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A Daily Riot.: Update: Culutral Appropriation Do’s and Don’ts

msamberhazard:

jamesrobert:

A Daily Riot.: Update: Culutral Appropriation Do’s and Don’ts

adailyriot:

Given that the old cultural appropriation resource learning list is being passed around more frequently now, and that some of the links on it no longer work, I thought it was high time to release an updated list. These links pertain primarily to the appropriation of Native American/First Nations cultures, spiritualities, and items. However, it’s important to note that cultural appropriation is not limited to the Native American/First Nations. Cultural Appropriation is something that racks the African American, African, Asian, Romani, Indian, South Asian, Maori, and many people and places around the world. It can (as it often does with Native/First Nations) perpetuate racist stereotypical caricatures of Native peoples, as well as colonization, and cultural genocide. i.e. you could be participating in genocide today even if you’re you or your ancestors did not partake in the first acts of colonialism.That is something to be aware of.

Before I send you to the list, I will satirically tell you in the tradition of the (blasted) “Two Wolves” story:

A wise person sat with an ignorant person and said “You can bring a horse to water, but you can not make it drink.” The ignorant person looked at the wise person perplexed, and the wise person said, “Will you drink the water?”

• Racialicious: Cultural Appropriation- Homage or Insult?
• Zine: Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation?
• Zine: Wanting to Be Indian- When Spiritual Searching Turns Into Cultural Theft
• Selling the Indian
• Video: Janessa Speaks on Cultural Appropriation
• Book: Going Native - Indians in the American Cultural Imagination
• Blog: Native Appropriations
• What is Institutionalized Racism?
• Canada’s First Nations: The Legacy of Institutionalized Racism
• Book: Power, Privilege, and Difference
• Stereotypes and Prejudices
• Cultural Genocide
• Earthen Spirituality or Cultural Genocide?
• How to Combat Racism in Your Every Day Life
• History is a Weapon
• Why the ‘Native’ Trend is Pissing Off Real Native Americans
• Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?
• Lets Talk About Pendleton
• Reality Check! Indian Images and [Mis]Representations
• My Culture Is Not A Trend
• A Critical Fashion Lover’s Basic Guide to Cultural Appropriation
• Cultural Appropriation: Still Refusing To See The Truth
• An Open Letter To All Appropriators
• What’s Wrong With Cultural Appropriation?
• Appropriation- The Reality of Indigenous
• Native Stereotypes In the Dominate Culture
• Readings on Cultural Respect
• Racism Primer
• Racism: What It Means, What Most People Think It Means
• Documentary: Reel Injuns
• Documentary: The Canary Effect
• Documentary: White Shamans and Plastic Medicine
• Commercialization of Native Spirituality
• Twilight Saga and The Quileute Indian Tribe: Opportunity or Cultural Exploitation?
• Truth vs. Twilight: Quilieute Website Explores Reality and Fiction
• Halloween: Time to Wear Your Indian Costumes
• When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far

  Other Terms to Research:

• Cultural Appropriation
• Stereotypes /Stereotyping
• Racism
• Institutionalized Racism
• Oppression/Institutionalized Oppression
• White Supremacy
• White Privilege
• White Guilt
• Imperialism
• Colonization
• Genocide
• Cultural Genocide
• Spiritual Appropriation

Reblogging this because of reasons. Important reasons.

Reblogging this in the hopes that some white douche with dreds will read this and shave their head.

(Source: rematiration, via msamberhazard-deactivated201210)