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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who is Native American on one side of my family...I do not find this I inappropriate at all.   What I DO find offensive is when people who have no ties to the culture, nationality , etc., get offended on their behalf.   You are white.  Please don't tell me or assume I should be offended over something.  It makes you look like an idiot. [/quote]

But, but, but . . . how will I demonstrate that I am fully "woke?"  [/quote]

On some level, I appreciate that people are being a little more sensitive. There are definitely some things that are offensive and it's good to see that people are paying attention to that.  But some people just go so overboard they are the ones who become offensive.

A little girl in DDs class dressed as Pocahontas for Halloween last year.  On our town message board, there were posters tearing apart the mom for letting her daughter dress like that.  It's a frigging Disney movie.  The only people in our town who would have any right to be offended by a 5 year old wearing a Disney costume is my family.  And guess what?   We were not offended!   Yeah, the movie itself isn't the greatest but my kid has watched it.

This fleece is not offensive.  Some things that I do find offensive

The Redskins 
The tomahawk chuck
Assuming all NA cultures and tribes are the same
Assuming any NA design/inspiration in the Western world is offensive to us. [/quote]

I am also NA, and I agree with a lot of what you posted here. Particularly since my tribe is one the NE tribes, and needless to say, we are very different from the Plains tribes, so the whole "all natives look/think/act the same" gets to me.

I do highly dislike stereotypical 'Indian Princess' costumes, and I think sometimes with the Pocahontas costumes, it can start to cross into that territory. Of course, I think verbally attacking a person-- particularly since the child was just copying the movie-- is wrong. Bringing up points about how inaccurate the movie was, and how the real Pocahontas story is actually quite sad, might have been a good starting point as a conversation in that case...

Regardless, the sweater that inspired this thread seems to draw more from the general American Southwest culture/design. Of course, that does have a strong Native influence, but I do not think it is appropriation, no. Honestly, I probably wouldn't really look twice at it.

Given that NA in general are still subject to so many stereotypes, misinformation, and racism, I am glad to see that people are starting to become more sensitive. As long as they do not try to speak for us and are open to hearing our actual opinions, I think the dialogue will be beneficial.[/quote]

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