The biggest victory for supporters of Native Americans may have come before the start of the football season, when the Washington franchise dropped Redskins as its nickname.
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The changes in Kansas City came after several professional franchises, including the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball, have been pushed to drop racist imagery. “We’ve started to work and started some discussions about trying again to educate and make people aware of the sacred position of the drum in the American Indian culture, but also that it’s seen as sort of the heartbeat of that culture,” Chiefs president Mark Donovan said “It’s easy to latch onto that, say, ‘OK, it’s kind of the heartbeat of the stadium, too.’” The team typically has a celebrity or other guest of honor beat a large drum before the start of the game. The plan is for cheerleaders to use a closed fist instead of an open palm to signal the beating of a drum. In fact, the Chiefs are pushing a subtle change to the tomahawk chop celebration amid complaints that it’s racist. It's just been the Chiefs’ signature song since they started and it's going to be hard not to do it if they take it away.” “I think it's a little overboard, but I mean, we've got to listen to the rules,” said Kory Noe, who owns a car lot in Stafford, Missouri. Meanwhile, the move to rein in Native American imagery by the Chiefs has been seen as a good first step, but it also has frustrated some of the franchise’s longtime fans, including some who were in the stands as the team became the first to take the field in front of a crowd - albeit a smaller than normal one - during the coronavirus pandemic. But yeah, I thought that that was a very nice gesture.” Maybe they were just booing us because we had just come on the field as the visiting team. “I just I thought that that was a nice thing to do. I didn’t notice that,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said. Still, the booing by some fans became the dominant story line on social media as the game played out. We made sure everybody was comfortable in that area.” “You know, you can go ahead and whatever you feel is the right decision in your heart, you have your brother’s back, and you have your brother’s support on this team. “We had a few player meetings and let everybody know that we had their back,” Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said. The Chiefs chose to stay on the field for the national anthem while the Texans decided to remain in the locker room. Players from both teams discussed how they would handle pregame in the weeks leading up to the opener. Four officers were fired and have been charged in Floyd’s death, and protests have continued to grip the nation. Nationwide calls to address racial issues have become more prevalent since George Floyd died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed Black man’s neck for nearly eight minutes during an arrest. There was no flag involved, there was nothing involved with that besides two teams coming together to show unity.” Watt said after the Chiefs emerged with a 34-20 victory. The booing was unfortunate in that moment,” Texans defensive end J.J. “The moment of unity I personally thought was good. The booing continued as the two teams walked to midfield and shook hands, their interlocked arms stretched from one end zone to the other during what was supposed to be a moment of silence. The Houston Texans remained in the locker room during the anthem, and fans booed them when they emerged from the tunnel at its conclusion.
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