Re:Luxury Beliefs Are Status Symbols
by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:45AM
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as a native american myself, I have no recollection of anyone I know ever taking issue with this.
I don't doubt there was someone somewhere complaining, but similar to the rename of the washington redkins, most of us didn't give a shit.
The most grumbling I've ever heard around this is complaints that pow-wow's are too commercialized but, if anything, that was criticizing our own tribes.
The popular phrase was “my culture is not a costume” at the time. I also remember a bit of encouragement to distinguish between native and native-inspired fashion on the one hand and mimicry and stereotyping on the other.
Re:Luxury Beliefs Are Status Symbols
by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:30PM
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I don't doubt there were people making noise, but I live in a state that's known for Native Americans (I'm sure you can guess) and it just wasn't a concern for anyone I know.
It's the old adage about a few loud people.
As I remember it, this really took off in popular culture after native americans got sick of dude-bros/girls wearing war bonnets to music festivals. Around 2012-2014 it was a hugely popular piece. When 'cultural appropriation' came up then I mildly agreed with the sentiment because the look was pretty openly disrespectful.
And then it expanded like kudzu until digital hairstyles became off-limits:
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2020/11/30/21734131/ani...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...