The “Cleveland Indians” announced they are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo, which represented the team during the last 70 years.
For the last few years, the Native American organizations see the symbol as offensive and have been called for a change in logo. Thus the MLB commissioner pressed Rob Manfred, head of the Cleveland Indians to remove Chief Wahoo.
Activists also suggested changing name of the team removing the word “Indians”, but so far this initiative has not been supported. The logo will come off the team’s jerseys and stadium starting with the 2019 season. However, the club will still sell merchandise featuring the mascots.
Earlier, the opponents of the “Indians” symbolic filed a lawsuit against the club, finding racist traits in the attributes of the club, but none was successful.
The law also took the side of the baseball club, when activists demanded to ban the nickname “Redskins” for football players from “Washington” team.
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