The Red Sox may have also touched up the photo to make it look less offensive. That's all I can think of. It does look like a different angle also.

 

I wonder if original is what the company sent them which they approved and then got the second bobblehead and said Oh My?

 

The cartoonish one reminds me of the offensive black lawn jockey.

I'm not sure it was intentional, but it's not a good design and again I will say the RedSox marketing department should have checked the design and painting before thousands of them were made. David does have a space in his front teeth but not like the cartoonish depiction. May want to reconsider using that company for future bobbleheads.

 

Keep in mind that Boston fought against busing much harder than Louisville -- a southern city -- in the 70s. There's probably some cognitive dissonance at play here among certain people within the BoSox org.

Keep in mind that Boston fought against busing much harder than Louisville -- a southern city -- in the 70s. There's probably some cognitive dissonance at play here among certain people within the BoSox org.

 

I don't think any of the above had anything to do with the lousy bobblehead. And why would a company risk accounts with many other MLB teams by doing what you have suggested?

I don't think any of the above had anything to do with the lousy bobblehead. And why would a company risk accounts with many other MLB teams by doing what you have suggested?

 

That's why included the thing about "cognitive dissonance."

That's why included the thing about "cognitive dissonance."

 

It still insinuates contradictory beliefs or attitudes on the company's behalf. I just don't think it is there. Again, just a crappy made bobblehead.

It still insinuates contradictory beliefs or attitudes on the company's behalf. I just don't think it is there. Again, just a crappy made bobblehead.

 

No, cognitive dissonance in this case means the people making the decisions made no effort to look at it from beyond their (white) worldview. That's why dumb stuff like this happens. People are so caught up in their own little worlds that it doesn't occur to them to think about it a different way.

No, cognitive dissonance in this case means the people making the decisions made no effort to look at it from beyond their (white) worldview. That's why dumb stuff like this happens. People are so caught up in their own little worlds that it doesn't occur to them to think about it a different way.

 

Jim, I think you are trying to put a racist angle on this and I just don't think it's there. We'll just disagree here.

Jim, I think you are trying to put a racist angle on this and I just don't think it's there. We'll just disagree here.

 

There's a big difference between active racism and latent racism. You get a whole bunch of well-meaning white folks in a room, sometimes things slip out that end up embarrassing people, and costing lots of money. They didn't mean any harm, necessarily, but they just didn't think it through.

There's a big difference between active racism and latent racism. You get a whole bunch of well-meaning white folks in a room, sometimes things slip out that end up embarrassing people, and costing lots of money. They didn't mean any harm, necessarily, but they just didn't think it through.

 

In this OVERLY PC world, apparently anything can become racist. I can draw a picture with absolutely no malice toward anyone or anything and someone with an agenda will find fault with it.

In this OVERLY PC world, apparently anything can become racist. I can draw a picture with absolutely no malice toward anyone or anything and someone with an agenda will find fault with it.

 

I am terribly un-PC. But I am capable of looking at things from all sides, and accepting that there are things I take for granted that maybe I shouldn't. It's not being PC to consider how other folks might think about something. It's just being courteous.

Keep in mind that Boston fought against busing much harder than Louisville -- a southern city -- in the 70s. There's probably some cognitive dissonance at play here among certain people within the BoSox org.

You assume 1. All the front office people involved are from Boston and 2. They're all white.

You assume 1. All the front office people involved are from Boston and 2. They're all white.

 

Given that front-office diversity is an issue across pro sports, and corporate boardrooms nationwide, I feel pretty good about my odds.

I am terribly un-PC. But I am capable of looking at things from all sides, and accepting that there are things I take for granted that maybe I shouldn't. It's not being PC to consider how other folks might think about something. It's just being courteous.

 

So theoretically, the picture I would draw I would need to sit down and try to come up with all the reasons why some things would be considered racist/not PC? How the heck could I unless it was intended? Folks see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear.

So theoretically, the picture I would draw I would need to sit down and try to come up with all the reasons why some things would be considered racist/not PC? How the heck could I unless it was intended? Folks see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear.

 

I suppose it depends on what the drawing looks like. Sometimes folks with the best of intentions totally blow it.