Cleveland’s Unthinking Racism; New York Time, 10/29/16

David Leonhardt, New York Times; Cleveland’s Unthinking Racism:

"Baseball fans, even outside Cleveland, have been looking at Chief Wahoo for so long that many of us have become inured to the logo. We’re aware that it has become controversial and probably understand that it’s offensive. But then we go back to watching the game.

It is worth pausing to think about what the equivalents might be for other ethnic groups — for minorities less marginalized than Native Americans. They’re horrific. Imagine the Philadelphia Blacks, featuring a logo with exaggerated lips and similar big teeth. Or the San Francisco Chinamen, featuring slanted eyes and a pointy hat (as the National Congress on American Indians suggested). Or the New York Jews, with a short mascot who had a large, crooked nose and wore a yarmulke."