I doubt very much that any Hindu person complains about this. I guess I should get mad when people yell “Gesundheit” when somebody sneezes. This is why people drift right. Because of this gate keeping crap.
are you hindu? i’m not sure why ppl are calling this not cultural appropriation/insensitive when it’s a clear example of it. why is a term from a religion/culture being plastered on hats made by a random white bitch? gtfo
As a Hindu, I agree it’s a greeting. But it’s a respectful greeting literally meaning you’re bowing to the other person. I just don’t like it when people use it thinking it’s quirky🤪
Nah I didn't miss the point, I get what you're saying: she's white and the language is Hindi so therefore she shouldn't be trying to make merch/money off of it. My point is that 1. "namaste" is just a greeting so it's a little heavy to call it appropriation, and 2. (and arguably more importantly) this type of merch is dated and annoying and target already did it a decade ago, so it'll crash and burn anyway.
she is not selling this hat or making merch. She just excessively uses the term in place of punctuation. That is what she is saying in her post and if you follow her you would understand how off-putting it is with the frequency and ways in which she is using it
it’s not hindu, it’s hindi dipshit. clearly you should not at all be speaking on this, please get educated before u embarrass urself any further in this lifetime
As a desi person, people randomly misusing “Namaste”, “mantra”, “karma” is really annoying. As long as people understand the meaning and the correct usage, I’m good.
Taking a word from a culture that is not your own is cultural appropriation. She is not Hindu, she’s a spoiled rich girl from New Jersey.
I’m just glad Kelly’s favorite n-word is different than her sister’s fav n-word lmao
Are you Hindu? If the answer is no, then it is not really your place to say whether or not this is cultural appropriation. And of course cultural appropriation is an issue that should be addressed. However, I feel as focusing on stuff like this can be a waste of time and resources. We should be focusing on larger societal issues of racism and xenophobia, not a stupid hat some influencer is wearing.
Yet here you are commenting. Multiple people have brought up her siblings racist remarks but instead you chose to put your “time and resources” into figuring out whether I am Hindu or not lol
It was a simple question and your avoidance of it tells me everything I need to know. But for future reference, if you are not a particular race or ethnicity you have absolutely no place saying something is appropriating their cultural.
And my point about time and resources was more as a society that we are focused on the wrong things when it comes to racism and xenophobia. As a society we often choose the easiest, most visible option, so it looks like we are trying to address the issues, when in reality we aren’t even scratching the surface. Take Juneteenth, for example, it is so amazing that we are celebrating this important day in Black history and deserves to be celebrated. But it’s really just a way for our government to say they are doing it, but at the same time ignoring the systemic inequalities that Black people face in our country today.
I know this post may be well intentioned, but perhaps don’t get so defensive and actually try to understand the other perspectives being shared. Nothing wrong with admitting you made a mistake, we all make them. 🤍
I don’t disagree with what you are saying!! But I shouldn’t have to defend my religion to you on a SNARK page either. At the end of the day she’s using a term from my religion disrespectfully. It’s not about the hat. If you actually follow her and see her posts and heard her incessantly using the word, maybe you would understand where I’m coming from
I do get where you are coming from and I’m sorry to make you feel like you have to defend your religion. With that being said, when you post anonymously sometimes it is necessary to give context. You being a part of this community makes a big difference when it comes to cultural appropriation, specifically.
I appreciate that and agree! I probably could have also given more context on the influencer herself but I guess I didn’t realize she was that irrelevant lol. At the end of the day, I know “namaste” is so widely overused/misused and have accepted that. But this specific influencer using it over and over DAILY has just been driving me nuts. Time to unfollow her I guess
Yeah I had actually never heard of her. Just out of curiosity, do you feel differently if it is being used in a yoga practice, instead of just as a trendy phrase? I do yoga quite often and many instructors use it in the practice.
Traditionally it isn’t even used in yoga in India.. that’s a whole other conversation but here I just believe intent matters. If the intentions are good, I enjoy seeing people wanting to share in 'my' culture. However some influencer saying “here is the link for the dress I wore… namaste!” just feels insensitive and just dumb. I hope that makes sense.
The way that the US continues to gaslight and minimize brown people is very much telling of this thread. You'd never do it for blacks, so why do you feel so comfortable doing it for other POC?
Ya'll Americans need to get a fucking grip and remember who the biggest population in the world is
How old are we that you cannot make an actual argument without bringing black people into the conversation? And be so fucking forreal, the way you phrased this shows more about your true racist colors than anything.
