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December 14, 2020

Cleveland's Major League Baseball Team Drops Racist Name After 105 Years
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In sports news, the Cleveland Indians baseball team will change their
name after years of protests from Native American advocates and fans.
Tara Houska, Indigenous Ojibwe activist and co-founder of the
organization Not Your Mascots, responded to the news by tweeting,
"Finally. Literal generations of Native advocates rejoice!
Dehumanization of our people at the national sports level takes another
hit."


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