tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1001485598927344595..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Why hipster headdresses aren't okayRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73254350069398703942010-04-29T23:35:45.081-07:002010-04-29T23:35:45.081-07:00'If you dismiss Indians as figments of the ima...'If you dismiss Indians as figments of the imagination, you don't have to think about climate change, budget cuts, or artifact theft and how these things affect real people.'<br /><br />Yup. Figments of their imagination, or just of the past. I live in the Bay Area of California. Hipsters (all white and Asian, some black) abound and they are literally *drowning* in their own privilege. It's disgusting. Sometimes it's funny to call them out by making a lighthearted but cutting remark if you get caught in a herd of headdresses/moccasins/jewelry and watch as they become increasingly uncomfortable when they find out there ARE, in fact, Indians that live in cities (or that still exist, I guess), but there's been times I've heard or witnessed them pulling the old "I'm part Native American" song-and-dance routine...IN FRONT of Indians. (It's like a knee-jerk response for racist nons, I've noticed.) In their minds the general idea is this: "We can get away with this, it's not like getting caught in a black neighborhood with our faces painted. And that group of people walking by mad dogging us while we're having a time in our tribal attire are just a bunch of jealous Mexicans!" I wish we had the same 'power' over them that other folks of color have: these people would feel like idiots (or at least, really uncomfortable) if they walked by a Chinese person while dressed in a way that imitates or mocks Chinese people. If an urban Indian is present, they remain comfortable in their outfits/with their actions because it's assumed the person is East Asian, Hispanic...anything but Native.m.noreply@blogger.com