April 2012
39 posts
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody in headdresses
Source and analysis of the episode here.
Kellyn Lewis: Killin' It
A reader sent me this open letter about recent “Racist Olympics” (racist Beer Olympics) written by Northwestern University student Kellyn Lewis:
Northwestern Family,
On April 21, I saw something I was not supposed to see. As I was walking down Foster Street to hang out with a friend and do some homework, I heard a foul noise fall on my ears from the sidewalk. As I enter into my...
From the Georgetown Tumblr
When in finals:
Found here
This is just too meta. White people GIF-ing about white people in headdresses in order to complain about their misery at taking finals at an elite university.
OR as the person who submitted it said:
ima use this cute nostalgic lil gif of a white kid in peter pan from my childhood to demonstrate how difficult my current situation is at georgetown university
Fashionista: 10 Coachella Trends that Need to Die
Fashionista included headdresses as one of their “10 Coachella Trends that Need to Die.”
AMEN.
They write,
Are we the only ones who find this trend borderline offensive? I mean, you’re jamming out to Gotye and drinking designer beer, not dropping peyote in the desert trying to find your spirit animal. On top of that, it’s just culturally insensitive.
Well, not the WHOLE point...
Navajo Nation at Beer Olympics? No, just WHITE...
“I woke up to a horde of people in my backyard wearing headdresses. I asked them to explain their outfits, and they told me they were representing “Navajo Nation” in beer olympics. I ran to get my camera, and, by the time I returned, they were gone :/”
- College student.
Reflections from Coachella
“At one point there were like twenty kids all dressed up going ‘wahwahwahwahwahwah’ (war whoop sounds)”
Vanessa Hudgens at Coachella
Oh no…
!
(Not sure how she identifies racially/ethnically and I know she is of mixed heritage, but her fame and partial whiteness get her on my site.)
Gchat about Concert-Going White People in...
11:27 PM White non-headdress wearing friend: can’t believe people are still wearing those
me: so MANY people
11:28 PM White non-headdress wearing friend: i am so out of touch with racist white music festival culture
never been to one before
do people walk around on the street with those
or for some reason once they get on the concert grounds
they decide it is okay to put them...
From Gawker Oct 2010: Is Your Halloween Costume...
Ready or not, here it comes!
FESTIVAL SEASON HAS ARRIVED!
We all know that music festivals are perhaps the BEST place to spot your good ol’ white person in a headdress (with the one obvious exception of college costume/theme parties excluded) so for all of my faithful contributors out there who will be attending music festivals this summer, GET YOUR CAMERAS READY.
And the most headdress-filled festival of them all is...
Another Open Letter
Someone wrote this to me after reading my latest post:
I don’t understand why people don’t see what they are doing as wrong. It’s a blatant lack of respect for Native American heritage and what our government/nation owes them as a marginalized community.
Whatever, ****’s not worth my time. I have never known them to change their opinions or be persuaded by...
An Open Letter to the People Who Ask Me To Take...
Dear Person Who Asks Me To Remove Their Photo from this Tumblr,
First of all, I hope that you have perused the tumblr and read about why white people wearing headdresses is a problematic trend that I wanted to address. My argument on a fundamental level is that the trivialization and commercialization of Native American cultural items or Native American-themed items is always problematic and...
More Mascot Issues (Blackhawks this time)
When Native Americans are mascots, both fans of that team AND fans of the other team act/dress in horrifying ways. Here are more examples:
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Piperlime: A Trend You Gotta TRIBAL
Seriously????
Neon Indian fans wamp
My favorite blog, Native Appropriations, wrote a post a while back about Neon Indian (who, as far as I know, two years after the post, still hasn’t committed any cultural appropriation faux pas relating to their name despite popular trends — if I’m wrong send pixx!) and their fucked up fans who felt the need to sexualize imagery of Native women at Bonnaroo in 2010 when they...
Free People's New Line.. of Headdresses.
From Meghan Young at TrendHunter.
NATIVE-INSPIRED LOOKBOOKS
Fun and free-spirited, the Free People April 2012 lookbook appears to be inspired by Native American attire and accessories. It features all the trimmings, from headdresses to face paint. The collection is also influenced by the music festival scene. It so happens that the biggest music festival, Coachella, is taking place later this...
"I am NOT Your Costume"
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