Founded in 1900 by Charles Somers as Cleveland Lake Shores, the Cleveland Indians is a professional baseball team which competes in Major League Baseball and is currently owned by Larry Dolan. During a July 2020 survey in the United States, 17 percent of respondents found the team name and imagery very offensive as it is seen to perpetuate negative stereotypes of Native American people.
Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020
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Morning Consult. (July 10, 2020). Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/
Morning Consult. "Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020." Chart. July 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed October 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/
Morning Consult. (2020). Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/
Morning Consult. "Public Opinion on The Offensive Nature of The Cleveland Indians Team Name and Imagery in The United States as of July 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/
Morning Consult, Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/ (last visited October 11, 2024)
Public opinion on the offensive nature of the Cleveland Indians team name and imagery in the United States as of July 2020 [Graph], Morning Consult, July 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134553/cleveland-indians-name-imagery/