Deadspin senior writer Carron Phillips wrote a piece titled, “The NFL needs to speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in Black face, Native headdress,” accusing a child of being racist toward black and Native American people for wearing the headdress and face paint during a Sunday afternoon game in Las Vegas.
The young boy’s headdress resembled the logo in the 1960s and early ’70s depicting a Native American wearing a large headdress and carrying a hatchet.
He painted both sides of his face in the team colors, red and black, though Phillips only included a photo angled to show the side with black paint on the child and refused to mention the red paint.