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RE: My tattoos #5 - culturally appropriative "indian maid"

in #life7 years ago (edited)

I think cultural appropriation is a lot more complex than that definition entails. I think there are certainly instances that occur today and have occurred throughout history that are rooted in disrespect and meant to delegitimize others, but I don't like how black and white (for lack of a better term) this issue has become. In my personal opinion, I do not agree that dipping into each other's cultures should be viewed as harmful or wrong. I think your tattoo shows nothing disrespectful or demeaning and therefore should not be viewed as wrong simply because you do not share the same ethnicity as the woman pictured.

I could ramble on but I'll leave it at that haha.

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I just think it's bad to profit off of novelizing or stealing another peoples cultural art forms or customs. Kind of like the Dia De Los Muetros and how all the big stores sell "sugar skull" stuff.