My daughter's public school in Indiana is having "Hawaiian Day" today. That's offensive, isn't it? (lemmy.world)

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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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[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago

When you fly to Hawaii, they offer you a lei even if you're not Hawaiian.

[-] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Not when I flew there last year.

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 1 year ago

I remember getting one somewhere. I've been to two airports there, maybe it was only at one of them. It was also 7 years ago, so the tradition may have stopped.