Sharp said that in addition to the "tomahawk chop," the term "Braves" in the team's name as well as the tomahawk seen on the team's uniform "depict and caricature not just one tribal community but all Native people, and that is certainly how baseball fans and Native people everywhere interpret them." However, NCAI president Fawn Sharp stated on October 27: "In our discussions with the Atlanta Braves, we have repeatedly and unequivocally made our position clear–Native people are not mascots, and degrading rituals like the 'tomahawk chop' that dehumanize and harm us have no place in American society." Last week, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred claimed the Native American community in the Atlanta region "is wholly supportive of the Braves program, including the chop.
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In a statement last week ahead of the game, the NCAI called on Major League Baseball ( MLB) and the FOX Broadcasting Company to "refrain from showing the 'tomahawk chop' when it is performed during the nationally televised World Series games in Atlanta."
Used, washed up old racist stereotypes are like a beacon to him and his base.- Deondre A. Of course Trump showed up and did the Tomahawk Chop.
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