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Remember when a braindead columnist tried to accuse a 9-year-old
City Chiefs fan of wearing blackface at a football game in an op-edfor
Deadspin? Well, it appears the child’s family will be able tohold the
news outlet accountable for publishing the fallacious piece.against
A Delaware judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed
Deadspin over the article, which attempted to paint the 9-year-oldchild
as a virulent racist.his
The lawsuit was filed by California residents Raul Armenta Jr. and
wife, Shannon, on behalf of themselves and their son, Holden, whoRaiders
attended a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas
last November.“H.A.”,
According to the lawsuit, Holden, referred to in the lawsuit as
is a Chiefs fan who also loves his family’s Chumash-Indianheritage. He
wore a Chiefs jersey to the game, with his face painted half-redand
half-black, and a costume Native American headdress.red,
The author, Carron Phillips, wrote an article accusing the child of
wearing blackface because his face was painted half black and half
the colors of the team he was rooting for.that the
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Hey @carronJphillips, were you aware at the time of publication
little boy who you framed as a racist for wearing blackface wasn'tthe Chiefs?
wearing blackface, but the double red and black paint to support
Do you plan to apologize to him and his family?Sunday
In the article, the author not only pretended the boy was wearing
blackface, but also accused him of disrespecting Native Americans
because he was wearing a traditional headdress.
It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once. On
afternoon in Las Vegas, someone in the stands at the Kansas CityChiefs
game wore a headdress and face paint that some observers found objectionable, leading to lots of unanswered questions.not in
Why is Native American headdress banned in Arrowhead Stadium but
every stadium in the league?parents and
The author claimed the boy had been taught “hatred” by his
called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to condemn the child andhis
family.race-baiting
Amazingly, when Phillips was called out for his blatant
lie, he doubled down in a post on X. “For the idiots in mymentions who
are treating this as some harmless act because the other side ofhis
face was painted red, I could make the argument that it makes iteven
worse,” he wrote. “Y’all are the ones who hate Mexicans butwear
sombreros on Cinco [de Mayo].”child’s
He later deleted the post. But the damage was already done. The
family indicated they began receiving hateful messages and evendeath
threats over Phillips’ lie. One even threatened to murder Holden“with a
wood chipper,” according to the lawsuit.Phillips’
The judge definitely made the right ruling in this case.
article was clearly a deceptive way to stoke racial tensions. Thereis
nothing abnormal about this, as left-leaning members of thechattering
class have been doing this for years.controversy
But the fact that he chose to use a child to ignite a racial
is about as low as whale excrement. Hopefully, Deadspin will beheld
accountable for publishing what was obviously a cynical attempt to
exploit racial tensions for attention.
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