EXCLUSIVE — A fundraiser for the young Kansas City Chiefs fan falsely accused of racism last year has been launched with the intent of sending him to this year’s Super Bowl.
Holden Armenta, the 9-year-old Chiefs fan, was falsely accused of blackface and cultural appropriation for wearing a Native American headdress, even though Armenta is of Native American descent and was wearing red-and-black face paint to support the Chiefs.
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