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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Indigenous Americans often get pretty offended when white people wear their traditional clothing. I'm not sure why this isn't the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If you mean lederhosen, then the second paragraph explains why it's different. If you mean the grass skirts, then I can't comment, as I don't know if there's a ceremonial component to grass skirts that would make wearing one offensive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I meant grass skirts.