https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/ https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/ To be blunt, I think the arguments in this blog post

https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/ https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/ To be blunt, I think the arguments in this blog post are very weak. First of all, they completely fail to demonstrate how the name of ASF has any actual material impact on native peoples. Regardless of that glaring flaw, this piece focuses on the issue of respect for Apache culture and history. Framed another way, their thesis is that using the name of a nation for something unrelated is disrespectful, especially because this nation has suffered historical injustice. There are a couple ironies about this argument. One being that the ASF is a widely respected organization with noble efforts. They chose the name Apache because of admirable aspects of that peoples past. This leads to positive feelings and respectfulness toward the Apache people. Another irony is their claim that a name should be off-limits for other uses or by other people is exclusionary, entitled, and childish, which paints the Apache as a people who deserve less respect. The last thing I'll say is that their entire section about romanticization is just strange. In what world is attributing (even falsely) positive attributes to a nation/people a bad thing? They have a problem because it isn't dynamic enough? But why does historical memory have to be dynamic in the first place? I fail to see what is inherently virtuous about accurately deconstructing every topic all the time.