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I know I'm in the minority opinion on this, but I think Chief Wahoo looks badass and I view wearing it as a source of pride almost. Growing up I always thought that we had the coolest logo in the league because it actually was a "character" and at the time the Tribe had the only logo in baseball that didn't have a letter, words, or script attached to it on the hats. I liked having that distinction. Ironically we "replaced" it with the blandest logo in the league with that block C.
I never viewed CW as something that was supposed to represent or portray actual Native American people, no more so than Tony the Tiger on a cereal box is meant to portray an actual tiger. It's an imaginary thing. I would hope most people my age feel that way.
Except it's not imaginary, it actually does represent a clearly racist caricature of a Native American.
Nor have the Indians ever been the only team without a letter.