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Apparently, it’s ok for white girls to wear bindis, but not Indians themselves, even though bindis come from India and bindis are an object created by Indians. I remember all the times my mother was treated like an alien; sneered and glared at, being told to “go back to where you came from” because she wore a bindi and a salwaar kameez in public. Whites can wear bindis with no problem; but my mother, for whom it was a part of who she was, was ridiculed for it. It’s permissible for white people to wear bindis because they’ve claimed ownership (through consumption) over the very idea of bindis: that it’s cool and trendy to wear one—but only if you’re white. This smug hypocrisy of the whites that I grew up with could make anybody feel resentful and indignant.
from “We Can Wear Bindis, But You Can’t”
finding this article took me less than five minutes. :|
white people and fellow non-desi poc (if the latter are a problem which idk haven’t heard it if they are) have absolutely zero excuses for why they cannot figure this out on their own.
this is a fairly simple concept. :|
[btw i have not read the whole article so idk if there’s anything in there that’s problematic or not]
(via someotherchick)
(Source: someothermonstra)
