“Triumph Books recognizes that we live in a country where systemic racism and violence against Black, Indigenous and People of Color has long been the norm.” Among the examples of racist “tragic murders” it cites is the killing of Ahmaud Arbery here in Georgia. “We wholly condemn all forms of racism, prejudice, and injustice,” it reads in part. Triumph Books just happens to have a long and strong “inclusivity statement” that seems to be aimed at such teams. The phrase “Native American” doesn’t appear at all and the Chop only occurs in the name of the ball park’s Chop House restaurant. The story gets a photo, too.īut the Native American controversy - the story that actually directly involves the team, the players and the fans who did the Chop at every home game? Disappeared. The All-Star Game controversy is represented with a lengthy story by AJC political reporters, albeit one that weirdly did not mention the racial implications of the debate - the part that President Biden called “Jim Crow in the 21st century” - until very briefly at the end. The AJC covered both stories extensively.
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Those stories twined together in a quasi-triumphant World Series visit by ex-President Trump, whose humiliating loss of Georgia triggered the voting law changes, and who came to Truist and did the Chop. Truist Park was the eye of the storm in two big-picture, national stories this season: The All-Star Game move in response to Georgia’s Republican-led voting law changes, and the rekindled debate over the name and the Chop in an era when grossly racist sports-team imagery is getting the boot in places like Cleveland and D.C. The AJC logo is on the front and its list of editorial and reporting staff is in the back. While branded as a “special commemorative edition,” the book otherwise has the authoritative air of the newspaper upon which it is based and that holds the sole copyright to its contents. The publishing partner was Triumph Books, a Chicago sports books company that specializes in these “instant” championship souvenirs. It is 128 pages of stories and photos reprinted from the AJC’s coverage of the season and sold for $14.95 as a way to “savor this historic win.” A disclaimer in the book - which I bought in Kindle version - says MLB and the Braves played no role in its publication. “Against All Odds” hit the market the night the Braves won the Series. Media ethics experts say that doesn’t meet basic transparency standards that apply to newspapers, even when selling souvenirs. I say maybe because the AJC did not respond to my questions about this editorial decision. Maybe it’s because the AJC’s book-publishing partner has a strong anti-racism mission statement that includes Indigenous people and has it backing away from teams with racist imagery. The racially loaded war over the Major League Baseball All-Star Game move is in there, even though it didn’t directly involve the players or the Series at all. “Against All Odds” chops out the entire debate - heck, it lacks even a single mention or photo of the fans’ notorious “Tomahawk Chop.” Maybe, you say, the book is just - thank God - avoiding politics in sports? Nope. But you wouldn’t know it from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s quickie book published to capitalize on the champs. NET Framework Version:9 ASP.NET Version.Renewed controversy over the Atlanta Braves’ use of Native American stereotypes was one of the biggest stories surrounding this World Series season. Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +4081 UserControls_CustomAdvancedUserControl.GetSearchFilterForUrlValue(SearchFilterClass MyEntity, String Value, String ChildValue, Boolean GetDatabaseValues) in C:\inetpub\UserControls_CustomAdvancedUserControl.CheckQueryStrings(Boolean GetDatabaseValues) in C:\inetpub\UserControls_CustomAdvancedUserControl.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\inetpub\.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +98 Line 187: M圜hildValue = DAL.ListSubCategories(MyValue.Value, PortalID).FirstOrDefault(c => c.Text.ToLower() = ())?.Value Ĭ_Displa圜lass13_0.b_1(TextAndValue c) in C:\inetpub\(IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate) +182 Line 185: if (MyValue.HasValue & MyEntity.Child != null) Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.Įxception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.