This Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same.

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Can you notice that it's a bit leaning to the right?

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As a European I will admit I have no idea what's "wrong" with the picture. Other than it just looking like a mouthpiece for people instead of actually reporting things

Someone, somewhere has evidently misinterpreted the fact that US presidential candidate Kamala Harris (pictured center) is of Indian ancestry - as in her family is from the country in south Asia - and instead photoshopped her into the stereotypical Native American "Indian" aesthetic. Why they have chosen to do this eludes me.

Ohh! As a European I do know the difference between those two types. It just didn't click that they got it wrong, I thought they had the feathers wrong (like part of the wrong native American tribe or something)

because they don't actually know WHAT Indian she is, didn't bother to look into it, and assumed it to be the American one

because they don't actually know WHAT Indian she is, didn't bother to look into it

Do you really believe this lol

jfc

No it's not that. Another comment explains it above, and it has to do with Western movies. Il tempo is usually just recommended to clean windows, but it's not what you (or OP) suggests.

She's not Native American. Adding random head pieces to Native Americans is reductive and historically used to discount their opinion.