This time, he came to apologize.
He expressed remorse to the group for his cultural appropriation, and apologized directly to Robert Roche, (pictured above), the local leader of the American Indian Education Center and Rodriguez’s sparring partner back in 2014.
“He still likes the name,” said Chrissy Stonebraker-Martinez. She’s from the InterReligious Task Force on Central America and attended Monday’s protest in solidarity. “But he says he will never dress that way again. It was really moving and beautiful.”
The protesters applauded Mr. Rodriguez and recognized his courage and grace.
This article appears in Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2016.
Washington NFL team owner Dan Snyder is the trip-wire for the remaining logos and nicknames in pro sports; if the Sunday sports religion has an epiphany, then other leagues will quickly follow.
He won’t dress that way again?
He’s wearing the Wahoo, for cripes sake.
Still pretty serious progress, Robert. Especially seeking out reconciliation.
Cultural appropriation? What a stupid bull#%&t term. I’m so sick of this every opening day.
Andrew, why is it so offensive to you that Native people are simply asking for respect?
Robert Brisn Collins
My thoughts exactly. He still,likes the name and is wearing that ugly mascot on the same shirt.
The Tribe (oops) might send The Chief away, but the Cleveland AL baseball franchise will not change their name until some other entity does it first…probably the Skins. And it will not happen for a long time.
Meanwhile, if you think all the merch owned by fans young and old will suddenly evaporate off their heads and backs when the city bans the banners from downtown or the block C takes over…dream on. If you seriously believe that, I have a bridge for sale with your name on it.
Chief Wahoo will not become history until long after some of us are dead. It will be worn as long as the name remains…maybe even afterward. Years afterward. Some folks just don’t like adapting to the winds of change…others simply don’t like being told what to do and how to behave.
The harder that P.C. north wind blows, the tighter they will wrap that merch around themselves…and will the city try to ban it from the streets and will the organization need to do the same at the ballpark?
In some cases, you will have to pry it off their cold, dead corpses. You might have to wait until all the die-hard, old-school, geezer fans are dead before Wahoo is gone entirely. Gonna be a long wait, folks!
Chuckles the Clown
Chief Wahoo will not go completely away until all the die-hards are dead and gone. Maybe not even if the name is changed. So the city is taking control of ALL banners in order to BAN Wahoo? What is next…making it a felony to wear it in the city limits? Outlawing it at the ballpark itself? Where and when does this crap end?
Chuckles the Clown
Good for him. Now maybe Robert Roche will give back some of the hundreds of thousands of dollars he paid himself in the past several years. How’s the federal investigation going robert.
First they protest that using the name Indians is offensive and now it’s in their organizations name. Is it only offensive when you can profit from it?
Good for him. Now maybe Robert Roche will give back some of the hundreds of thousands of dollars he paid himself in the past several years. How’s the federal investigation going robert.
First they protest that using the name Indians is offensive and now it’s in their organizations name. Is it only offensive when you can profit from it?
It’s long past time to retire Chief Wahoo. If the image is offensive to Native Americans, it offensive. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it. You white people need to figure that out. I’m white and I figured that out years ago.