Political correctness has reached a point of foolishness in recent years– even in the eyes of some well-known liberals. While I believe it was originally well-intended, it has become so outrageous that it has lost its purpose of teaching Americans to be more sensitive and tolerant to our country’s heritage and diversity.

Such is not is the case with the Cleveland Indians’ logo, Chief Wahoo – the most politically incorrect and offensive logo in sport.

How Major League Baseball and society in general has allowed this offensive, racist, stereotype logo to exist is mind-boggling. Some even think the team name – Indians – is offensive. I’ll leave that fight to the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, since there is current debate about the political correctness of using American Indian, Native American, or the aforementioned Indigenous People of the Americas.

The name Indians was supposedly derived in 1915 to honor an American Indian, Louis Sockalexis, who briefly played for Cleveland when they were known as the Spiders. Their offensive logo, Chief Wahoo, became their trademark mascot in 1947. The cartoon character was re-drawn with the stereotype red face in 1951.

Am I alone among non-American Indians or Native Americans finding this unacceptable and egregious? Where is the outcry from other minority communities? Would we allow a team to use the name of another minority group? Can you image the protests if a team used a black or brown cartoon character face as a logo?

Isn’t it bad enough that American history distorts the life and times of the American Indian? European colonization of the Americas nearly obliterated the population and cultures of Native Americans. Must we continue to be so insensitive?

Thank God the Red Sox won so I don’t have to look at that obnoxious Chief Wahoo logo any longer this year. It’s time MLB steps up and does what’s right.