Hi, I'm a Native American, and I'm fed up with the appropriation of my culture by those desperate to be trendy, hip, ironic etc. locsgirl asked: I'm not Native but I'm still very aware of the stereotypes/cultural appropriation and unfortunately it's everywhere. When I speak up against it, I get dismissed, told I'm being 'too sensitive' and sometimes racist people will do that annoying deflective thing & claim I'M the actual racist when it's them. How do you deal with the constant stupidity and insensitivity of oblivious, ignorant people? Do you ever get so frustrated you just want to shut down internally? What keeps you going?
I wish I knew an answer to this. I just do. I guess I’ve become a bit hardened because of it, which is unfortunate. However, I think I have a really supportive community here on tumblr that I feel like I can rely on when I don’t have the energy to do it myself.
