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Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on July 31, 2013, 10:10:43 pmQuote from: Eva-Beatrice on July 31, 2013, 09:00:54 pmappropriating a sacred Native American ritual and completely bastardizing it in the process to make money. Yep. And on top of perpetuating stereotypes and using religion as a means to cash in, many of these plastic shaman have seriously injured or killed people while attempting to perform cheap knockoffs of Native rituals (sweat lodges, vision quests, etc.)Also, I can completely understand why Natives are hurt and offended when people turn sacred regalia (warbonnets, etc.) into a fashion trend (which I wouldn't call racist so much as tacky and kind of insensitive) or dress up as caricatures of them for Halloween (which *is* racist).That being said, purchasing things like dream catchers and moccasins isn't offensive.I always laugh when someone talks about Native American shamans. Shamanism originated from Northern Asia, not the Americas. There aren't even many religions in the Americas that are shamanistic.
Quote from: Eva-Beatrice on July 31, 2013, 09:00:54 pmappropriating a sacred Native American ritual and completely bastardizing it in the process to make money. Yep. And on top of perpetuating stereotypes and using religion as a means to cash in, many of these plastic shaman have seriously injured or killed people while attempting to perform cheap knockoffs of Native rituals (sweat lodges, vision quests, etc.)Also, I can completely understand why Natives are hurt and offended when people turn sacred regalia (warbonnets, etc.) into a fashion trend (which I wouldn't call racist so much as tacky and kind of insensitive) or dress up as caricatures of them for Halloween (which *is* racist).That being said, purchasing things like dream catchers and moccasins isn't offensive.
appropriating a sacred Native American ritual and completely bastardizing it in the process to make money.
Humanity does learn from history,sadly, they're rarely the ones in power.
Life is too damned short for the concept of “guilty” pleasures to have any meaning.
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Unisex names, how do they work?
There are still some names that are definitely unisex though, like Sydney, Terry, and Ariel.
Quote from: Eva-Beatrice on August 01, 2013, 06:44:35 pmThere are still some names that are definitely unisex though, like Sydney, Terry, and Ariel.I'd agree for the first two, and say no to the third. Imagine a boy in elementary school with the same name as The Little Mermaid. He will either grow up to kill himself or others.
Quote from: PosthumanHeresy on August 01, 2013, 06:45:46 pmQuote from: Eva-Beatrice on August 01, 2013, 06:44:35 pmThere are still some names that are definitely unisex though, like Sydney, Terry, and Ariel.I'd agree for the first two, and say no to the third. Imagine a boy in elementary school with the same name as The Little Mermaid. He will either grow up to kill himself or others.I had a boy with the name Ariel as my babysitter for a while and he went off to a good college.