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Cleveland’s Major League Baseball Team Drops Racist Name After 105 Years

HeadlineDec 14, 2020

In sports news, the Cleveland Indians baseball team will change their name after years of protests from Native American advocates and fans. Tara Houska, Indigenous Ojibwe activist and co-founder of the organization Not Your Mascots, responded to the news by tweeting, “Finally. Literal generations of Native advocates rejoice! Dehumanization of our people at the national sports level takes another hit.”

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