January 21, 2012

Top 10 Native fashion misappropriations

Canada's CBC gives us a list of Native appropriations revolving around apparel and (naturally) Canada. Most have appeared in Newspaper Rock or the Native Appropriations blog or both. I think I've covered nine of ten of them.

Top ten inappropriate appropriationsFor new readers, here's an oldie but goodie from 2004:



For more on the subject, see Racist Costumes = White Privilege and Why Hipster Headdresses Aren't Okay.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You know you're an Indian when white people can't wait to show you their "authentic Native American jewelry" made in China.