Kansas City Chiefs Fans Chop Despite 'Cultural Appropriation' Criticism

Credit to the denizens of our blog community for pointing out a longstanding Kansas City tradition on full display during the festivities this week. 

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FANS & PLAYERS DEFIED CRITICISM AND DEFIANTLY CHOPPED AWAY DESPITE NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST CONCERN!!!

Here's more context and a really great, balanced report with a bit of history . . .

The Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs embarked on their victory lap Wednesday, with players and fans alike doing the “chop” during a raucous parade and rally. Indigenous people are grappling with the national spotlight once again falling on the team’s mascot and fan “war chant” — which they deem racist. This past week in Arizona, where at least a quarter of the land base is tribal reservations, there’s been a complicated mix of delight for the NFL involving Native and Indigenous cultures but disdain for those cultures being appropriated . . .

There were plenty performing the chop in a red sea of fans in Chiefs gear along the parade route and in front of Kansas City’s Union Station, where the parade ended. The team then closed out the rally by doing the “chop” in unison in a slurry of confetti.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Native Americans grapple with Chiefs Super Bowl celebrations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Moontee Sinquah spent only one minute onstage inside the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix during the NFL's Super Bowl Opening Night. But it's a minute that will remain unforgettable. The Native American hoop dancer had never been that close to football players and coaches about to compete in the league's biggest game.