Posts tagged "ignorance of native cultures"
apihtawikosisan:

hoboandsailor1983:

Здесь нет власти денег и силы бога, есть лишь мудрость Духов и люди, единые с ними. 53°18′ 0″ N, 66° 33′ 0″ E – земли “краснокожих”.

People laugh sometimes when I rant about tipis and totem poles being displayed together despite coming from extremely different (and geographically separated) nations…I think they believe I’m exaggerating.  Except I’ve seen everything from children’s toys to shit like this and no, I really am not making this up.  Unfortunately.

apihtawikosisan:

hoboandsailor1983:

Здесь нет власти денег и силы бога, есть лишь мудрость Духов и люди, единые с ними. 53°18′ 0″ N, 66° 33′ 0″ E – земли “краснокожих”.

People laugh sometimes when I rant about tipis and totem poles being displayed together despite coming from extremely different (and geographically separated) nations…I think they believe I’m exaggerating.  Except I’ve seen everything from children’s toys to shit like this and no, I really am not making this up.  Unfortunately.

apihtawikosisan:

savageninjuh13:

youwillnotdeny:

emilythefab:

The product of hard work and glue for a week. Purple fingers forever.

no
nononononono
bad

I’m sorr you have issues
The idiot who made this has issues.  Racism and colonialism issues, with a side of ignorance and disrespect.
But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?
My Identity Is Not A Costume for You To Wear!
On why prancing around in a headdress and war paint isn’t ~appreciating~ “native culture”
An Open Letter to Non-Natives in Headdresses
Redface!- The History of Racist American Indian Stereotypes

god that thing is fucking ugly.

apihtawikosisan:

savageninjuh13:

youwillnotdeny:

emilythefab:

The product of hard work and glue for a week. Purple fingers forever.

no

nononononono

bad

I’m sorr you have issues

The idiot who made this has issues.  Racism and colonialism issues, with a side of ignorance and disrespect.

god that thing is fucking ugly.

apihtawikosisan:

jordana919:

My sweet pride and joy.

How embarrassing.  One more for the Hall of Shame.
You’d think people would do the bare minimum of research before getting things like this permanently inked on their bodies.
Ah well, best case scenario, you never actually run into a real native person and don’t have to endure their pointed laughter at your expense.

this is terrible.
oh hey, thanks for the floating shoulder. it’s clear you haven’t seen an actual person before.

apihtawikosisan:

jordana919:

My sweet pride and joy.

How embarrassing.  One more for the Hall of Shame.

You’d think people would do the bare minimum of research before getting things like this permanently inked on their bodies.

Ah well, best case scenario, you never actually run into a real native person and don’t have to endure their pointed laughter at your expense.

this is terrible.

oh hey, thanks for the floating shoulder. it’s clear you haven’t seen an actual person before.

I am not fucking racist.

apihtawikosisan:

sexandcherrycoke:

I post a photo that isn’t even mine of a girl dressed up as an indian. Am I racist? No, i happen to like the indian culture and I am pretty god damn sure they don’t fucking mind.

Thank-you.

We mind.

We repeatedly discuss why we mind.  Even those of us who think it’s not worth getting mad about look at people who do this and roll their eyes.  We do not feel ‘honoured’ or ‘flattered’ by it.

http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.ca/2011/10/open-letter-to-pocahotties-and-indian.html

http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.ca/2010/04/but-why-cant-i-wear-hipster-headdress.html

If you don’t want to be called a racist, stop blogging stereotypical ‘dress up’ pictures.  And do not tag that shit #native american when it’s really just the fucked up fantasies of non-natives.

“I’m not racist. I just do racist things!”

apihtawikosisan:

emwolfilie:

The Native American choker I own always makes me feel like a Cherokee princess.

What the fuck is a Cherokee princess?

apihtawikosisan:

emwolfilie:

The Native American choker I own always makes me feel like a Cherokee princess.

What the fuck is a Cherokee princess?

apihtawikosisan:

ohyessheknows:

“Follow the Wind” (For ELLE Magazine) by Zlatimir Arakliev & Antonia Yordanova (Both from Sofia, Bulgaria).

It’s moments like this that I wish those wacky animal rights people would come along and dump red paint all over this shit.

Because that would be hilarious.  And ironic.

Stop tagging this idiocy #native american and start tagging it #stupidshitwhitepeopledo

for once, peta has a purpose in life.

apihtawikosisan:

motherterhysa:

I’m actually an Indian chief

Hi miss “50% Iroquois Indian”.  No one in the Iroquois Confederacy wears the Plains style warbonnet, so knock this shit off.

apihtawikosisan:

motherterhysa:

I’m actually an Indian chief

Hi miss “50% Iroquois Indian”.  No one in the Iroquois Confederacy wears the Plains style warbonnet, so knock this shit off.

because your culture is what i wear for shits and giggles

make your own(link)

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