OFF! played an aftershow a few years back at the now defunct FunFunFunFest and I was lucky enough to get to talk with Keith for several minutes afterwards. Really cool guy, very witty.
Being offended by cultural appropriation is the latest trend amongst those looking to be offended. Sorry, not buying it. Should white women be wearing hoop earrings? That's cultural appropriation as well depending on who is asked/offended. We've had a few threads talking about this. Some of the claims are just silly. I have curly hair which gets frizzy, and if I didn't do anything with it, I'd have some pretty natty dreads. I'm not going to apologize for that. I don't wear dreads, but that's how it would go if I didn't run a comb through it and use some sort of product to control frizz. And if I use a chemical relaxer on it, I'm probably also appropriating black culture since I'd have to use a product targeted primarily to the African American demographic.
funny, the first time I ever heard the term cultural appropriation, it was in an online op-ed about that very thing; that white women should not wear hoop earings.
I thought it was nonsense then, I think it's nonsense now.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
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OFF! played an aftershow a few years back at the now defunct FunFunFunFest and I was lucky enough to get to talk with Keith for several minutes afterwards. Really cool guy, very witty.
Cool! I had a chance to meet Keith at a book signing a little while back. Really cool guy. He told me the whole story about how he and the other guys in Circle Jerks had to wait all day in a hot little trailer wearing these uncomfortable tux's while waiting to do their little bit- the scene in the club where they played an acoustic "When the Shit Hits the Fan."
When I left he put out his hand for a knuckle butting. Really great guy!
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
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I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
Well obviously what's happened to black Americans hasn't been fair - let's not pretend that one doesn't get that just because they don't think a lot of the cultural appropriation offense being taken seems unreasonable. I'm the last person who has to be reminded how heinous slavery in America was - I personally think that horrible part of American history is dismissed too much to this day. But I don't feel like we have to make one thing have to do with another, if we're talking about berating some kid for cultural appropriation just because he happens to be white and has dreads or for some damn reason thinks he looks good with corn rows. Also, just wondering, does this generally only apply to white people? That's how some make it seem, but I'm not really clear on that.
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Yes
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
I, for one, didn't immediately dismiss it. I have thought about both sides. I still find it a bit much.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
my daughters have dream catchers on their bedroom windows.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
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Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
You know though you can listen to them and see it through their eyes and then still see something as a silly reason to be offended.
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I can't believe people still call them Indians at all. They have zero to do with India. We've known that for hundreds of years. And yet so many people still call them that. I find it so odd.
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I was actually out in AZ at a Native American market this summer and there were a ton of dream catchers for sale for the tourists that knew nothing about them. My grandparents brought me one from a reservoir in OK when I was a kid. This has been going on for years.
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
I, for one, didn't immediately dismiss it. I have thought about both sides. I still find it a bit much.
Ditto.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
Yeah, I've seen American First Nations doing it too. And why do you hope not? If they are able to make a business with it, then that's a good thing, right? It's art. So what? Most art has some kind of spiritual meaning behind it, doesn't it? My mom has some beautiful hand woven native baskets that she got from local reserves - she used to take me with her to hunt for them and meet the First Nations locals and talk to them about their art and everything. Their carvings too, including totems. They were very happy to have us white people appreciating and paying for the stuff they make. The university I work at just erected a very large totem pole at the campus entrance and First Nations elders attended the unveiling and performed a ceremony and everything... lots of white people were involved in making that happen. It's meant as and taken as a sign of respect for the First Nation's territory that we inhabit.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I can't believe people still call them Indians at all. They have zero to do with India. We've known that for hundreds of years. And yet so many people still call them that. I find it so odd.
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
Yeah, if anyone says Indians I'm automatically assuming they're talking about people from India. I find it very strange that that label still exists anywhere.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Looking at it as an individual decision rather than the larger historical and cultural context is often how white people can operate. The white kid who wants dreads is wanting that within his own context and experience. “I want dreads so I should grow dreads”. A black person might look at a white kid who wants dreads with a different take that includes a history of racism and discrimination. Most white people have the luxury of avoiding even thinking about racism and it’s impact. For most whites, to think about this history requires more conscious action.
