Another one bites the dust
It was only a matter of time.
If Okemos High School, where our kids went, felt pressured to abandon its largely innocuous “Chiefs” mascot (when, in fact, Okemos is named after Chippewa Chief Okemos), what chance did the Lansing Sexton “Big Reds” have?
Exactly. None. Indeed, This week Sexton dumped the “Big Reds” logo for a mascot to be named later. And when you look at it from the Native American point of view, it’s hard to say anything but, “Good riddance!”
Originally the “Big Reds” logo featured a Native American in full headdress; it transformed over the years in to a red block “S”.
The rebrand will cost about $250,000, $87,500 of which will come in the form of a Native American Heritage Fund.
Now that the Cleveland “Indians” are now the “Guardians” and the Washington “Redskins” are now the “Commanders”, I’m hoping the Atlanta Braves’ “tomahawk chop,” which is racist and obnoxious, is also doomed.
