InCharacter Costumes Girl's Indian Maiden Costume, Tan, 10

[msoberanes]

Hey, to wear a native dress is proud of your nation, if you are so proud to be american, then you should be bery proud to wear an american native dress.

[olcubmaster]

@cherryfeather

A culture is not a costume. Especially not a culture has undergone a brutal genocide in this country for trying to exist. Native people and children are otherized and marginalized for wearing the native ceremonial dress that this “costume” is dumbing-down and mocking, but it’s cute when white kids do it.

I don’t mean to sound as if I don’t understand how the image of the native American has at times been turned into a cartoon in the past century.

Is it the styling of the item or the concept of it being considered a costume? If this is based on a ceremonial garment then I better understand. Am I wrong in thinking that one piece buckskin garments were worn by the women?

[jitteryladybug]

This is blatantly racist, horribly insensitive, extremely offensive cultural appropriation.

[cherryfeather]

@olcubmaster

I don’t mean to sound as if I don’t understand how the image of the native American has at times been turned into a cartoon in the past century.

Is it the styling of the item or the concept of it being considered a costume? If this is based on a ceremonial garment then I better understand. Am I wrong in thinking that one piece buckskin garments were worn by the women?

Both the styling and the concept are wrong and based on dumbed-down, cartoonish stereotypes of actual Native dress. and yes, you are wrong, Native women are a) still around, so don’t talk about them in past tense please and b) don’t wear buckskin. Read the link upthread from Native Appropriations, if you want a full explanation from a Native person, it’s pretty comprehensive.

[starigrrrl]

yeah, pretty offensive. Cheap, tacky, and looks nothing like real regalia or period clothing for that matter. It’s a sort of white romanticism of what they think “Indians” look(ed) like.

[cherryfeather]

Our traditional clothing looks nothing like that. No, this is not the result of “PC culture” gone awry. This is about basic human decency and respect. My culture is not a costume. There are 566+ tribes in the US alone. We don’t wear skimpy dresses, fake buckskin, pony beads, and neon feathers.

From the link to Native Appropriations upthread. Come on, y’all.

[olcubmaster]

@cherryfeather

Both the styling and the concept are wrong and based on dumbed-down, cartoonish stereotypes of actual Native dress. and yes, you are wrong, Native women are a) still around, so don’t talk about them in past tense please and b) don’t wear buckskin. Read the link upthread from Native Appropriations, if you want a full explanation from a Native person, it’s pretty comprehensive.

Take a deep breath my friend. I apologize if I did not express my thought clearly. Of course native women are still around. I was asking/referencing past/historical dress, not the women themselves or today’s garments.

[starigrrrl]

@peckcw

So, wouldn’t this be a squaw costume?

It says “Indian maiden,” but I thought they were called squaws.

Squaw is a term for a women’s private parts. It’s not used in a kind way.

[yanked]

@yanked

In 30 years, this will feel like my grandparents telling me about receiving Little Sambo dolls for christmas.

I hope.

Though upon reading the rest of this thread, my guess is that if Woot did offer a Little Sambo doll, it would sell pretty well thanks to all of those eager to stick it to the SJWs of the world.

[pirateninjarobo]

Wow…

Get your kids started young, crazy CRAZY deals on cultural appropriation. At prices this low, you can’t afford NOT to steal a proud people’s identity! Free human femur with every purchase.

[princesspraline]

@pirateninjarobo

Wow…

Free human femur with every purchase.

Quality post right there if I ever saw one…

[manhandsha]

Hey all! There was certainly no intention to offend. Apologies for this item slipping through the cracks!

The buyers have taken your feedback to heart and are already discussing a process to make sure these kinds of products aren’t procured for future events. Thanks for being vocal, everyone!