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Looking at it as an individual decision rather than the larger historical and cultural context is often how white people can operate. The white kid who wants dreads is wanting that within his own context and experience. “I want dreads so I should grow dreads”. A black person might look at a white kid who wants dreads with a different take that includes a history of racism and discrimination. Most white people have the luxury of avoiding even thinking about racism and it’s impact. For most whites, to think about this history requires more conscious action.
true, but is your average black person looking at a white person with dreads with disdain over cultural appropriation, or disdain simply because it looks funny on a white dude?
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I can't believe people still call them Indians at all. They have zero to do with India. We've known that for hundreds of years. And yet so many people still call them that. I find it so odd.
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
Yeah, if anyone says Indians I'm automatically assuming they're talking about people from India. I find it very strange that that label still exists anywhere.
Yeah, I prefer not to say Indian, but they, themselves will use that. And I know Santa Fe has a Santa Fe Indian Market right in the downtown plaza where natives sell their wares. Jewelry, pottery, art, and yes, dreamcatchers.
"I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I can't believe people still call them Indians at all. They have zero to do with India. We've known that for hundreds of years. And yet so many people still call them that. I find it so odd.
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
Yeah, if anyone says Indians I'm automatically assuming they're talking about people from India. I find it very strange that that label still exists anywhere.
Yeah, I prefer not to say Indian, but they, themselves will use that. And I know Santa Fe has a Santa Fe Indian Market right in the downtown plaza where natives sell their wares. Jewelry, pottery, art, and yes, dreamcatchers.
yes, this happens. I'm not sure if they still exist, but for a long time one of the most prominent gangs in Winnipeg was the Indian Posse, and they were not from India.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I have pretty much two reactions to the subject. First is that there is no harm done by suspending judgment on another persons reaction to appropriation and working toward listening and understanding where their reaction comes from. I think immediately discounting the reaction is a disservice.
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
That's laying an awful lot of responsibility on some white kid who wants dreads, don't you think?? I don't think that's fair.
Well, much of what has happened to black Americans hasn’t been fair, either.
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
You know though you can listen to them and see it through their eyes and then still see something as a silly reason to be offended.
And one of my points is to suspend judgment. No need to label it silly when the person has sincere thoughts and feelings about it. You can witness another person’s experience and leave it as is, which is there experience.
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Cultural appropriation is a bit tricky at times. I mean, have dreads always been a black thing? Don't they form naturally on anyone who has long hair and doesn't comb or brush?
On the other hand, things like Dream Catchers are definitely cultural appropriation. It bugs the crap out of me when I see some blonde soccer mom with a Dream Catcher dangling from the rear view mirror. It's ripping off someone's culture and obscuring their driving vision. No! Please don't do that!
That is weird though, because First Nations LOVE selling dreamcatchers to white people. You see them in every single gift shop on any reserve or at any native casino. I see First Nations people selling them from tables on the street in downtown Vancouver. So how can that possibly be cultural appropriation if they are using them as money makers by selling them to white people?? That makes no sense. I can't agree with the dream catcher theory because of this.
Oh, shame on those damn Canadian Indians! (AKA First Nation Peoples- funny that we have differing terminology)
No, all joking aside, really? I don't think Native Americans down this way are in favor of doing that. God, I hope not!
I can't believe people still call them Indians at all. They have zero to do with India. We've known that for hundreds of years. And yet so many people still call them that. I find it so odd.
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
I've asked a few Native Americans and though by no means a consensus, I think a lot of them feel that the term "Native American" is less desirable than Indian or American Indian. A lot of the activist Native writers in the U.S. use the term "Indian". I'm guessing many of them feel like "Native American" is too much a white-invented term, and maybe too politically correct. I think they took back the term "Indian" as their own.
Whatever they are called, the main thing to me is to respect that they have a distinct culture, to recognize that Europeans invaded their territories and cause a widespread genocide and to remember that they are people, like anyone else, no better no worse.
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"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I spent many of my younger years in a neighborhood where I was a minority. I liked wearing braids because that is what my friends did. I liked the way they looked and wished I could wear them better.
I am also very fond of the meaning behind Dia de los Muertos. I have Hispanic friends that are hurt by the commercialization/appropriation of it.
I have a few Native American friends and family. Some don't like the Cleveland Indians logo, others that don't mind.
