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That's why I don't understand why it's used as a negative term. It's entirely up to the subject culture how it reacts.
by rhn_mk1 7y ago
That's why I don't understand why it's used as a negative term. It's entirely up to the subject culture how it reacts.
- lawlessone 7y agoThere are differences though. A person learning a Cree language to use it is going to get a different reaction than a person wearing an faux Indian headdress at a party.
- rhn_mk1 7y agoIt's still up to the culture how they treat different ways of honoring it. As an example I've seen personally: someone learning German to use it is going to be treated very similarly to someone wearing a dirndl for fun.
- wbl 7y agoTakeo Ishi is one of the big yodelers. Rest assured he is not an ethnic German. As someone who has learnt German to use it, I have never encountered what you describe, except that one never tries German outside of Germany.
- rhn_mk1 7y agoI'm not sure what you've encountered, but I meant that Germans don't care, and wearing traditional dress to a party is not going to shock them much. If anything, it may provoke them to join the party. Therefore, there's nothing inherent about negative reactions from a person of an in-group when someone from the out-group is trying out some of their customs.