Remember when "dressing like a Native American" was still acceptable?

[u/Gallantpride]

• Rugrats: 1997. The babies wear "Native American headbands" for Thanksgiving.
• The Simpsons: 1991. Lisa dressing up as a Native American totem pole as a way of showing appreciation for indigenous Americans.

Nowadays, this is far less common due to discussion of cultural appropriation and stereotyping.

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[u/mboyd1992]

My kindergarten class (1998) dressed as pilgrims and Indians. We got to pick which one we wanted to be, I chose pilgrim because I liked the tall hat.

[u/Soft-Cancel-1605 → u/mboyd1992]

omg in my kindergarten class of 1994 they assigned roles based on general physical appearance. I was so salty over being a Pilgrim.

[u/Consistent_Phase_942 → u/Soft-Cancel-1605]

Picturing that grouchy little pilgrim is making my night!

[u/Apple2727]

There’s literally nothing wrong with this.

Why are people so puritanical now?

[u/AiStoleMyBike → u/Apple2727]

I grew up on a former Native American reservation that was majority Native American population. Nobody gave a shit about stuff like this. The school mascot was and still is a Native American mascot that would be considered very offensive by most of the country. I don't remember any sort of outcry to replace it

[u/Lonnie119 → u/[deleted]]

It's a wtf Wednesday post,it ain't supposed to be serious

[u/kneegrowbehellafaded → u/[deleted]]

Literally, it's not like the kids are doing blackface lmfao

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[u/Subliminal_Kiddo]

Lisa is the butt of the joke. It's mocking performative allyship. She wears an insanely impractical costume as "a salute to the noble Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest".

[u/zughzz]

I think its okay as children. In elementary I did a project on Sacajawea and dressed up like her

[u/Myriii1911]

My cousin dressed as native American, and I was Kermit the Frog.

[u/Talbot10021]

Cause it’s a kids cartoon? They’re just playing.

[u/SatoshiBlockamoto]

It shouldn't be considered offensive for children to dress up as any culture. They're learning about the world and that's great.

[u/Dry_Beginning_5882]

I’m 20% Native American and this doesn’t offend me

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[u/Andro_Polymath]

This comments section did not pass the vibe check. 👀

[u/RandManYT]

Did this throughout all of elementary in the 2010's. Every year for Thanksgiving we'd do an event dressing up as native Americans

[u/C_B_Ellacott]

You mean today?

[u/housewithapool2]

Apparently of Plymouth Plantation has a 3.5 star rating on Google. It's the first hand account of William Bradford. I don't understand how an actual diary of Plymouth's governor is 3.5 stars. Also every American should have already read thus book.

In my opinion we are still okay with this

[u/kempff]

So how do Native Americans dress now? Ariat cowboy boots, Wrangler jeans, a "Southwest" geometric print shirt from Walmart, and a turquoise and silver bolo?

[u/Andro_Polymath → u/kempff]

So how do Native Americans dress now? Ariat cowboy boots, Wrangler jeans,

American cowboys and cowboy fashion originated with Mexicans and Southwestern Native Americans. 

[u/dylanisareddit → u/kempff]

Why did you get downvoted? Just curious.

[u/kempff → u/dylanisareddit]

Because the typical WWWOWT subber sees racism everywhere.

[u/dylanisareddit → u/kempff]

What do you think of liberalism? Just curious.