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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCultural insensitivity?
Last edited Wed May 2, 2018, 12:41 PM - Edit history (1)
https://twitter.com/i/moments/990988293939613698?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=f9016c6ba4a34d0c88a705e2dc8a8da9&uid=330386328&nid=244+273027088People are outraged this teen wore a traditional Chinese dress to prom

People are accusing a teenage girl of cultural appropriation for wearing a traditional Chinese dress to prom
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Cultural insensitivity? (Original Post)
ashling
May 2018
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procon
(15,805 posts)1. Suspicious twitter links without any context make me jittery. Pass. nt
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)2. Oh FFS. n/t
Iggo
(49,752 posts)3. I dunno. I guess. Maybe. I dunno.
Far as I can tell, it's a pretty dress.
What tradition is being ignored?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)4. I don't think it's really cultural.
More along the line of inconsiderate. Where is the content?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)5. Oh, that again. The Chinese dress at the prom...
It's not insensitivity, it's appreciation.