Editing Texas Rangers (baseball) (section)

====Naming of the Rangers====

After moving from Washington, the Senators were renamed after the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]], the [[State bureau of investigation|state-wide investigative law-enforcement agency]] which was founded by [[Stephen F. Austin]] in 1823 when Texas was part of Mexico,<ref name="SFAustin">{{cite news|url=https://www.texasranger.org/texas-ranger-museum/hall-of-fame/stephen-f-austin/|title=Stephen F. Austin: 1793 – 1836|publisher=[[Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185715/https://www.texasranger.org/texas-ranger-museum/hall-of-fame/stephen-f-austin/|url-status=live}}</ref> and whose mythology led to fictional characters such as [[The Lone Ranger]] and [[Walker, Texas Ranger]]. But the Rangers also had bouts as [[vigilante]] squads, when they abused their authority,<ref>Harris, Charles H. III & Sadler, Louis R., ''The Texas Rangers And The Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910–1920''.</ref> including by lynching [[Hispanics]].<ref name="NYT-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/us/porvenir-massacre-texas-mexicans.html|last=Romero|first=Simon|title=Lynch Mobs Killed Latinos Across the West. The Fight to Remember These Atrocities is Just Starting.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 2, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185743/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/us/porvenir-massacre-texas-mexicans.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TxMonthly-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/anti-mexican-violence-in-texas/|last=Blanton|first=Carlos Kevin|title=The Secret History of Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas.|publisher=[[Texas Monthly]]|date=October 2018|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185722/https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/anti-mexican-violence-in-texas/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the wake of the 2020 [[United States racial unrest (2020–2023)|Black Lives Matter protests]], prominent mainstream voices have shined a light on the historical racism associated with the law-enforcement agency and called for the baseball team to abandon the Rangers name.<ref name="WP-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/13/texas-rangers-team-name-must-go/|last=Attiah|first=Karen|title=The Texas Rangers' team name must go|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 13, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185845/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/13/texas-rangers-team-name-must-go/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CC-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-texas-rangers-brutality-statue-chapman-20200617-bani5arbkfh67onjd6a6mdl36m-story.html|last=Chapman|first=Steve|title=MLB's Texas Rangers should give up their name, which honors police force with brutal, racist history|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 17, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185731/https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-texas-rangers-brutality-statue-chapman-20200617-bani5arbkfh67onjd6a6mdl36m-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TT-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/15/texas-rangers-racist-violent-history/|last=Venkataramanan|first=Meena|title=The Texas Rangers' lore spurred cultural fawning and sports namesakes that have long masked a history of violence and racism|newspaper=[[The Texas Tribune]]|date=August 15, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185751/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/15/texas-rangers-racist-violent-history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Newsweek-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/calls-surface-texas-rangers-name-removed-law-enforcement-agency-baseball-team-over-past-1525401|last=Czachor|first=Emily|title=Calls Emerge for 'Texas Rangers' Name to Be Removed From Law Enforcement Agency and Baseball Team Over Past Racism, Violence|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|date=August 16, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185723/https://www.newsweek.com/calls-surface-texas-rangers-name-removed-law-enforcement-agency-baseball-team-over-past-1525401|url-status=live}}</ref> The baseball team responded by committing to keeping the Rangers name. The team subsequently made a statement clarifying that despite sharing the name, they are not affiliated with the law-enforcement agency and they stand for equality by "condemn[ing] racism, bigotry and discrimination in all forms."<ref name="NBCDFW-rangerlynch">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/red-fever/despite-calls-to-change-name-the-texas-rangers-will-still-be-the-texas-rangers/2392271/|title=Despite Calls to Change Name, the Texas Rangers Will Still Be the Texas Rangers|publisher=NBC DFW|date=June 19, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185726/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/red-fever/despite-calls-to-change-name-the-texas-rangers-will-still-be-the-texas-rangers/2392271/|url-status=live}}</ref>