I was thinking, should they change their name to the Spiders? After all, they would have cool black-and-silver uniforms. And they basically won the second game because bugs bothered that one reliever. Give me your suggestions. YANKEE FANS: DO NOT SAY LOSERS.
2007-10-09 13:04:12 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
I mean, you're all gonna say "It's a compliment," but it's really not. Imagine a soccer team in Berlin being named the Jews, and having a really bad drawing of a guy in a Yamika. However you spell that. LOOK AT THE FREAKING LOGO and then tell me it's not racist.
2007-10-10 10:42:21 · update #1
wtf are u talking about??? Indians is not racist???
2007-10-09 13:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by Cavs in '09 ♥ Hurry Back BEN 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they shouldn't change their names. There is no racist intent. While arguably one can claim that the term "redskins" has a disparaging aspect to it how in heck is the name Indians any more 'racist' than, for example, "America's Team". I love when College teams with a name that only marginally relates to Indians or Native Americans make a big show about changing their names so that the liberal activist can pander and make themselves feel important. Like the aforementioned Marquette "Warriors" as if Warriors is specific to only Indians. Anyway I propose that every College team symbolically change their name to something Indian based so that busy body liberal activists on every college campus can have a good Ol' time protesting to get the name changed to something generic. Why should some schools have all of the fun?
2016-05-20 02:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by leandra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, I don't see how that is racist. Why do so many people think using a team name such as Indians, is racist?!? I don't get it!
Edit: As for you saying that the Yankees lost because of the bugs, you (and many others) fail to realize that the bugs equally bothered the Indians, yet they played fine. And if you use the excuse that the Indians are used to the bugs, they aren't. If you were listening to the commentators, they were talking about the bugs that were there (canadian solders) and said they only come around for a day or two every year, and that is around the lake, so the players aren't used to that at ALL! Even if they had experienced them before, they couldn't get used to them unless they had them there all the time. Stop making excuses.
2007-10-09 13:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by St. Louis Cardinals Fan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How exactly is honoring the Cleavland Indians who were the original settlers of Cleveland racist as for the Canadian bugs I'm sure they weren't out to get the Yankees sorry the better team won, overcoming adversity is part of sports maybe if the Yankees learned how to play as a team they would have beaten the Canadian bugs..
2007-10-09 13:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by kaos3500 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the Indians changed their name, so would the Braves, Redskins, Blackhawks, etc. I would say that the Redskins definitely should more than the others because I would find that to be most offensive if I were a Native American. It would be like having a team called the South Central Darkies.
But I have to agree with you, it would be AWESOME to see a team in Cleveland called the Spiders again. Just think of the merchandise you could sell.... Cy Young Jerseys galore.
Go Spiders!!!!!
2007-10-09 14:13:49 · answer #5 · answered by wedge47 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's not racist. The logo could be better but it really isn't that bad either. Their old logs were racist. I'll admit that. However, I am part native American and really don't care that they are the Indians. I take it more as a compliment not an insult.
2007-10-09 13:42:15 · answer #6 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All the teams with "Indian" names (MLB - Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves; NFL- Washington Red Skins; NHL - Chicago Blackhawks; etc) could be seen in the same light. I do not think these names are racist at all. The problem is most people who see these names as offensive do not see that the teams are trying to honor the tradition and heritage of the "indians" as a proud and honorable people.
2007-10-09 13:20:31 · answer #7 · answered by DC 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Shouldnt the Yankees change their name...it can be interpreted as being racist?!?!
Seriously. Doesnt that sound stupid?
The Indians are fine. Not racist at all.
(Wouldnt it be honering the Indians, naming a baseball team after them?)
2007-10-09 14:26:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing racist about it and by the way, they were once known as the Spiders many years ago and were named after an American Indian who by the way liked the idea so it stuck. Some want to be overly culturally sensitive or politically correct which is lunacy.
2007-10-09 13:35:42 · answer #9 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
consider this: Padre is Spanish for father. So are the San Diego Padres being biased against noncatholics? or if it is not meant in a religious sense, then do they think fathers are more important than mothers? why not madres instead of padres? And Giants could be seen as excluding short people or even dwarfs.
2007-10-10 07:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by alomew_rocks 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Indians should change their name - as should the Washington Redskins, KC Chiefs, and Atlanta Braves. Looking into the Indians' past, the names Blues, Naps, and Bronchos are possibilities.
2007-10-09 13:50:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