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Time for Exeter Chiefs to ditch the warpaint | Colin Boag

Exeter Chiefs’ appropriation of Native American symbolisation is treading a tightrope, explains Colin Boag
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To misquote Aristotle, ‘human nature abhors a vaccuum’, and with no rugby at present, the hottest topic around seems to be the headdresses that some Exeter Chiefs supporters like to sport.
An open letter was sent from the ‘Wasps Report’ Twitter account to the Wasps management calling on them to ‘consider action to tackle one of rugby’s most prominent examples of cultural appropriation’. It called for a ban on the wearing of ‘novelty Native American headdresses’ at Wasps’ ground, and a number of other clubs’ supporters waded-in to the debate.
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