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???
