Being Asian or more accurately Han (Chinese) I don't see why trying on cultural wear as racist. Have the Western countries gone over the deep end on sensitivity?
In my country wearing another race's cultural wear is an act of understanding and friendship. It means we look upon your culture with high regards that we want to try it on. I personally have an Indian shirt which I wear during function.
Stereotype? No.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33450391
Following an uproar of criticism on social media, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts cancelled an event that protesters labelled racist and culturally insensitive.
Museum officials announced that they would cancel "Kimono Wednesdays," which was originally scheduled to run until 29 July.
Every week, visitors were encouraged to "channel your inner Camille Monet" by posing in front of Claude Monet's "La Japonaise" while trying on a replica of the kimono Monet's wife, Camille, wears in the painting.
The image Boston MFA put on its Facebook
Protesters quickly labelled this event as racist, saying it propagated racial stereotypes and encouraged cultural appropriation.
In my country wearing another race's cultural wear is an act of understanding and friendship. It means we look upon your culture with high regards that we want to try it on. I personally have an Indian shirt which I wear during function.
Stereotype? No.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33450391
Following an uproar of criticism on social media, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts cancelled an event that protesters labelled racist and culturally insensitive.
Museum officials announced that they would cancel "Kimono Wednesdays," which was originally scheduled to run until 29 July.
Every week, visitors were encouraged to "channel your inner Camille Monet" by posing in front of Claude Monet's "La Japonaise" while trying on a replica of the kimono Monet's wife, Camille, wears in the painting.
The image Boston MFA put on its Facebook
Protesters quickly labelled this event as racist, saying it propagated racial stereotypes and encouraged cultural appropriation.