It's only Tuesday and yet it has been a very bad week so far for Deadspin and one of its senior writers, Carron J. Phillips, after the publishing of a hit piece Monday designed to cancel a young Kansas City Chiefs fan for the apparent crime of painting the team's colors on his face during the team's Sunday road game against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Just to recap, the image on the left is what Deadspin worked off of for their piece. The one on the right shows how the boy's face was actually painted:

Media coverage: Reality: pic.twitter.com/XrZ6rj8iZ1

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 28, 2023

Though black does not appear to be a dominant color for the Kansas City Chiefs, it has appeared in logos and merch for the team.

For this, the young fan who had the misfortune to have his face broadcast for the nation to see during the CBS airing of the game was accused by Phillips of wearing "black face" and engaging in so-called "cultural appropriation" for wearing the headdress.

Unfortunately for Deadspin, Community Notes was hot on Phillips' heels. And Internet sleuths did some digging and found out that it was actually Phillips himself who had the serious race issues, not the other way around. 

In perhaps what may be the most humorous update to this story to date, Native Americans, Hispanics, and other communities are weighing in on the supposed "issue" of the boy's face paint, and are confirming that there is, in fact, no issue at all while giving "permission" to others to engage in similar cultural celebrations as they see fit:

As a federally-registered member of the Cherokee Nation, I give any and all of you full permission to wear headdresses and tribal clothing. Paint your face red. Do a rain dance (then repent and seek Jesus).

Also bring back the Cleveland Indians. https://t.co/5CjGSN5ETc

— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) November 27, 2023

As a American Native, I fully condone this fan's actions (red and black face). This is not cultural appropriation for harm, but honoring by motif. If we keep removing these references we will have eventually removed all memory. The Hunt family has long honored us. GO CHIEFS! https://t.co/sYxrgoiP2d

— KC IRONFAN (@KCIronFan) November 28, 2023

White people, mis compás: You have my permission to wear sombreros, wear ponchos, and drink tequila any day of the year, not just for Cinco de Mayo. https://t.co/E4VqHjEchv

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 27, 2023

For good measure, one British tweeter also gave his official permission for Americans to try to impersonate Brits:

As a Brit, please all Americans do your best cockney, jolly-old England impressions. It's endearing and funny.

I don't know where this story ends. Some have suggested the boy's family sue the pants off of Deadspin. Others have said the Kansas City Chiefs should honor the boy and give him and his family season tickets for life. The latter is unlikely, though, since the Chiefs organization went woke in 2020 on the issue of wearing headdresses and face paint during home games.

Whatever the case may be, an incredible side note to all this is the knowledge that Carron Phillips was actually nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, in 2019 and 2020 (if his Twitter bio is to be believed). Far be it from me to be the judge and jury for another writer, but suffice it to say that his body of work leaves a lot to be desired, not to mention what those nominations reaffirm to us about the sorry state of modern journalism.

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