Frelga wrote:Who do you hear it from?
If you mean me, just general internet chatter.
Frelga wrote:Who do you hear it from?
Yes, didn't manage to x-post this time.Alatar wrote:Frelga wrote:Who do you hear it from?
If you mean me, just general internet chatter.
Acutally, they do have religious/spiritual significance in some cultures. Rastafarian, for example...Alatar wrote:Well, I understand the perspective of Native Americans objecting to Tribal headgear, but nobody has ever properly explained to me why wearing dreads is offensive. Its not like they are a religious artifact.
Locks have been worn for various reasons in each culture: as an expression of deep religious or spiritual convictions, ethnic pride, as a political statement and in more modern times, as a representation of a free, alternative or natural spirit.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreadlocksRastafari movement locks are symbolic of the Lion of Judah which is sometimes centered on the Ethiopian flag. Rastafari hold that Haile Selassie is a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, through their son Menelik I. Their dreadlocks were inspired by the Nazarites of the Bible.
I've also definitely seen people being genuinely upset by dreads in "general internet chatter". I also totally don't get it.Frelga wrote:Yes, didn't manage to x-post this time.Alatar wrote:If you mean me, just general internet chatter.Frelga wrote:Who do you hear it from?
Is it chatter from people who are upset, or people making fun of people for being upset?
Did they say why they were upset?yovargas wrote:I've also definitely seen people being genuinely upset by dreads in "general internet chatter". I also totally don't get it.Frelga wrote:Yes, didn't manage to x-post this time.Alatar wrote: If you mean me, just general internet chatter.
Is it chatter from people who are upset, or people making fun of people for being upset?
Now to me, that seems lie a sensible way to handle it!The New Zealand Maori, I think, have handled the issue really well. While the haka war dance is of cultural importance to them, they’ve recognized that it’s a Maori icon and developed hakas for non-Maori to use in various situations.
Yes. That's what I was trying to get at but you put it more clearly. I'd also add that in a case of cultural appropriation the adoption isn't consensual. When you're enjoying a cultural item that has been willingly shared, like a dance or drumming class or whatever's on the menu at a local ethnic restaurant, it's not cultural appropriation.Impenitent wrote:As I understand, it cultural appropriation has to do with adopting from a minority group without context or understanding, for its 'exotic' characteristics.
In other words, treating a culture like a decorative item or a fashion trend.
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