Hey Cubs Fans?

It’s not easy to agree with an “Damn Kids get off my lawn” announcer such as Marty Brenneman, but…

Yeah. These winners are still being sold for fans of Racism.

Really. Slanted eyes and switching r’s for l’s? It’s a Carlos Mencia joke in t-shirt form. And of course, it’s a hot sale amongst Cub Nation. Great fans, them.

It’s their way to bring tribute to new aquisition Kosuke Fukudome. And of course he doesn’t like it.

• ”I don’t know what the creator of the shirt meant this to be, but they should make it right,” Fukudome said through his interpreter after being shown one of the shirts Thursday. ”Maybe the creator created it because he thought it was funny, or maybe he made it to condescend the race. I don’t know.”

  Regardless, it’s not funny. The image feeds not only ugly, arrogant and ignorant Japanese stereotypes, but also the stereotype of the obnoxious, profane, drunken, booing, garbage-throwing Cubs fan.”

And the Cubs organization was sensitive to this. They tried to ban the t-shirt. And if you sold official Cub Merchandise, you could not sell this.

HOWEVER!

If you are licensed by the City of Chicago? You can still sell this piece of racist Americana. I’m not trying to be one of the PC police. Heck, Chapelle’s Show is still something I regularly watch. But the fact of the matter?

It coarsens the culture, it does not inspire love from your superstar, and it’s something that embarrasses your average Cub Fan.

HORRY KOW? Save it for the Spurs.