Bomani Jones wearing "Caucasians/Indians" T-shirt on Mike and Mike

[CD Boogie]

Bomani Jones makes statement on Indians logo with 'Caucasians' shirt

I used to like Bomani's writing when he was with Page 2, but he's now just another talking head with a schtick, and his latest stunt is to wear a T-shirt that says "Caucasians" in lieu of Indians as some sort of protest of the Indians' ongoing use of its racist nickname.

If a white sportswriter pulled a similar stunt and replaced Indians with something about black people, the hipster blogs would lose their collective **** and the guy or girl would get fired in record time. Is the Caucasians supposed to refer to the Indians owner, Larry Dolan?

This is race-baiting at its finest. But he's black, so it's cool or something.

 

[Big Circus]

I sent this out to some of my white friends (some of my best friends, actually!) and they all said they were honored.

 

[TyWebb]

I dunno, I kinda like it. Got a chuckle out of me.

 

[JC]

The white man has been held back for too long.

 

[CD Boogie]

I dunno, I kinda like it. Got a chuckle out of me.

Now, if it'd said "Crackers" or "Honkies" I would have laughed, bc those words are just inherently funny to me.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

I find the success of Mike and Mike way more insulting than that shirt.

 

[clintrichardson]

Have to respect that he waited for a relatively slow news day to break this one out. Shrewd.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Bomani Jones makes statement on Indians logo with 'Caucasians' shirt

I used to like Bomani's writing when he was with Page 2, but he's now just another talking head with a schtick, and his latest stunt is to wear a T-shirt that says "Caucasians" in lieu of Indians as some sort of protest of the Indians' ongoing use of its racist nickname.

If a white sportswriter pulled a similar stunt and replaced Indians with something about black people, the hipster blogs would lose their collective **** and the guy or girl would get fired in record time. Is the Caucasians supposed to refer to the Indians owner, Larry Dolan?

This is race-baiting at its finest. But he's black, so it's cool or something.

You're offended by the caricature of a white person, but not the redfaced character of a Native American?

 

[CD Boogie]

You're offended by the caricature of a white person, but not the redfaced character of a Native American?

Pretty sure I wrote, "the Indians' ongoing use of its racist nickname."

Indians and Redskins are totally racist names and should not be used.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Pretty sure I wrote, "the Indians' ongoing use of its racist nickname."

Indians and Redskins are totally racist names and should not be used.

And Chief Wahoo?

 

[CD Boogie]

Yes, keep Chief Wahoo but get rid of the Indians nickname...

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I can't wait until "Diehard Night."

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

I laughed. The dollar on the head was a topper.

When I was in university, a native artist made a team pennant with "Jews" on it. No logo, just the word.

 

[JRoyal]

Yes, keep Chief Wahoo but get rid of the Indians nickname...

So it's OK to use a racist, offensive caricature, as long as you don't use the racist, offensive name?

 

[PCLoadLetter]

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/bomani-jones-makes-statement-indians-085500948.html

If a white sportswriter pulled a similar stunt and replaced Indians with something about black people, the hipster blogs would lose their collective **** and the guy or girl would get fired in record time. Is the Caucasians supposed to refer to the Indians owner, Larry Dolan?

This is race-baiting at its finest. But he's black, so it's cool or something.

You've done a spectacular job of missing the whole point.

 

[CD Boogie]

So it's OK to use a racist, offensive caricature, as long as you don't use the racist, offensive name?

Pretty sure I was being facetious. If ya get rid of the team name, the racist mascot would seemingly go with it.

 

[CD Boogie]

You've done a spectacular job of missing the whole point.

And you've added nothing to this discussion.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Anything to do with Cleveland is offensive.

 

[JRoyal]

Pretty sure I was being facetious. If ya get rid of the team name, the racist mascot would seemingly go with it.

Thought you might have been but wasn't sure. You can never be sure about that kind of thing on this site.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

And you've added nothing to this discussion.

I'll try, but you'll struggle.

Your point is "if someone else wore that with a different racial group, they'd be fired!" Which is a stupid ****ing point, because the shirt is identical to the Indians script and logo and people defend it. You think he'd be fired if he wore an Indians jersey?