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In reply to the discussion: Maybe Don't Dress Your Kid Up As Moana This Halloween? [View all]elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)because that would be white face? Hmmm. Hope not.
Personally, the whole Princess Disney thing is lost on me our daughters, the youngest of whom looks exactly like Ariel the mermaid - without the tail, obviously - insisted on being Dracula, big muscle guy Superman Batman, the good witch and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, the Blue's Clues guy, a male trucker, a male cop, Winnie the Pooh... the random list goes on and on and on. we always let the brats make their own decisions and trust me, those decisions were made on a whim based on whatever they were enthralled with at the moment.
And why hasn't anybody mentioned that the closest thing to an African princess the Disney has ever produced is probably Nala from the Lion King. Like, "Okay, whew, we covered Africa. Next?" * Oops, forgot the black princess Tiana, featured in a 2009 film , the Princess and the Frog. Get this when she kissed him he turned into a white guy prince . I am not making this up. They did not promote this film and it was awful. Good lord Disney's backwards and poisonous.
So, to wrap up this rant, when it comes to young children and Halloween costumes I think intent is critical. We can't enjoy, understand, and appreciate (celebrate?) our differences if we can't LOVE THE COOL DIFFERENT STUFF about each other. Cultural appropriation is often an expression of flattery. It's also a scientific fact of human
P.S. the whole "white women are are appropriating wigs from black women" kerfuffle is gonna get very real when Greek women hear about it. Unless we only go back to the modern era (A.D. vs. B.C.), then the British women get to come in with a claim. European MEN have an even older claim!
Bottom line, it's evolution . If you love something about another culture and want to adopt it, is that a terrible thing?