It wasn’t really received all that well. Passan led off by explicitly addressing those with “deeply ingrained” opinions who find the tomahawk chop issue “disingenuous” and to make them understand the “mistreatment of indigenous people in Georgia.”
Passan then delved into the specific origin of the Braves’ nickname. In the early 1830s, the Muscogee (Creek) tribe was removed from land it owned in Georgia by the U.S. government. In 1838, the Cherokee tribe was forced by the government on a 1,200-mile march from Georgia. Thousands of people died. It's called the Trail of Tears with good reason.
Today, there are zero federally recognized tribes in Georgia. Zero. A truly racist American policy eradicated them. Remember, the Braves aren’t called the Braves to honor history. They got that nickname when they were in Boston as an homage to the Tammany Hall political machine.
Passan followed with a tweet claiming that his “history lesson” was not about being “woke.” This is not about being woke. It’s about acknowledging that an atrocity happened here, about owning a dark part of our past, and saying maybe, just maybe, not engaging in something that’s wildly ahistorical because it feels good, and for no other reason, is the right thing to do.
Via: Breitbart
Jeff Passan, merely saying something is not woke does not make it not woke. A fact hammered home by many Twitter users who blasted Passan for being woke. More nonsense from ESPN. It doesn’t sound like the “Chop” is going anywhere anytime soon. The woke now don't believe they're woke, called woke denial. The leftist mental illness thing.
The Chop is not racist, the writer Passan is and he should not be in a position writing about sports at all. “You know what woke means? It means you’re a loser. Everything woke turns to $hit. Okay, it’s true. It’s true. Look at what’s happening!” -- President Donald J. Trump. Woke people, keep making fun of them, their derangement gets more and more apparent.
