Pixie dust: Best submission I think I will ever receive:
Oh hey. So somebody unintentionally offends you, by being unaware of a thing such as cultural appropriation, and it’s issues. Ok, that’s not great. But the thing is, there was no ill intent, there was just a person that if she knew was doing something offensive she wouldn’t have. Now, instead of…
Umm. I gave her accurate information about the warbonnet and had a polite discussion with her about cultural appropriation and even offered her links to articles written about cultural appropriation.
Ignorant means not knowing what she is doing, but when she first tagged her photo she tagged it as “culturally appropriative cis white chick”So before I ever spoke to her she had an idea that these images are cultural appropriation. So she was not ignorant of her actions. And after being given information she chose to keep her pics on her blog, after agreeing with me as to why they are harmful. So no, that isn’t ignorance. That is racism.
- She knew enough about cultural appropriation to tag her photo as “culturally appropriative…” before being written to about these photos.
- She was given accurate information and references.
- She agreed that these images are harmful.
- She chose to keep the photos on her blog.