Post by Vince524 on Oct 29, 2017 12:36:47 GMT -5
nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/10/20/mom-warns-that-girls-moana-halloween-costume-could-be-seen-as-cultural-appropriation/
Wouldn't it be a good thing for little girls who are white to be able to identify and emulate a non white character? Doesn't that do far more good?
And as a white child, she can't dress as a white character?
Is this going just a bit too far?
A mother’s concern that allowing her daughter to dress as Polynesian Disney princess Moana might be construed as “cultural appropriation” has led to a widespread discussion about the issue on Facebook. In an article published to raceconscious.org, Sachi Feris wrote that her 5-year-old daughter had wanted to dress as either Moana or Elsa, the Scandinavian Disney princess from Frozen.
“I had some reservations regarding both costume choices … about cultural appropriation and the power/privilege carried by Whiteness, and about Whiteness and standards of beauty,” wrote Feris.
“I had some reservations regarding both costume choices … about cultural appropriation and the power/privilege carried by Whiteness, and about Whiteness and standards of beauty,” wrote Feris.
And as a white child, she can't dress as a white character?
Is this going just a bit too far?
