Is This Big Papi Bobblehead Racially Insensitive?

The president of the Red Sox cancelled a Big Papi bobblehead giveaway after seeing the figurines and deeming them racially insensitive. The problem is, Big Papi’s a Dominican dude, he’s not black, so it’s technically not racist. Now, if they put a plantain in his hand in place of a microphone, that would have been bad.

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Red Sox prez Sam Kennedy tells me he thought Ortiz bobblehead came out as "offensive" and "racially insensitive." pic.twitter.com/cXKcoum5iU

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 9, 2016

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