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Clash City Rocker

(3,546 posts) Fri Feb 10, 2023, 11:20 AM Feb 2023

Question for DU KC Chiefs fans [View all]

How can you root for a team that does that racist chant? Does it bother you that your team is mocking Native Americans? I usually change the channel or turn off the TV when I hear it.

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Question for DU KC Chiefs fans [View all] Clash City Rocker Feb 2023 OP

Chiefs Tomahawk Chant radalpha Feb 2023 #1

They routinely say they don't feel honored by it, so maybe it should change. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #2

Who is "they"? DURHAM D Feb 2023 #4

Oh, people have been protesting the use of Native imagery and mascots in sports and the wider WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #6

Not a Chiefs fan, but the team are not the one's doing the chant Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #3

The team has "outlawed" racist/stereotype clothing and the chant. Can they do more? Yes hlthe2b Feb 2023 #5

I am 3/8ths native american lapfog_1 Feb 2023 #9

I have always hated MuseRider Feb 2023 #7

News for ya' GusBob Feb 2023 #8

Good on you. I have had some past work via IHS and N. Americans in the Southwest too. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #10

yes GusBob Feb 2023 #12

Interesting question; I have one for football fans gratuitous Feb 2023 #11

I hate the team for that very reason. That chant is racist as hell. Solomon Feb 2023 #13