Skeptics like TKC aren't so impressed by yet another anti-chop crusade that CLEARLY isn't swaying public opinion.
In fairness . . .
More hopeful activists remind us that changing public opinion is a constant struggle the requires pressure over time . . . Kinda like how the Grand Canyon might've started with just a little trickle of water millions of years ago. Still . . . That tactic is about as exciting as watching erosion in progress.
And so . . . We merely clip the main points of the constant complaint and more info for curious readers:
The fight song the team plays over the stadium loudspeakers to rally the crowd is from a the theme to a cartoon that first aired in 1949, “The Adventures of Pow Wow.” This song is a Hollywood stereotype, not a traditional piece of tribal music, and does not honor Native Americans.
The “tomahawk chop” and stereotypical chanting by fans as show of team spirit during game and randomly at any time around Kansas City (or in the faces of Native Americans opposed to stereotypes) does not honor Native Americans. The pounding of the big drum removes that style of drum from its place of importance within our culture, and does not honor those drum teachings or Native Americans.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
The world's eyes are on Kansas City's NFL champs. Time to drop the racist imagery | Opinion
The "tomahawk chop," headdresses and face paint don't honor Native Americans' cultural heritage. Super Bowl winners use racist stereotypes.
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