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

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@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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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Apologies, but this is just a heads up. The OP was meant to be civil to my understanding, and at a certain point, as Lemmy mods, we're asked to lock a thread if it gets out of hand. Could everyone tone themselves down a little so this doesn't have to happen?

Also, that moment when it dawns on me I've been wearing a Hawaiian shirt all day.