M.L.B. Commissioner Can’t Hear Native Voices Over Atlanta’s Chop

Asked about the Atlanta team’s longstanding use of a faux war chant, Rob Manfred claimed Native Americans in the area are “wholly supportive” of it. That’s not what our columnist found.

It’s 2021, and we still see fans doing tomahawk chops at sporting events and hear cringe-worthy faux war chants straight out of a spaghetti western.

We still have team names and imagery that mock Native Americans.

We still must confront this spectacle of ignorance on the biggest stages, including this week in the World Series.