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That was in the context of attending an event primarily by and for that community. For example, a straight person dressing as a LBGT person (however you would d
by tweetle_beetle 6y ago
That was in the context of attending an event primarily by and for that community. For example, a straight person dressing as a LBGT person (however you would do that) to attend a Pride event.
Your second and third are examples of the blending of cultures, which tends to be associated with multiculturalism which I would argue is generally a positive thing.
However, assuming that in your first example someone is trying to impersonate a Mexican person by wearing a sombrero, that could well be insensitive. My main point is that it does depend on intent and context, but at face value that is stereotyping, and not really very far from blackface. Hopefully we can all agree than we don't really want to go there.
- apexalpha 6y agoWearing a sombrero is not far from blackface? Wow, we really have opposite views on this. Also, in Amsterdam pride LOTS of straight people attend.
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoYou're ignoring all the subtlety in what I've said and jumped to a conclusion which I was not making. > My main point is that it does depend on intent and context https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.