at anyone who finds this offensive. It's such an iconic costume

well i dont think it offensive if its worn to respect a culture or to appreciate a culture. if its worn as a party "costume" then its a bit of a problem but idk tbh i am not native american so I cannot go in this too much

this is not offensive at all.

I am not native American so I can't tell whether this is offensive or not but the guy>>>>>>>

Ugh all this cultural appropriation ish is getting outta hand. People like to over react and be dramatic about everything.

Do any of the complainers donate to National Relief charities? Do they celebrate Thanksgiving?

The faux-outrage over this **** is so annoying. It's complete hypocrisy, especially from non-native Americans.

Omg, the whole 'this is so racist' discussion is so tiring.

Get over yourselves seriously, some people are acting like she's the next Hitler.

Cultural appropriation is a problem though. The fact that white (usually) people can use minorities' and other people's cultures without any backlash for it (I'm talking discriminatory backlash), while these people face oppression on a daily basis, is ****ed up. Also the fact that they don't take the time to educate themselves on what these items/clothes/accessories really mean, and just see it as a "cool thing to wear to a party".

I think people get carried away with some "appropriation!!!" claims, but the fact that the head dress is from what I'm aware of, an actually sacred thing within Native American culture, it's very tacky to go right ahead and use it as an accessory to go out and get wasted in. Native Americans are already so oppressed and mistreated and they have been for hundreds of years, and to have literally taken their land from them and killed millions of them, and then turn around and use something so meaningful within their culture for a completely meaningless purposes is really, really lame and disrespectful. Like, just wear something else.

That's just my opinion though.

I know, right.

So let me not...

Not worth the WPs.

"cultural appropriation"

I'm not PC in any way and do think a lot of people take stuff like this and blow it out of proportion, but I have a Native American friend and they've explained that this is actually a problem when you take into account what the headdress means and how America has treated its natives for hundreds of years.

So basically the headdress and its feathers aren't just some fashion accessory, they are earned when you do special things that benefit your tribe. Saying that it's not offensive to wear the headdress if they're not being offensive doesn't really work since you're not supposed to wear the headdress period unless you've earn it. This isn't like a hair style or a pair of shoes, it's an actual thing that means a lot to the Native American community and it is offensive.

I think it's comparable to someone wearing an army uniform with those buttons that mean different things when you haven't earned it (and I think that's actually illegal in a lot of countries).

Omg a headress & face paint. Much Appropriation!1!1!1

But culture is not static and confined. And I could understand if they were making money off of this but its just a costume. lol

The reason people think its offensive is because these types of costumes are considered sacred. Personally I wish that people would stop getting butthurt over stuff like this and start focusing on protesting actual hate crimes and actual racists instead of people who are just wearing a costume for fun.

My sister is Native Canadian and she says that she doesn't have a problem with these types of things, but you can't expect all Natives to not be offended. If you want to be safe from accusations of people calling you racist, than don't do problematic things. Yes, some people are being overly sensitive, but people can't control what they are and aren't offended by.