The racist history of the Kansas City 'Chiefs' | Edge of Sports

The history of white supremacy in US sports culture is as old as the games, and the nation, themselves. Recent years have seen a push to change the names of the most egregious offenders, most notably the former name of the Washington Commanders. Yet some teams' problematic names and histories have comparatively flown under the radar. Such is the case with the Kansas City football team. Radio host Rhonda LeValdo, a co-founder of the organization Not In Our Honor, joins Edge of Sports for a frank discussion on the racist history of the Kansas City football team, and why its name should be changed.
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[@pullmanstandard81203]

Let's focus on miniscule wedge issues and not the multiple traumas the world is experiencing today. Missouri is not a hot spot of slaughter and is not in crisis. It's the NFL!!!!

[@vooteimer1234]

👏👏👏

[@ocskywatch1]

Word

[@iknowdeweybrudda6564]

⁠kcmo is where the shootings happen. Most of the wealth density and office jobs are in Johnson county Kansas where overland park is due to people and jobs fleeing kcmo because of crime and white flight.

[@pullmanstandard81203]

@@iknowdeweybrudda6564 How many people died in Gaza and Ukraine today as a result of illegal U.S. weapons shipments and funding of wars by the Executive and the U.S. Congress?

[@chonjacki]

Complete nonsense.

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

But why still the word "Indian"?😫

[@garystinnett8321]

Who said Indian?

[@CapnSnackbeard]

Because despite how ridiculous itis that they were ever labled that, many prefer it, and get annoyed at white people in academia telling them how to refer to themselves.

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

@@garystinnett8321 The video you didn't watch...

[@3g0st]

The state legislators are letting their states turn into bloody battleground states, it's sad, but I suppose not surprising now that I have learned the history of settlers. it's so disheartening to see people fight for their right to be racist in every area of American life even in the comments here. I guess that's what you get when for more than a hundred years the people have been promised uninterrupted playtime in the form of gaming that has racist undertones, and i guess that's what happens when you build up entitlement and violence. Totally insular mindsets of american exceptionalism ("No it wasn't bad, that thing I liked was an exception to the rule of racism, how could it be bad?") and innocence

[@BK-xm5nf]

Just your opinion. Stop whining about things that only matter to You

[@BK-xm5nf]

Hell yeah missouri is pro gun. 2nd amendment SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!

[@zakglove6536]

I'm a rancher in new mexico and I'm not complaining about the cowboys.

[@user-xm9nf5me6d]

It's a name, you people are ridiculously insane

[@blackedmirror5073]

Change it in the middle of a dynasty! Woke sports rock!

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

Phukadynasty...

[@triggerfish2711]

Oooh lord, there's more going on in our country that needs more focus instead of trying to focus on a football teams name.

[@virginiathomasakaicedragon6579]

I have so much say, but I get so angry and I have to leave it alone

[@Tomu812]

Wow all about those feelings.

[@ianmangham4570]

GO CHIEFS ❤

[@vinozarazzi5633]

False Flag

[@johnshafer7214]

How about it be about the chief petty officers? Or chief medical officers?

[@passamaquoddy5590]

Well , I am part Passamaquoddy Indian and i loved the Chief 's its pride not racist

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

If you were ancestrally connected you wouldn't be using the word "Indian"... Nor putting a football team and its benefactors ahead of our people... but nice try. Stockholm syndrome is real...

[@tenin982000]

@@thedarkerarchery3553 you know nothing. the person who was nicknamed the chief besides the fan contest was inducted into an indian tribe. served a lot to help indians. noob.

[@Yourefreekinbrilliant]

This is preposterous. It’s almost butt hurt.

[@Jade_kes]

Talk about being clueless on a topic

[@switzjon8405]

How many Indigenous peoples still live in cities really though? No one has the full numbers, It's mainly whites in those cities. I mean pure indigenous not mixed.

