The Utah Jazz’s new uniforms, as reported recently in The Tribune, strike me as false advertising. They feature multiple shades of yellow, orange and red meant to evoke Utah’s wonderful redrock landscapes.
Yes, Utah does indeed have breathtaking natural beauty worth celebrating. But Utah is a state where the political leadership, and presumably a majority of the electorate that repeatedly returns these people to office, value mineral extraction and industry over clean air and wild places.
The Orrin Hatch-led decimation of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is only the latest example. So wouldn’t it be more fitting for the Jazz to sport uniforms in black and gray, with images of coal cars, oil derricks, billowing black smoke and regional haze?
Jeffrey W. Kramer, Salt Lake City
