It's not the name that's offensive, is it? A chief is someone who is in charge.
It's the chop. And the headdresses. And the chant. And all the culture we have created that we love and care about so much.
When Spaniards settled Mexico they created classes with the natives, instead of murdering them all. The natives were the lower class, white Spaniards were the upper class and the middle class was the mix of native and Spaniard people.
Would this be a non-issue is the English settlers would have done the same in America?
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