris
I don't know. I haven't lived in Cleveland for over 20 years and am not familiar with this guy.
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