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ashling

(25,771 posts) Wed May 2, 2018, 12:25 PM May 2018

Cultural insensitivity?

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People are outraged this teen wore a traditional Chinese dress to prom

People are accusing a teenage girl of cultural appropriation for wearing a traditional Chinese dress to prom

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Cultural insensitivity? (Original Post) ashling May 2018 OP

Suspicious twitter links without any context make me jittery. Pass. nt procon May 2018 #1

Oh FFS. n/t X_Digger May 2018 #2

I dunno. I guess. Maybe. I dunno. Iggo May 2018 #3

I don't think it's really cultural. NCTraveler May 2018 #4

Oh, that again. The Chinese dress at the prom... TreasonousBastard May 2018 #5

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. Suspicious twitter links without any context make me jittery. Pass. nt

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:32 PM

May 2018

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)

2. Oh FFS. n/t

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:34 PM

May 2018

Iggo

(47,534 posts)

3. I dunno. I guess. Maybe. I dunno.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:38 PM

May 2018

Far as I can tell, it's a pretty dress.

What tradition is being ignored?

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

4. I don't think it's really cultural.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:40 PM

May 2018

More along the line of inconsiderate. Where is the content?

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

5. Oh, that again. The Chinese dress at the prom...

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:51 PM

May 2018

It's not insensitivity, it's appreciation.

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