Conversations about cultural appropriation of Native American and Indigenous cultures have brewed for years.
Even those with good intentions can slip into racist costumes around Halloween.
Thesecostumes can be the most cringeworthyones you will see.
Don’t get caught in an offensive outfit this autumn.
It’s not just costumes that can fall into the category of cultural appropriation.
Costumes that are appropriative tend to be based on the cultural outfits of people of color and oppressed groups.
How cultural appropriation dehumanizes oppressed groups
Costumes derived from oppressed cultures perpetuate negative stereotypes.
For Indigenous people, costumes based on their cultures present “a monolith,” Henu Josephine Tarrant toldNPR.
“It’s never too early to learn good manners.”
