meravie:

The comments on this article about “Cultural Appropriation” in a left wing paper give me hope for Britain

Yeah and Hawaiians don’t get royalties on flowery beachwear either. The person who makes the money is the one that spots that people like certain styles then invests a shedload of money on the basis of those skills in creating actual items that people actually buy.

Now if Native Americans could or would do that then they could even make money out of other people’s styles.

The companies that actually create the fashion items do not deny access to native Americans they simply go to professional designers that can do the job first time quickly to spec and understand that the garment also needs to be manufactured to a price point so their design needs to work on a myriad of levels. It just ain’t that simple. It’s the reason why fashion companies stick with pro designers rather than amateurs withe a specific ethnicity. It’s called business.

and

Cultures interact, change and borrow from each other. To decide that some of this is “off-limits”… Well, who decides? By what right? Why should anyone take notice? I loathe the Walter-Scott-land travesty of Highland dress that can be seen here; I dislike the imposition of this shortbread-tin bogus culture on the whole of Scotland, never mind the Highlands; but it exists, and there’s nothing one can do about it. A student mag here was more concerned with ‘cultural appropriation’ re: Native American and other tribal jewellery & c. than with what’s under their noses. In the end, all that matters is whether it’s tasteful, and if you don’t like it, you don’t need to play along with it.

and

‘Restricted symbols’? Sorry, no. In art, there should be no ‘restricted symbols’. No art-police, thank you.

etc


Sorry, Social Justice police, even in the most wet, left wing, social justicey paper in the UK, no one has time for your attempts to suppress freedom of expression. Whine all you want, but no one cares. Goodbye!



That embarrassing moment when you’re reporting these comments for any reason other than to laugh at them.
breakfast-tea: Just around the fucking river bend. Dunno what’s going on here, but it’s not as cute and quirky as you think. Take your racist shit and GTFO.

breakfast-tea:

Just around the fucking river bend.

Dunno what’s going on here, but it’s not as cute and quirky as you think. Take your racist shit and GTFO.

he kind of looks like my dad except my dad’s not a white hipster douche. also this bro’s probably like 20. But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?

he kind of looks like my dad except my dad’s not a white hipster douche. also this bro’s probably like 20.

But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?

(Source: gentlemanoftejas)

talldarkbishoujo: i had to we’re done, everybody go home.

talldarkbishoujo:

i had to

we’re done, everybody go home.

robertoblackmore: About I get tattooed on my shin, I wonder how much this will suck. Love you mog Ohhhhhhh it sucks alright, but probably not for the reasons you’re expecting.

robertoblackmore:

About I get tattooed on my shin, I wonder how much this will suck. Love you mog

Ohhhhhhh it sucks alright, but probably not for the reasons you’re expecting.

Oregon has banned Native American high school mascots

Thought you might appreciate this! They have five years to comply, but it’s progress :)

http://www.kcby.com/news/local/Oregon-bans-Native-American-school-mascots-151945665.html?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email

Win! -k

Does anyone have a red indian costume i can borrow/buy?

kennie2:

would be really great

in a size 6/8 UK

or age 14

or does anyone know where i can buy one cheap?

“Red indian” is a racial slur, and racist costumes are icky. I kindly ask that you pick another, less offensive, costume.

My Identity Is Not A Costume for You To Wear!

here-i-am-without-you: this-is-not-native: i-need-direction-to-perfection: Aww I love this And I fucking hate it. I hate how the phrase “red indian” is thrown around like it’s 1812. I hate how people think it’s okay to dress up like a racist stereotype for funsies. I hate how people think ndns are a mystical species, a thing of the past, that dressing like this is no different than dressing in colonial garb or a flapper costume. I don’t know who you think you are but what gives you the right to bash people who you obviously do not know? You don’t seem to understand the term ‘racism’. Nothing here is ‘racist’, it’s just two girls wearing a harmless costume, they aren’t intentionally wearing this to offend anyone. Get over it, right now you look like a pathetic bully. We’re ndns, and we’re angry that it is considered socially acceptable to reduce 50 million people down to one gross, overplayed, time-to-get-rid-of stereotype. If you think these costumes are harmless, you need to check yoself before you wreck yoself. Stereotypes like these are all too commonplace across the globe. They help perpetuate the idea that native Americans are either extinct, or mythological beings, as opposed to real people who have a long history of oppression that still exists today. I’m not quite sure how you found this to be bullying. Calling out appropriation and disrespect towards an oppressed class is not bullying, but one could argue that telling POCs to “get over” race issues might certainly be.

