Native Americans double down on protests against Kansas City mascot ahead of Super Bowl [View all]
Source: The Hill
A Native American activist group is doubling down on its protests against the Kansas City Chiefs’ controversial mascot as the team heads to the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Not In Our Honor, a Kansas City-based group that advocates against the use of Native American imagery in sports, hosted several events leading up to the Super Bowl in Arizona and plans to protest at the game itself.
Founder Rhonda LeValdo told The Hill that the goal of the efforts is to “make people aware of how this imagery and cultural appropriation works against us and how it affects us as Native people.”
“This is a worldwide event,” LeValdo added. “I don’t want people in different countries thinking this is OK to do to us.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3854186-native-americans-double-down-on-protests-against-kansas-city-mascot-ahead-of-super-bowl/
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