LOL of course this happened, Chiefs, Redskins,Sonic

**ram29jackson** · 12-09-2013, 06:55 PM

Sonic Apologizes for Offensive Chiefs-Redskins Sign

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/sonic-apologizes-offensive-chiefs-redskins-sign-204900703.html

The controversy began after a Sonic location in Belton, Missouri, put up a sign on Sunday that encouraged pro football team the Kansas City Chiefs to "scalp" the Washington Redskins, and passerby Delores Schilling snapped a pic of the sign and posted the following tweet. Yahoo Shine could not reach a Sonic representative for comment, however, on Sunday, Patrick Lenow, vice president of public relations at Sonic, told NBC News, "The remarks posted on this message board were wrong, offensive and unacceptable ... In a misguided effort to support his football team an independent franchise owner allowed passion to override good judgment. "Unfortunately, these types of stereotypes are more common than not, because much of what's believed about American Indians is learned from fictional Hollywood movies," Tim Johnson, a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve and associate director for museum programs at the Smithsonian Institute, tells Yahoo Shine. "People may assume certain things about American Indian culture perhaps because of a lack of visibility or because there's a puzzling idea that society at large can define American Indian culture better than American Indians themselves," says Johnson.

A Twitter photo of a sign many have called racist has landed the fast-food restaurant chain Sonic in hot water and prompted the company to issue a public apology.

The controversy began after a Sonic location in Belton, Missouri, put up a sign on Sunday that encouraged the Kansas City Chiefs pro football team to "scalp" the Washington Redskins and send them "2 [the] reservation." Soon after, passerby Delores Schilling snapped a pic of the sign and posted the following tweet:

oh the pain it caused the stupid people of the world and will kill their business...no