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Cleveland Indians baseball team to change name over racist complaints, while Donald Trump blasts ‘cancel culture’ – ABC News
The Major League baseball team for the US city of Cleveland will drop the name “Indians” after Native American groups criticised the moniker as racist.
The Major League baseball team for the US city of Cleveland will drop the name “Indians” after Native American groups criticised the moniker as racist.
Key points:
- Owner Paul Dolan says “it’s time” to change the name, and the club has had months of internal discussions and meetings over it
- The team will still play, and be branded, as the Indians at least through next season
- The name change is the latest by an organisation in the wake of widespread civil rights protests last summer to have prejudicial…
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