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Today, Explained

Chief Wahoo Strikes Out

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It’s Opening Day — peanuts, cracker jack, and for some, racism. Sundance, a Native American activist, has been protesting the Cleveland Indians mascot, Chief Wahoo, for years. The team recently announced it would be removing the caricature from its uniforms, but Sundance tells Sean Rameswaram that his fight is long from over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.4

out at g.co-gcppodcast.

0:13.7

I love Chief Wahoo. I don't want him to go away. So I want to support the cause for keeping

0:28.6

the chief. I root for the Indian. All right. The mascot is Chief Wahoo. All right. Whether

0:33.9

you guys like it or not, it's going to stay.

0:37.5

Opening day, we are native people and our allies standing usually under the trees. There's

0:46.1

a statue near us, one of the local pictures. We usually are out there two hours before the

0:54.0

game starts. We have people who come past us with Wahoo on. Save the Chief. Save the

1:02.8

Chief. The new Wahoo, which is the red face Wahoo and the ancient Wahoo, which is even more

1:10.0

offensive if you can believe that. We have people come through with red face on, you know,

1:16.1

feathers in their hair.

1:18.1

We have a face of people. Oh, he does not. Give me a break.

1:22.0

We have stones, drums. They are predominantly white. Who the fuck are you loser? You're a

1:32.0

fucking loser. We've had people spit on us. We've had things thrown at us. We've had people

1:38.6

assaulted. We've had battery during the war.

1:42.3

Saying, you know, go back to your own country. And of course, I always agree with that.

1:49.8

I certainly will go back to my own country. And as soon as, you know, as soon as they give

1:54.4

it back, get a job.

1:56.8

You should be honored. If it were me, I would be honored. Oh, if it wasn't for Cleveland

2:05.7

Indians, you people would be for God.

2:11.2

It's opening day. So grab you some peanuts and cracker jack and then let's figure out

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