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Atlanta Team's Compromise [sic]: 'No Tomahawk Chop When Native American Player Is Pitching'; Cardinals Disapprove, Score Unprecedented 10 Runs In First Inning, Win NLDS

As St. Louis and Atlanta played in the National League Division Series last week, Cardinals rookie pitcher Ryan Helsley talked about his family (his mother is full-blooded Cherokee) and the racist "tomahawk chop" performed by fans at Atlanta's baseball stadium with foam tomahawks that the team hands out before the game.

It's a misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general. Just depicts them in this kind of caveman-type people way who aren't intellectual. They are a lot more than that. It's not me being offended by the whole mascot thing.