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In reply to the discussion: Prom dress prompts 'cultural appropriation' row [View all]RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)wonderful, beautiful Native Americans I rubbed tweets and FB posts in my fervent support and armchair activism for Standing Rock. It was a hard lesson for me -- I too didn't want to believe that it was a thing, or that I -- as an ever uber-privileged white woman -- should EVER have to check myself on my use of dress and icons from other cultures.
But learn it I did.
So I have been deeply sorrowed by all that I've read on this thread, a thread on the subject on a PROGRESSIVE discussion forum. Most people -- except 2 that I recall (but barely) -- have wanted to double- or triple-down on their white privilege. To a certain extent I can understand, after all I just admitted I didn't want to "understand it" either. But what I've mostly seen missing is any INTEREST in understanding.
But it gets worse.
Not only are most people in this thread not interested, too many of them hugged their white privilege close to their puffed out chests and made disparaging, contemptuous remarks about the people and the concept itself.
Not a good look for Democratic Underground. Not a good look at all.
ETA: Just as a point of information. A year or more ago there was a huge brouhaha over the fact that Mley Cyrus was twerking in her new show, clear cultural appropriation of African American artists.