CHICAGO — Some of my favorite childhood memories took place at Turner Field.
From 6 years old until I was 17, I took an annual summer trip to Georgia. My dad originally is from Augusta, where my grandmother still lives. My aunt and uncle have lived in the Atlanta area for years.
And inevitably, those trips meant seeing my favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, play. I loved the atmosphere and participated in many of the traditions — the seventh-inning stretch, the food at the ballpark and the wave.
Something I also joined in on was the tomahawk chop, a tradition Braves fans adopted in 1991 in which spectators — either holding foam tomahawks or using their hands — move their hands back and forth while yelling an exaggerated chant that mocks and stereotypes Native American and Indigenous people.