September 27, 2010   182 notes
kwoli: littlespirits: urbannativegirl: mycultureisnotatrend: suckafuck: I’m in love with this portrait of Ivey that my friend Jane Cole shot for a photography class. I am not. What people don’t seem to get is that wearing another culture’s stereotypical attire and pretending you are one of them etc is akin to blackface.Consider for a moment, what the reaction would be had this young lady donned blackface, posed with a watermelon and made a gang sign with her hands.  By wearing the war-paint, posing in a headdress, and making those ludicrous gestures, this is the Native American equivalent. Racism is never sexy.  They love dressing up using every stereotype they know, saying, “It’s so pretty!”.  I wonder if they would love living with those stereotypes, day after day.  I wonder if they’d love being called lazy, stupid, dumb, useless, good for nothing, and better off dead?  If they’d love being called a squaw?…I didn’t think so. If you don’t want all of our cultural baggage and all of the trials and tribulations that go with it, quit dressing up and pretending to be us. Well said, winyans!

kwoli:

littlespirits:

urbannativegirl:

mycultureisnotatrend:

suckafuck:

I’m in love with this portrait of Ivey that my friend Jane Cole shot for a photography class.

I am not.

What people don’t seem to get is that wearing another culture’s stereotypical attire and pretending you are one of them etc is akin to blackface.
Consider for a moment, what the reaction would be had this young lady donned blackface, posed with a watermelon and made a gang sign with her hands.  By wearing the war-paint, posing in a headdress, and making those ludicrous gestures, this is the Native American equivalent.


Racism is never sexy.

 They love dressing up using every stereotype they know, saying, “It’s so pretty!”.  I wonder if they would love living with those stereotypes, day after day.  I wonder if they’d love being called lazy, stupid, dumb, useless, good for nothing, and better off dead?  If they’d love being called a squaw?…I didn’t think so.

If you don’t want all of our cultural baggage and all of the trials and tribulations that go with it, quit dressing up and pretending to be us.

Well said, winyans!

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    Well said, winyans!
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    They love dressing up using every stereotype they know, saying, “It’s so pretty!”. I wonder if they would love living...
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    nativeskins:nasublime:bionicpocahontas:urbannativegirl : suckafuck: I’m in love with this portrait of Ivey that my...
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  16. fiinch reblogged this from tenthmuse and added:
    both of you, do it. hahaha.i
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    Brb, shopping for a headdress out of spite.
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    also reblogging for the comment above. you see why i’m annoyed that pop culture has embraced the headdress as a fashion...