Wasps have asked the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby to review the wearing of Native American headdresses by Exeter Chief fans, describing it as ‘cultural appropriation’.
The Coventry-based club, which will host Exeter Chiefs this weekend, was responding to an open letter from its own fan club when it raised the issue on its website.
Well, if the fans don't like it, they could always not turn up for the match?
Headdresses have been worn by Exeter fans since the club first rebranded as the Chiefs in 1999.
In a statement released yesterday Wasps said the practice 'doesn't align with our values'.
Who cares? Maybe it aligns with your opponent's values? But I can understand if it truly is the entire fan base that's objecting.
It is, isn't it?
An open letter from Wasps supporter and Alex Chinery called for action on ‘one of rugby’s most prominent examples of cultural appropriation’.
Ah. No. Of course not. It's just one chippy little virtue signaller who can be safely ignored. And as Fahrenheit211 points out, should be ignored, for the good of society.
Surely playing Rugby is cultural appropriation from someone or other?
ReplyDeleteAnybody who claims to be a WASP and complains about cultural appropriation is a confused, silly person.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo the feathers were culturally appropriated from a bird.
You do not hear them squawking.
Cultural Appropriation is such a ridiculous concept really isn't it? Cultural memes are exported and imported all the time. The ones that are worthwhile are hopefully the ones that become the most popular. The point above is well made, Rugby was invented in Rugby so everyone not from Rugby is guilty if they play Rugby.
ReplyDeleteWhat? WASPS complaining. Presumably their team isn't wholly made up from White Anglo Saxon Protestants so there is plenty there for the perpetually offended to get their teeth into.
ReplyDelete"Surely playing Rugby is cultural appropriation from someone or other?"
ReplyDeleteHmmm, probably!
"Anybody who claims to be a WASP and complains about cultural appropriation is a confused, silly person."
Which makes it even stranger that anyone bothers to listen to them...
"Presumably their team isn't wholly made up from White Anglo Saxon Protestants so there is plenty there for the perpetually offended to get their teeth into."
😂