I spent many of my younger years in a neighborhood where I was a minority. I liked wearing braids because that is what my friends did. I liked the way they looked and wished I could wear them better.
I am also very fond of the meaning behind Dia de los Muertos. I have Hispanic friends that are hurt by the commercialization/appropriation of it.
I have a few Native American friends and family. Some don't like the Cleveland Indians logo, others that don't mind.
IDK...
It's not all so easy, is it!?
I'm not at all a fan of the sports logos like Indians, Chiefs, etc. I don't know why anybody ever thought that was a good idea. Why do we not have The San Diego Whites, or the New York Caucasians or the Philadelphia Pinks?
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I spent many of my younger years in a neighborhood where I was a minority. I liked wearing braids because that is what my friends did. I liked the way they looked and wished I could wear them better.
I am also very fond of the meaning behind Dia de los Muertos. I have Hispanic friends that are hurt by the commercialization/appropriation of it.
I have a few Native American friends and family. Some don't like the Cleveland Indians logo, others that don't mind.
IDK...
It's not all so easy, is it!?
I'm not at all a fan of the sports logos like Indians, Chiefs, etc. I don't know why anybody ever thought that was a good idea. Why do we not have The San Diego Whites, or the New York Caucasians or the Philadelphia Pinks?
Just because "white guy" or "pink guy" doesn't exactly conjure images of toughness or strength or coolness or anything at all. It's not like those teams were named Indians or Chiefs just to name them after Native people because of the colour of their skin. It was because these words made people think of strength and honour and history other good things that they would want attributed to their sports team (yes, I understand the sick irony of white people doing this, given the genocide committed by them). The closest white equivalent is, of course, the Dallas Cowboys. I understand why some natives are offended by these team names and others aren't. There are obvious good and bad aspects to them, and one is kind of forced to pick a side.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I spent many of my younger years in a neighborhood where I was a minority. I liked wearing braids because that is what my friends did. I liked the way they looked and wished I could wear them better.
I am also very fond of the meaning behind Dia de los Muertos. I have Hispanic friends that are hurt by the commercialization/appropriation of it.
I have a few Native American friends and family. Some don't like the Cleveland Indians logo, others that don't mind.
IDK...
It's not all so easy, is it!?
I'm not at all a fan of the sports logos like Indians, Chiefs, etc. I don't know why anybody ever thought that was a good idea. Why do we not have The San Diego Whites, or the New York Caucasians or the Philadelphia Pinks?
I feel like the initial intention was to honor Louis Sockalexis of the Cleveland Spiders and in that line of thought, I like that they highlighted him. However, I can see where the depiction could be seen as a negative. I think the Cleveland team has heard a large majority of people saying that the logo is a problem, so they are changing it.
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I thought it was nonsense then, I think it's nonsense now.
-EV 8/14/93
Also, white people in the US have the privilege of deciding how things will go. This includes what words will be used, where we can go, what resources are ours, what land is ours, what neighborhoods are ours. Appropriation is an example of deciding something is ours. Yes it’s hair, but also can represent something larger to a minority. White people will take your music, your style, your hair, and your labor. But no they won’t have you in their neighborhood, their club, and you won’t have a seat at the table with the white businessmen.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Go Beavers said much better what I fumbled - it’s about listening to people and thinking about it through their eyes and not just immediately dismissing it as silly or “a reason to be offended”.
But I don't feel like we have to make one thing have to do with another, if we're talking about berating some kid for cultural appropriation just because he happens to be white and has dreads or for some damn reason thinks he looks good with corn rows.
Also, just wondering, does this generally only apply to white people? That's how some make it seem, but I'm not really clear on that.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Louis CK did an amazing bit on this actually.
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I spent many of my younger years in a neighborhood where I was a minority. I liked wearing braids because that is what my friends did. I liked the way they looked and wished I could wear them better.
I am also very fond of the meaning behind Dia de los Muertos. I have Hispanic friends that are hurt by the commercialization/appropriation of it.
I have a few Native American friends and family. Some don't like the Cleveland Indians logo, others that don't mind.
IDK...
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I understand why some natives are offended by these team names and others aren't. There are obvious good and bad aspects to them, and one is kind of forced to pick a side.