{"id":6033,"date":"2014-06-26T21:21:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T21:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2014-06-26T21:21:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T21:21:51","slug":"whats-wrong-with-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=6033","title":{"rendered":"What's wrong with Chiefs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am OK with changing the name of the Washington Redskins.<\/p>\n

Who, after all, ever uses that term other than in a derogatory context? The name ought to change.<\/p>\n

Now comes this bit of conjecture: Will the Kansas City Chiefs’ name also come under attack?<\/p>\n

I hope not.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/msn.foxsports.com\/kansas-city\/story\/redskins-indians-will-native-americans-target-the-chiefs-next-062514<\/p>\n

Given that I’m not a Native American — even though I was born in the United States to first-generation Americans — perhaps I don’t get what’s so objectionable about the name “Chiefs.”<\/p>\n

I’ll concede that the Chiefs long have been one of my favorite pro football teams. I was delighted beyond belief over their dismantling of the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth Super Bowl ever played. But I digress.<\/p>\n

To this white man’s way of thinking, “Chiefs” shouldn’t be seen as offensive to Native Americans. By definition, the term identifies the leader of a Native American community. He is the most exalted member of that community and is treated with utmost respect, even reverence.<\/p>\n

“Redskins” is another matter altogether. Let’s stop there. Leave the Chiefs’ name alone.<\/p>\n\n

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I am OK with changing the name of the Washington Redskins. Who, after all, ever uses that term other than in a derogatory context? The name ought to change. Now comes this bit of conjecture: Will the Kansas City Chiefs’ name also come under attack? I hope not. http:\/\/msn.foxsports.com\/kansas-city\/story\/redskins-indians-will-native-americans-target-the-chiefs-next-062514 Given that I’m not a Native … Continue reading What's wrong with Chiefs?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2626,3218,3302,4468,5192],"class_list":["post-6033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-native-americans","tag-nfl","tag-super-bowl","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}