The American Major League Baseball Indians have announced that they will change the name of the team, which was pointed out to be discriminatory against indigenous peoples, to "Guardians" after the end of the season.
Major League Baseball Indians have stopped using logos with indigenous faces as the "Black Lives Matter" movement to eradicate racial discrimination in the United States is on the rise.
He was also considering changing the team name because it was pointed out that it was discriminatory against the indigenous people, but on the 23rd, he announced that he would change it to "Guardians" after the end of this season.
According to the team, the name "Guardians" was named after the statues known as "Traffic Guardians" near the stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, based on the wishes of the fans.
The current team name "Indians" has been used for over 100 years since 1915, but the team says "I want to open up a new era by uniting fans and the city."
In the American sports world, even in the NFL of professional football, "Red Skins", which was criticized for the team name as a discriminatory expression of the skin color of the indigenous people, changed its name to "Washington Football Team" last year. , Similar movements are occurring one after another.