NEWS

Cubs Fans Love Japanese Stereotype Shirts

The Cubs signed their first Japanese player, Kosuke Fukudome last December. And now they have their first souvenir T-shirt based on racist Japanese stereotypes! Unlicensed shirts featuring the Cubs logo with slanted eyes, Harry Caray-glasses, and the words “Horry Kow” on the front and Fukudome’s last name and number on the back popped up at a souvenir stand across from Wrigley. According to a story in the Sun-Times, the shirt is a number one seller.

The same story quoted Fukudome’s comments on the shirt, ”I don’t know what the creator of the shirt meant this to be, but they should make it right. Maybe the creator created it because he thought it was funny, or maybe he made it to condescend the race. I don’t know.” Stay classy Cubs fans!

[Yardbarker]