[@marcellamorales-gaona2578]

,,,,ARE SPORTS RALLYS EQUAL TO LYNCH MOB MENTALITY???

[@drusummmersacc2385]

Ya probably shouldn’t cross 5 lanes of interstate traffic at night in a time when most people are looking at there phones instead of the road sucks for whoever died doing so but you can’t really blame the chiefs for that lol now she is reaching

[@bernie4268]

Why is the name not taken as a sign of respect - it keeps the American first natives upfront? Chiefs were renowned for their power and strength. Neil Young named his band “Crazy Horse” out of respect. I’m glad he hasn’t changed it because the woke mob didn’t like it. Besides, American Indians weren’t the only “chiefs”. There’s police chiefs, and Scottish chieftains. Plenty of people all the world over had chiefs.

[@MH-dy5pb]

I think there might be bigger problems in the world at the moment

[@ColtraneNYC]

MUCH bigger.

[@CapnSnackbeard]

Battle cry of the do-nothing.

[@thecanaanite]

Just change name to Kansas City Chiets. .simple, thats more true to the team

[@Redlaces213]

FOH !!!!

[@user-md1uq2rp3f]

B.S

[@daydreamer1917]

49ers need to change their name too.

[@garystinnett8321]

I'll bite. How come?

[@CapnSnackbeard]

The Patriots could become the "Syphilitic Raepers"

[@johngojcevic8731]

probably because 49ers is a reference to old western miners. who killed some indians in there time. Same contreversey with the Rangers baseball team.@@garystinnett8321

[@daydreamer1917]

@@garystinnett8321 the California gold rush wasn't without grave consequences for indigenous people. Google the California genocide. I'd argue that the 49ers name is significantly more offensive than that of the Chiefs.

[@tenin982000]

this screams wokeness. i doubt you truly know the history. i bet you didn't know the mayor who it was also nicknamed after was inducted into an indian tribe and helped them.

[@randallwilson3232]

Woke nonsense.

[@TommyTrouble666]

Oh don’t do this shit…calling themselves the chiefs is an homage and a sign of respect. When are we going to stop paying attention to these muppets

[@TinyCryptoBlog]

I think the team should change the name. Eventually, all public symbols of indigenous peoples will be erased and it'll just be everyone else.

[@3g0st]

It's pretty sad that you think that name was a "public symbol" of native american culture. The point is to elevate other aspects of it that aren't "Tokens" as well, the point is not to hide it away, but thanks for letting ppl know what you really feel in your pathetic attempt to be witty and profound

[@zakglove6536]

Quit living in the past otherwise you'll never move forward in the future. No one alive today had any of the stuff happen to them so don't try and blame the ones that didnt do it

[@vooteimer1234]

Ev we ting is raysis.

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

Especially if it was committed by Europeans across the undeniable world history. But thanks for being honest, -finally an honest oppressor.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Much like The Washington Redskins you'd think NFL companies wouldn't be so blatantly Racist with it's logos.

[@3g0st]

If you think that earnestly and honestly. then you have been affected by marketing folly which says we're all equal and respected, when we clearly are not

[@zakglove6536]

Give me a freaking break. Most native Americans like the name and they find it in no way derogatory. Simple fix they are now the fire cheifs they already got the right colors. And a Dalmatian can be there mascot.

[@you_beg_my_pardon]

Change the name to the chefs

[@Cognitiveleaper]

-----------Lose the intro music.

[@j.w.2391]

Interesting conversation...but please, please dont bring in BLM into this discussion. Dont conflate the histories / social experiences of the two groups. Native Americans speak for themselves, and fight their OWN socio-political battles that apparently dont include Afro - Americans. Regretfully, there is no easy "Alliance" or "Fellowship" between the two groups.

[@vooteimer1234]

You are an individual, not a skin tone. Stop thinking so juvenile

[@ianmangham4570]

​@@vooteimer1234How very immature of you.

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