Now don't get me wrong, I think Chicago's a great city, but enough is enough. I'm sick and tired of sports teams using logo's that are offensive to native americans. Now obviously there are several cities using sports teams with logo's and names depicting native americans, you have the Indians (Cleveland) and the Redskins (Washington). But none of these cities come even close to Chicago.
Let's start with the hockey team, the BlackHawks...
Now let's move onto baseball and more specifically the Chicago White Sox...let's take a look at their logo shall we?
hmm...nothing wrong there right? Just the word SOX written diagonally. Look a bit closer...Do you see it?... Disgusting isn't it? For those of you who haven't noticed let me add a few things so you can see it a bit more clearly.
Do you see it now??? That's right! A one armed skunk wearing a sideways hat setting fire to a tepee! A graphic and chilling reminder that anti-native american sentiments remain strong to this day. Did you know that the number of skunk related tepee fires have stayed the same since this logo came into use? This despite the number of tepee fires decreasing by almost 48% over the same time period. How many tepees must go down in flames before White Sox management smartens up and changes their logo to something more appropriate?
Finally we have the Chicago Bulls of the NBA, one of the most storied franchises in all of basketball, and unfortunately one of the most racist as well. Once again let's take a look at their logo...
"But Ryan, this is just a logo of an angry looking bull, surely there's nothing wrong with it" Oh yeah? Try looking at it from a different angle...specifically upside down!
A Robot on an oddly shaped park bench burning a copy of the Indian Appropriation Act of 1871 with its laser vision!!!!racism towards native americans, when's it gonna stop Chicago???
6 comments:
I have nothing to add...this is by far the best and also the most educational post we have ever done.
Sorry Pokemon Hamlet.
Since I have nothing to add to perfection, how about Derek Holland's debut tonight? He looked sick for those equally racist Texas Rangers.
WHAT IS GOING ON!!!
I should've watched the full game before complementing the stupid Rangers. Do you see what happens when I'm not there to remind BJ Ryan to throw strikes!!!
where on God's green earth did you get those images? is someone giving me a run for my money?!
Thank god for Kevin Millar, and whoever that was wearing Gabbard's jersey...
I have far too much time on my hands to play around with microsoft paint.
since when do we get junkmail on our blog?
They're called Native Americans Anonymous Reader!! I will not stand for this! Comment Deleted
Also why would a robot ever burn a copy of the bible? that's just ridiculous
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