here-i-am-without-you:

this-is-not-native:

i-need-direction-to-perfection:

Aww I love this

And I fucking hate it.

I hate how the phrase “red indian” is thrown around like it’s 1812.

I hate how people think it’s okay to dress up like a racist stereotype for funsies.

I hate how people think ndns are a mystical species, a thing of the past, that dressing like this is no different than dressing in colonial garb or a flapper costume.

I don’t know who you think you are but what gives you the right to bash people who you obviously do not know? You don’t seem to understand the term ‘racism’. Nothing here is ‘racist’, it’s just two girls wearing a harmless costume, they aren’t intentionally wearing this to offend anyone. Get over it, right now you look like a pathetic bully.

We’re ndns, and we’re angry that it is considered socially acceptable to reduce 50 million people down to one gross, overplayed, time-to-get-rid-of stereotype.

If you think these costumes are harmless, you need to check yoself before you wreck yoself. Stereotypes like these are all too commonplace across the globe. They help perpetuate the idea that native Americans are either extinct, or mythological beings, as opposed to real people who have a long history of oppression that still exists today.

I’m not quite sure how you found this to be bullying. Calling out appropriation and disrespect towards an oppressed class is not bullying, but one could argue that telling POCs to “get over” race issues might certainly be.

For the white people who still don’t get it:

ladyatheist:

Look, if you see a post where someone is questioning why white people do racist shit and the only damn thing you can think to say is “but I’m not like that”, you’re part of the god damn problem. Why? Because you have just successfully derailed the conversation and made it all about you and your feelings. By saying “but I’m not like that” and declaring how “hurt” your feelings are, you’re signifying that your feelings are more important than the whole race of people who are hurt and degraded by white people who choose to do racist ass shit. Instead of saying “do I do that” or “hey, maybe I should take this as a warning not to do that”, you chose to launch into a diatribe about how hurt you are and how that completely invalidates the original post. That is fucked up and it makes you part of the problem.

If I had a dollar for every message in my inbox saying “NOT ALL WHITE PPL ARE RACIST AND IF YOU DON’T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU’RE THE REAL RACIST!!!” I’d be one rich ho.

and fwiw, this applies to all sorts of privileged folks: straight people, cis people, men, able bodied people, etc etc etc.

digatisdi asked:

Yo, I'm not sure but this looks like a whirlwind of appropriation (I found it in the #Native American tag, along with these: #sun dance #spiritual #fakir #fakir musafar #musafar #suspension #o kee pa #oh kee pa #black and white #piercing #hanging #body mod #body modification #native indian #apache #suphi #sufi #sufee #suefi #suephi) zeadmods[.]tumblr[.]com/post/23163342172/

This is a tough one. The man in the photograph is Fakir Musafar (birth name something much, much whiter), who is responsible for a lot of modern advancements within the body modification community. That being said, he is also responsible for “modern primitivism” within the community, which manifests itself in different ways. The art of suspension, as seen here, has vague roots in several indigenous groups across the globe, but as it exists today can hardly be seen as appropriation.

That being said, modern primitivism also has brought forth the mainstream adaptation of body mods taken directly from indigenous people, like Maori blackwork tattoos, lip plates, and neck stretching.

As to why this was tagged #native american, Fakir was born on a rez, which I think leads people to believe he is native American. He is not, but has stated in interviews that he has worked with natives in developing body mod techniques. Like I said, this is tricky.