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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I've never pretended to be another race. I've worn various ethnic costumes for 'culture day' depending on what country or culture we were learning about and families from that culture/country would let us borrow clothes/teach us info and customs. Have never darkened skin, etc. [/quote]

Wearing those cultural costumes alone is racist because it’s a form of appropriation.[/quote]

We weren't appropriating but teaching/learning- there was no theft or clothing-wearing that other families didn't approve. All the cultures/races WANTED to be doing this. No one was offended- all involved got paired with other cultures (family to family) to learn. All the cultures were teaching/learning/sharing and eating various foods/borrowing clothes for each other to wear. Does it really sound like we were appropriating? When everyone wanted to be doing this instead of opting out (as that is always a choice)? So confusing. I remember actually giving Haitian and Vietnamese friends some of our kilts and step dancing costumes as they LOVED them, and I also got amazing saris and kimonos from our East Indian/Japanese friends. Making the trades was really fun and we ended up wearing the clothes all year until we outgrew them. This was in Canada, though, where people actually tend to want to learn about/respect differences.[/quote]

One of ds's classes did that,  although the cultural clothing was optional.  One parent brought in ceremonial head dress.  The kids learned a lot about each other.

At the end of it they had a potluck.

This was also in Canada, maybe we're more open to learning.[/quote]

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