This, according to the Huffington Post, is a photo of a man “playing Indian” during a Washington football team game in New Jersey against the New York Giants.
The man painted in “redface,” and wore what appears to be a wig. He is obviously an asshole, but he is just one example of the tidal wave of racist buffoonery that Native Americans have to deal with every goddamned Fall in America.
“Autumn is a vicious season for Native Americans,” writes indigenous journalist Simon Moya-Smith at Indian Country Today:
There’s Columbus Day. Indian costumes on Halloween. Thanksgiving. You’ve even got Native American Heritage Day LITERALLY on Black Friday every year. And then–you guessed it–it’s back to fantastic fanatical football buffoonery.
Read the full opinion piece here. More of Simon’s op-ed work on the topic at CNN.com.