This is the third time I have seen this picture on my dashboard TONIGHT! This is not style, fashion, etc call it what you may. What this is is white privilege taking something that is sacred and a big part of another culture and making a mockery of it! This kind of stuff makes my very blood boil! You wouldn’t wear Black Face to be in style, how is this any different!? This trend needs to stop!
By using a headdress or any other Native dress as a trend is basically saying we (Natives) are extinct and can be made a mockery of, it tells the world that oh even though we went through hundreds of years of genocide, our land being taken from us, and racism the world can say being a native is only cool for now but next week when a new thing comes around it doesn’t matter any more.
WE STILL EXIST! WE ARE STILL HERE! WE WANT OUR VOICE TO BE HEARD! WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING IGNORED!
How would you feel if someone took something your culture holds dear and decided it was a trend, temporary and worthy of being made a mockery of publicly?
(via fuckyeahhipsters)
I don’t get how this picture says ANY of that…… I’m sorry you’re so offended by it, but I really don’t think it’s intentional. I haven’t heard of anyone being offended by it besides you, but maybe I’m just out of the loop. I really think they just wear it because they think it’s pretty, not because they’re racist or want to spit on your culture. I mean, I think it’s pretty.. ha.
This is the third time I have seen this picture on my dashboard TONIGHT! This is not style, fashion, etc call it what you may. What this is is white privilege taking something that is sacred and a big part of another culture and making a mockery of it! This kind of stuff makes my very blood boil! You wouldn’t wear Black Face to be in style, how is this any different!? This trend needs to stop!
By using a headdress or any other Native dress as a trend is basically saying we (Natives) are extinct and can be made a mockery of, it tells the world that oh even though we went through hundreds of years of genocide, our land being taken from us, and racism the world can say being a native is only cool for now but next week when a new thing comes around it doesn’t matter any more.
WE STILL EXIST! WE ARE STILL HERE! WE WANT OUR VOICE TO BE HEARD! WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING IGNORED!
How would you feel if someone took something your culture holds dear and decided it was a trend, temporary and worthy of being made a mockery of publicly?
(via fuckyeahhipsters)
I don’t get how this picture says ANY of that…… I’m sorry you’re so offended by it, but I really don’t think it’s intentional. I haven’t heard of anyone being offended by it besides you, but maybe I’m just out of the loop. I really think they just wear it because they think it’s pretty, not because they’re racist or want to spit on your culture. I mean, I think it’s pretty.. ha.
