My daughter's public school in Indiana is having "Hawaiian Day" today. That's offensive, isn't it?
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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Then you have no right to speak for them or decide what is or isn’t offensive to them.
Easy there, our friend. At this point in time, it's hard not to see this kind of thing as a mental exercise. Even when it comes to my own culture, I have trouble knowing what is "offensive". Identity is weird.
Yes, I agree that it isn’t that simple, and as I said in another comment here, people of a specific culture will have differing opinions and feelings on the matter. That doesn’t mean that non-Hawaiians get to decide what is offensive to Hawaiians, and that is what I am addressing.
Ok, then in that case OP doesn't have a right to decide elementary school Hawaiian day is offense. Case closed.
There is a difference. OP is asking if indigenous Hawaiians would find it offensive. You have been stating that it isn’t as a matter of fact, even though it’s not for you decide.
Yeah I catch your drift. I didn't know he was asking Hawaiians specifically. I guess everyone in this thread should keep quiet.