In 2018, boxing commentator and co-host of ESPN’s “First Take” Max Kellerman, commenting on the Cleveland Indians getting rid of the “Chief Wahoo” logo, caused a furore by condemning the University of Notre Dame for its “pernicious, negative stereotype” of the Irish.

In this episode of the “Polemical History Podcast”, Tim, Anthony & Evelyn discuss the ethnic or racial ‘Fighting Irish’ stereotype exemplified by Notre Dame’s collegiate football slogan and leprechaun mascot; asking whether it perpetuates a negative stereotype of the Irish as violent and belligerent or celebrates the positive stereotype of the Irish as possessing an indomitable spirit? As well as whether the Fighting Irish symbolism – given the historical treatment of Irish people in America – is a form of cultural imperialism?