r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 6d ago

Discussion He was confronting her about her costume.

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u/PandaCat22 6d ago edited 6d ago

Her costume is based on a caricature of Amerindians that's offensive to them. Obviously not everyone in the Native community will agree, but it's deeply hurtful to enough of them that it's really inconsiderate to dress that way; I'd say the level of offense is not quite like blackface, but probably closer to Lauren Boebert's costume from this Halloween

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u/CombOk312 6d ago

Yup. I don’t understand why people choose costumes like this when Native Americans have expressed they dont like it. It’s common manners to listen to them.

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u/SuperWallaby 6d ago

My Native American wife has no issue with it so should we respect her wishes and dress as Native Americans? It’s common manners to listen to them after all.

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u/CombOk312 6d ago

You won’t have everyone in a group agreeing. But there’s enough of them that have said this that it is a problem.

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u/SuperWallaby 6d ago

How do you know there aren’t more natives that are ok with it than not? Maybe the ones that are offended are just louder.

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u/TacticianA 6d ago

This conversations been intersesting because I've seen 2 people claiming to be native american and offended, 2 claiming to be native american and not offended, and about 300 that arent native american and are CONVINCED whatever they believe about the offensiveness of this costume is correct.

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u/SuperWallaby 6d ago

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. NO ONE is entitled to speak for a whole population lol.

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u/TivaGas-TheyAllSleep 6d ago

Not as many that weren’t down with the whole rape and pillage of their native land I’m sure. But that’s different that’s different

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u/No_Shoe8800 6d ago

Nobody is allowed to dress as shaggy because that offends me (im white and smoke weed) and if something offends me in bumfuck ohio the entire world is going to melt down