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Kevin Hartis responding to the controversy surrounding the theme of his son’s first birthday party.
“Zos cowboys & indians party was nothing but amazing!” Eniko captionedan Instagram photoof the celebration, which was decorated with Native American blankets, cowboy hats and teepees.
“Throwin a ‘Cowboys & Indians’ birthday party on ‘Thanksgiving’ celebrates genocide, white supremacy, & slavery. R those the things u@KevinHart4real&@enikohartrepresent & are teaching to your child? Would it be ok to throw a Master & slave birthday party? nope,”one fan tweeted.
Days after his son’s party, Hart addressed the controversy and defended the theme on his SiriusXM showStraight from The Hart, which airs on hisLaugh Out Loud Radiochannel 96.
Hart also explained that thepremise of the party’s themewas based on western movies and the couple’s intentions were not malicious.
“I’m saying the battle that is ‘assumed’ because of the movies and because of everything they’ve seen, was because of the fights that were between the cowboys and the Indians,” he said.
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“So as a kid, when you played these games, it was based off of the premise from a hypothetical place that was put into perception for movies. So what I’m saying — this isn’t something that was just started. This isn’t a racial slur that people are doing and being malicious with. This is a game that’s been played for years,” Hart concluded.
TheJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleactor and his wife, 34, welcomed their first child together in November 2017. Hart is also dad to 11-year-old sonHendrixand 13-year-old daughterHeaven.
source: people.com
