![]() ![]() CC28 November 24, His name is Isaiah Poor Bear Chandler. I hope you aren’t paying for these guys to talk… Who hires these guys? What a bunch of jokesters. We will continue to learn from this and be better moving forward.”Ĭheck out more reaction to the comments below. We appreciate Isaiah taking the time to educate us on the significance of his name and his heritage. He continued: “We asked for and met with Isaiah this morning to apologize in person and express our deep regret. “Chris and I would like to take this time to publicly apologize to Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler, his family, the Native American community, NABC, the Hall of Fame Classic for our comments and lack of sensitivity surrounding Isaiah’s name during yesterday’s game,” Hernandez said. “Isaiah strongly desires for this unfortunate event to serve as a positive learning opportunity in support of the indigenous community,” the statement read.Īccording to, Hernandez and Walker met with Poor Bear-Chandler to apologize in person on Tuesday morning. The official Wichita State social media pages later issued a statement admonishing the comments while also noting that Walker and Hernandez had made “apologetic efforts.” The hypocrisy when they read from their script about how it’s Native American Heritage Month (with the camera on you) while they mocked your name and congratulated your coach for ALLOWING you to have your name on your jersey. They choose to make fun of a name instead of researching the rich history behind it. Such a disgraceful display What a missed opportunity to enlighten the audience about the Oglala Sioux and name. The hypocrisy when they read from their script about how it’s Native American Heritage Month (with the camera on you) while they mocked your name and congratulated your coach for ALLOWING you to have your name on your jersey,” wrote another. ![]() They choose to make fun of a name instead of researching the rich history behind it.” ![]() “What a missed opportunity to enlighten the audience about the Oglala Sioux and name. “Such a disgraceful display added another fan. Many fans also felt Poor Bear-Chandler was disrespected, with one Twitter user writing, “If you get PAID to call games and say people’s names, maybe research in advance to understand it’s a Native American name.” Just because my people was almost colonized doesn’t mean I don’t know where I come from! #WeAreStillHere #WildOglala #TeachHim So it’s okay to make fun of my last name? Just shows your ability to be serious in a professional setting. Just because my people was almost colonized doesn’t mean I don’t know where I come from!” “Just shows your ability to be serious in a professional setting. “So it’s okay to make fun of my last name?” he tweeted. He took to Twitter after the game to respond to the commentators’ remarks. Poor Bear-Chandler, pictured above in black, was raised on a reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. If you get PAID to call games and say people’s names, maybe research in advance to understand it’s a Native American name. Here’s announcers mocking name on national television. Shoutout to Coach Isaac Brown for allowing it to happen,” Walker replied before continuing to compare the athlete to Winnie the Pooh. Hernandez responded, “Isaiah ‘Pooh Bear’ Chandler is 50% Native American from the Oglala Lakota tribe, so he chose to use ‘Pooh Bear’ on his jersey.” Is it ‘Pooh Bear?’ Come on you got to be kidding me,” Walker said of the Wichita State player. I’ll let you say his name because I want to be sure. “Who got that offensive rebound? I don’t even want to say it. CBS Sports broadcasters Chris Walker and Chick Hernandez have come under fire after making fun of basketball player Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler during Monday’s (November 21) game betw ![]()
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