Shraddha Kapoor accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ for wearing Native American war bonnet
Cultural appropriation is the act of inappropriately adopting ideas from a culture that’s not one’s own, especially of minorities, in an ignorant and unacknowledged manner by a relatively dominant community.
The latest to fall for cultural appropriation is Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor, as she was featured wearing a Native American headgear for her Dabboo Ratnani Calendar 2019 photoshoot.
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Her photoshoot for Dabboo Ratnani’s annual calendar has been called out by an Instagram page for cultural appropriation after the actress wore a Native American headdress for misappropriating Native American culture.
Diet Sabya, a self-proclaimed fashion watchdog which claims to be committed to exposing blatant fashion copies.
Diet Sabya wrote a detailed post on its official Instagram page accusing Shraddha Kapoor of the misappropriating Native American culture.
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According to our basic birthright source, Wikipedia, the wearing & displaying of such headdresses, and other ‘indigenous traditional arts and sacred objects’ by those who have not earned them — especially by non-Natives as fashion or costume — is considered extremely offensive by traditional Native people. The ‘controversy’ is part of a wider effort by Native American activists to highlight the ongoing cultural genocide against indigenous peoples (especially in the United States and Canada). The stupid trend of musicians and festival-goers wearing warbonnets across festivals has led to criticism by Native Americans, apologies by non-Natives, and the banning of headdresses as costumes by several big-league music festivals. We thought this was common knowledge. Yet, we are here, talking about it being appropriated by a celebrity calendar. @shraddhakapoor by @dabbooratnani for #dabbooratnanicalendar
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While Shraddha and Dabboo Ratnani’s comments are being awaited over this matter. the followers of the page agreed to the claim and came in lauding the post.
