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Article #696Re: Indians
From: chet
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:00
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Jack Zucker wrote: > > Sadly, I doubt that the Indians will ever change their name or logo. In > several studies conducted by major newspapers the last several years, > Cleveland was ranked the 2nd most segregated city in the country (next > to Detroit). With predjudice at the root, I doubt there will be much > tolerance towards changing the name of their beloved sports team. > > -Jaz Excuse me Mr. self righteous... ahh... go to edgewater during the native American meetings/festival... what is a worse stereotype, a more threatening image? The shaman Indian idea... that every Indian has special powers and is a spiritual healer/serer... This image is portrayed in movies, TV (x-files) etc... this seems to be a much more damaging stereotype, and the origins of the name was a tribute. As for segregation... where do you get your wacky facts from? 2 cities making up the greater Cleveland area are in the top 30 unsegregated neighborhoods to move into in the nation. But oh yeah... I forget our river burns... yeah... that's it...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108bc6,c3391d117c9c74b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid108bc6,public X-Google-Thread: 10ff56,c3391d117c9c74b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ff56,public X-Google-Thread: fd836,c3391d117c9c74b6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd836,public X-Google-Thread: feb0e,c3391d117c9c74b6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfeb0e,public From: chet <murray@gwis.com> Subject: Re: Indians Date: 1997/06/28 Message-ID: <33B4CA6A.4D42@gwis.com> X-Deja-AN: 253276218 References: <33AA8955.564D@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> <33AB29F9.4BB2@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> <33B05E10.29DACA97@worldnet.att.net> <33B0827E.3CD0@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> <33B0F733.4507@gwis.com> Organization: Gateway to Internet Services Reply-To: murray@gwis.com Newsgroups: cle.general,cle.internet,cle.misc,cle.sports