Thing is, I was not trying to decide their emotions. They have every right to feel however they feel. But they also do not get to speak for other people. As I said, what About Native Americans who actually WANT costumes of their culture to exist, so long as they’re tasteful?
Should I ignore or dismiss their wishes on that one person’s say so?
Should I also ignore the obvious bias, hypocrisy and double standard laced thoughout his many statements?
Should I ignore the numerous positive benefits that I can see coming from tasteful and accurate costumes?
Also, this discussion has had nothing to do with my personal choices in costume as not only does Australia not celebrate Halloween in the first place (More’s the pity), but if we did, I’d prefer to dress up as something from fiction instead of something from real life.
And that’s probably why I disagreed with him. Because the discussion snd ramifications were bigger than him or me, and thus bigger than our emotions. Had it just been about me wanting to wear something that he found offensive, I simply wouldn’t wear it. But that’s not what the conversation was about.
“As I said, what About Native Americans who actually WANT costumes of their culture to exist, so long as they’re tasteful?” These hypothetical people are either few and far between or nonexistent. Even if you personally know a native person who wants this, how do they feel about you tokenizing them and using their words to silence the rest of the native americans you’re speaking over? Genuinely, you have not experienced your people being subjected to genocide and then being used as a costume, having your religious ritual items stolen and passed around as a curio to gawk at. Right now what you need to do is listen and learn from native peoples because you don’t know as much as you think you do.
@forlovefromfear for the win thank you for collecting this trash bin.
@corazonyflores I got you 👍
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