Bomani Jones “Caucasians” T-Shirt Sparks Controversy At ESPN

This morning we woke up to a glorious sight. ESPN’s Bomani Jones went on live television wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with “Caucasians” in the theme of the Cleveland Indians.

For years now Jones has been on TV and radio advocating for the elimination of of racially insensitive team names in sports. The Washington Redskins, The Cleveland Indians, The Chicago Blackhawks and several other franchises still use the likeness of Native Americans to promote their business, and vigorously.

Today, on Mike & Mike, Bo donned this t-shirt.

According to TMZ, the higher-ups at asked him to tone it down…

A cover-up at ESPN … well, more a like a partial cover-up … when Bomani Jones was asked to cover up his t-shirt that had the word, “Caucasians” printed across the chest. The shirt is mocking the Cleveland Indians logo — which many people find offensive. The shirt also flips the script by replacing the image of Chief Wahoo with a blonde white guy with the dollar symbol poking out from the back of his head. Sources tell us, “ESPN freaked out” and asked Jones to cover up his shirt. We’re told midway through the show, BJ slightly compromised and partially zipped up the front of his hoodie … hiding part of the image.

As you might imagine, white people are on FIRE! Of course there are a lot of people who are supportive, but man are those white folks angry.

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