Are Cleveland Indians Players Are Racist For Voting to Wear The Chief Wahoo Logo?

I had hoped the Cleveland Indians-Chicago Cubs World Series would be a nice respite from the 2016 election and from politics at large.


But who the hell am I kidding? This is 2016. This is the era when all things must be politicized. This is the era of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee to the Star Spangled Banner. This is the era where activists are trying in earnest to stop the Washington Redskins from using their name.


Where the Cleveland Indians are concerned the "do-gooders" object to the team's Chief Wahoo logo. Op-eds in Sports Illustrated, USA Today and The Sacramento Bee among many others demand the Indians excise Chief Wahoo from polite society. An editorial in The L.A. Times demands that fans in Cleveland root against the Indians or be considered racist.


For his part, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred plans to meet with Indians owner Larry Dolan in the off-season to discuss Chief Wahoo. No word if Manfred also plans to bring up the use of the team's name.


Yet what is lost in all of this is that the Indians' players voted to wear the Chief Wahoo logos during the post-season.


Does this make Cleveland Indians' players racist?


Keep in mind that the Indians boast a diverse roster which includes eight Latin American players (Danny Salazar, Michael Martinez, Jose Ramirez and Carlos Santana are from the Dominican Republic, Francisco Lindor and Roberto Perez were born in Puerto Rico, injured pitcher Carlos Carrasco hails from Venezuela and injured catcher Yan Gomes is MLB's only player from Brazil) and two African-American players (outfielders Coco Crisp and Rajai Davis). And for good measure second baseman Jason Kipnis is Jewish.


It would be nice if The Left took a moment to refrain from their self-righteous sanctimony and not casually cast everyone who doesn't share their point of view as racist.


Of course, if the Indians give up Chief Wahoo these "do-gooders" will invariably demand the team change their name. If they do that they will invariably follow suit with the Redskins, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Braves, Edmonton Eskimos, etc.


And what exactly will any of this accomplish? Will it alleviate Native American (or Native Canadian) poverty? All this will do is reinforce The Left's self-righteousness and become even more insufferable demanding that everyone think like they do.


If Rob Manfred tells Larry Dolan to change the team's logo, he should politely tell him to shove it.