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I dropped her off this morning and saw girls (and boys) wearing grass skirts, some of them with coconut bras too. I'm not sure what else is going on, but it doesn't seem very respectful of a native culture that we have seriously fucked over. Would they have a "Native American Day" and let kids come in wearing feathered headdresses?

Or am I reading too much into it?

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm hoping someone who is Hawaiian will say something here because I don't know any Hawaiians myself.

EDIT: Also, I think it's a little different when it comes to Italian vs. Hawaiian, because Hawaiians are an oppressed people who faced a genocide. Italians got treated like shit in the U.S., but compared to Hawaiians, it's not really the same.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago

Pro-tip: it’s never a good idea to compare the suffering of peoples.

[-] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I can see why you might not want to compare the suffering of individuals, but what's the problem with comparing the suffering of groups of people?

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who suffered worse: the native Americans during the trail of tears or those who suffered the holocaust?

[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Because it will marginalize the suffering of one of them.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Because one was the victim of a genocide and the other wasn't?

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