If there are other reasons to have gotten rid of Chief Wahoo, perhaps they did not stack up high enough unless "racist depiction" was added to the list.
I have never thought for a moment that anyone with a big toothy grin was being portrayed in a racist manner. Just ask anyone who has missing teeth, gapped teeth, or misaligned teeth if they do not covet having a real nice smile, with "lots of teeth".
The Cleveland Indians Logo of a smiling Native American was not racist. Subtracting racist from the list of reasons to eliminate the Cleveland Indians logo probably would have meant some type of agreement could have been worked out.
Once again, the nervous nellies who believe all depictions of any minority or ethnicity is racist, wins, and society loses. I'm with Gomer Pyle on this one, "He had a real nice smile, lots of teeth", is not a racist depiction when discussing a human being, or discussing Chief Wahoo. Or, is it only a racist depiction when discussing non white members of society, but not racist when the person is white?
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