tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post1757099977185566020..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Today the #ConfederateFlag, tomorrow the #RedskinsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-12690669394416728842015-06-24T02:58:48.864-05:002015-06-24T02:58:48.864-05:00The Atlanta Braves' tomahawk chop and their &q...The Atlanta Braves' tomahawk chop and their "indian" war moan (also used by the Florida State Seminoles) were parodied many years ago in a column whose source and author is lost to my memory. It contrasted their actions with the supposition that there might be another Southern team called the Memphis Coons, whose fans, adorned in blackface, would hold legs of fried chicken up in the air while singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".<br /><br />Just as offensive as you are capable of imagining, and indicative of the callousness with which professional and collegiate sports franchises have long disgraced indigenous Americans.<br /><br />Chief Wahoo, indeed.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.com