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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But can't we just call that racism? "Haha, I'm an Indian" is just racist. Making a new term of cultural appropriation then leads to all sorts of things getting that label that aren't problematic. A lot of it I think actually veers back into racism. Like as a white guy, can I eat, for example, Cherokee dishes? Can I open a Cherokee restaurant? I'm not pretending to be from their culture, I just like the food and think other people would too. If I can't do these things, you are reinforcing that Cherokees are a different group than all other Americans, which is where racism comes from. Being exposed to other cultures is how you combat racism, that's why cities tend to be less racist.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 2 days ago

I guess, but there are many different types of racism and this is not the same as, for example, burning a cross on a black family's lawn.

This is not active hate. This person very likely has no animosity toward indigenous Americans. He probably has no idea about the significance of the war bonnet or why it's offensive.

So I think this is a subcategory which needs to be highlighted specifically because of people like that.