MLB and the Braves need to trash that new batting practice cap now
Inspired by their atrotious new batting practice caps, Ryan Hill has a take
on the Atlanta Braves and their regrettable use of American Indian
iconography and how one reconciles being a Braves fan with the existence of
that garbage.
My short answer is basically the same as his: it’s horrible and I hate it,
but I’m here for the baseball, not to buy in to some cult of fandom which
requires me to approve of these things. Nevertheless, if that bp cap is a
harbinger of things to come and Liberty Media is making a conscious effort to
reemphasize the screaming Indian and other such things, I’m going to have to
question my level support for the team.
Hill’s larger point, which applies to not just the Braves, but the Indians,
Redskins and any other team which chooses to portray Indians as savages and
caricatures, is spot-on:
The more that American Indians and First Nations people are seen as cartoons
and caricatures of the past, the less they are likely to be seen as people
that exist today, who continue to make contributions to human culture, and
who continue to be denied many of the basic rights and respect afforded to
others … There was a time when professional baseball moved ahead of society,
defying Jim Crow and racially integrating the sport. Today, even with all the
formal tributes to its Civil Rights legacy, baseball lags behind by condoning
American Indian mascots.
I’ll acknowledge that getting rid of Chief Wahoo will be hard because it’s
been around for a long time and is still actively being used by the Indians.
There is no excuse for the Braves and the screaming Indian, however. He has
been dead for some time and there is no reason why the Braves and Major
League Baseball can’t put a stop to that new cap before a single one is
sold. It’s the right thing to do and I’d hope they’d know it.


勇士款新帽帽真的太丑太有争议性(歧视 不尊重) 所以要撤销下架囉

如果各位是球迷，买的下手吗........我是买不下去的....

( ￣□￣)/喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~架架

( ￣□￣)/喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~

(ˊ＿>ˋ)/喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~白人

也太像CLE的了......

他的脸不要那么好笑的话我可以XDDDD

便宜的话 我会想买 感觉很幽默

终于。。

很像在嘲讽谁的感觉　戴这帽子会有生命危险= =

一开始看还以为是头被斧头砍下去

XDDDDDDDDDDD

表情不要那么丰富是还可以

http://0rz.tw/CTFM9 Rage comic玩太多?? XDDDDDDDDD

快买进阿 要绝版了

http://0rz.tw/IFTbC 那个脸是复古logo

( ￣□￣)/喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~~喔喔~ 正港战歌

奇怪~为什么以前可以现在不行@@? 争议的点在哪啊??

总不会是单纯因为太丑吧

以前可以现在不行的例子随便想就很多了吧...

为什么不是红字标给你看了吗

本性露出来了

以前黑人与狗不得进入 现在你敢写试试看

哈哈~我懂了 半夜脑子太钝转不过来QQ

"政治不正确"

好奇既然有歧视意涵，为什么还能用到1989年？

因为反歧视跟平权都是很漫长的道路 要改变不是很容易的

陈意涵表示:我被歧视了 (误)

猛然一看 印地安人长得有点像李维拉

看推文就知道台湾不意外 wwww

也难怪一堆人认为台湾现在很平等