Today is an exciting day for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. Not only does it mark their first game of the season, it marks the first game of a season predicted to be one that gives the team a shot at World Series. As a Torontonian [and someone who watches a fair amount of Major League Baseball when my granddad has it on after dinner] this should be nothing but good news.
Until I saw a commercial for today’s game.
See, the Blue Jays will be playing the Cleveland Indians. On the right is their team logo.
Now, I have seen and been offended by a lot of racist things, but the fact that Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team chooses to represent themselves with a grinning Native American caricature named, I kid you not, “Chief Wahoo” ranks very high up there. Continue reading
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