David Hecker, president of the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan union took time to share his opinions about the Atlanta Braves’ victory in the World Series in the lead item in a Nov. 1 email to union members.
“It has been quite the scene the last few nights at Truist Park, the home of the Atlanta Braves, with 40,000 people doing the ‘tomahawk chop’ to rally their team in the World Series,” Hecker wrote. “Frankly, it is appalling. As is having a tomahawk on their uniforms. And the name of the team itself, which equates Native Americans with Red Sox, White Sox, and assorted animals. As we celebrate the indigenous people of the Americas this month, we all need to think long and hard about how society caricatures Native Americans, be it in major league baseball or at our schools and colleges. And we need to correct what is wrong.”
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