Hawking into the Void

lasocialista:

From this post, which is also an excellent read.

Article: An Open Letter To All Appropriators
Article: What’s Wrong With Cultural Appropriation?
Article: Appropriation - The Reality of Indigenous
Article: The Critical Fashion Lover’s (basic) Guide To Cultural Appropriation
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The Critical Fashion Lover one is a great read.

everyone has different reasons for what they choose to wear and why, and as long as you’re prepared to discuss your reasons without engaging in fucked up discussions ignoring your own white privilege, i say go for it.

Dressing up as “a Native American” furthers the already popular notion that they aren’t real, diverse, complex human beings. There’s a reason that dressing up as a white guy isn’t nearly as effective on Halloween; there’s no homogenous vision of what White Guy looks like. If you’ve developed a homogenous vision of a particular race, enough that you could conceive of a good costume, then just fucking stay home for the evening. - choppery