Cultural Appropriation

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Zachack: Jun 1, 2000

Mandy Thompson posted:

Its completely subjective but it does have consequences sometimes, and we should be willing to hear out people who have a problem with their culture being appropriated, especially without much permission or credit. An example is the offensive use of Indians as mascots by white owned teams, or the use of Indians in branding. For example, the real Cherokee tribe was sued for trademark infringement by a white owned company that trademarked the name "Cherokee" for blue jeans and other clothing and lost. Crazy Horse is considered a cultural hero and its rather demeaning to see him used as a mascot to sell malt liquor, something that harms the native american community.

Google is coming up with nothing regarding Cherokee jeans other than apparently being owned by an Indian corporation. Link?

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Zachack: Jun 1, 2000

blackguy32 posted:

I knew someone was going to bring up some poo poo about authority and what not. .

Then why did you mention permission, which pretty much by definition implies authority? Did you ever consider that your examples may be really lovely?

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Zachack: Jun 1, 2000

VitalSigns posted:

You notice that? Why is that, what's so different here that suddenly we have to talk about bans and permissions and dictating?

Maybe you should direct your ire at Blackguy32 who said:

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Simply using something outside of it's cultural context or without permission can be considered as appropriation

You yourself basically stated that someone should feel ashamed for wearing a sari at a social event. Is that not dictating behavior?

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