Mother Of Young Chiefs Fan In 'Black Face' Has Spoken Out

Earlier this week Deadspin published an article criticizing a young Kansas City Chiefs fan for wearing "Black face" and a native American head dress.

"It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once," Carron Phillips wrote. "But on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, a Kansas City Chiefs fan found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time...The image of a Chiefs fan in Black face wearing a Native headdress during a road game leads to so many unanswered questions."

Photos of the young fan hit social media, creating a firestorm. In the wake of the article and subsequent viral sensation on social media the young fan's mother took to Facebook to share her side of the story.

Shannon Armenta didn't understand the hate, suggested everyone was asking him for a photo. She later shared that the young boy is actually part Native American.

"Everyone asked to take a photo with him. He’s Native American - people are ridiculous," she said.

Hours later she issued a new post criticizing Deadspin for publishing the article about her son.

"This has nothing to do with the NFL," she said in a post that tagged Deadspin. "Also, CBS showed him multiple times and this is the photo people chose to blast to create division. He is Native American - just stop already."

Did the fan take it too far?