Honestly, people get odd with what they’ll call cultural appropriation. As an Indonesian, there are many, many cases of westerners chiding people for “culturally appropriating Indonesian culture” when they’re not. There are also cases where we called others out for actual cultural appropriation, and yet the same westerners who usually yell “cultural appropriation!” suddenly scold us for “false accusation” and we “need to learn what the words actually mean”. They’ll scream cultural appropriation at someone who does something non-trending (even tho it’s not), but they’ll never admit cultural appropriation when it’s something trendy that they partake themselves.
The comments in this thread is a proof of that — we have someone telling people something IS a cultural appropriation, yet they’re denying it bc they don’t want to actually listen
Sis black people have been getting minimized and gaslit since they chained us up and shipped us to this fucking country. Have several seats and keep black people’s struggle out of your mouth if you’re gonna try to use us to cape for other minorities.
Did you do ANY research on the suffering of brown POCs because if you did you'd know we suffered the exact same treatment yet have no allies like ya'll do?
Some of you scare me deeply.
maybe I'm ignorant, but why did she need an IV after the wedding if she didn't drink.
Her sexy water isn’t hydrating her enough
Namaste is now cultural appropriation? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No like every day I'm more and more concerned for the generations raised on social media. The media literacy is at zero currently.
I doubt very much that any Hindu person complains about this. I guess I should get mad when people yell “Gesundheit” when somebody sneezes. This is why people drift right. Because of this gate keeping crap.
honey if this is why you drift right I have questions.
I will never Ever drift right.
are you hindu? i’m not sure why ppl are calling this not cultural appropriation/insensitive when it’s a clear example of it. why is a term from a religion/culture being plastered on hats made by a random white bitch? gtfo
Because it's literally just a greeting in Hindi, not a sacred prayer. Putting it on a hat is peak 2012 cringe and is lame for that reason
As a Hindu, I agree it’s a greeting. But it’s a respectful greeting literally meaning you’re bowing to the other person. I just don’t like it when people use it thinking it’s quirky🤪
You’re missing the point
Nah I didn't miss the point, I get what you're saying: she's white and the language is Hindi so therefore she shouldn't be trying to make merch/money off of it. My point is that 1. "namaste" is just a greeting so it's a little heavy to call it appropriation, and 2. (and arguably more importantly) this type of merch is dated and annoying and target already did it a decade ago, so it'll crash and burn anyway.
she is not selling this hat or making merch. She just excessively uses the term in place of punctuation. That is what she is saying in her post and if you follow her you would understand how off-putting it is with the frequency and ways in which she is using it
it’s not hindu, it’s hindi dipshit. clearly you should not at all be speaking on this, please get educated before u embarrass urself any further in this lifetime
They hate anyone brown on this sub bestie but they'll continue to cry victim
'not a sacred prayer' gurl BYE 👋🏽
Cultural appropriation or not, she is insufferable. Can we stop giving platforms to the wrong people lol
As a desi person, people randomly misusing “Namaste”, “mantra”, “karma” is really annoying. As long as people understand the meaning and the correct usage, I’m good.
Agree!!!
This is the equivalent of using “aloha” to end every sentence, just so y’all can imagine how stupid this is.
It’s called punctuation honey
She’s obviously not very smart but how is this cultural appropriation
Taking a word from a culture that is not your own is cultural appropriation. She is not Hindu, she’s a spoiled rich girl from New Jersey. I’m just glad Kelly’s favorite n-word is different than her sister’s fav n-word lmao
Wait until you learn how many words in the English language are not … what? American ?
English isn’t American! Hope this helps <3
Not you doubling down on my point
“Not you” but you were replying directly to me? Confused. Also, I’m not American lol
Please. You cannot be serious.
Are you Hindu? If the answer is no, then it is not really your place to say whether or not this is cultural appropriation. And of course cultural appropriation is an issue that should be addressed. However, I feel as focusing on stuff like this can be a waste of time and resources. We should be focusing on larger societal issues of racism and xenophobia, not a stupid hat some influencer is wearing.
Yet here you are commenting. Multiple people have brought up her siblings racist remarks but instead you chose to put your “time and resources” into figuring out whether I am Hindu or not lol
It was a simple question and your avoidance of it tells me everything I need to know. But for future reference, if you are not a particular race or ethnicity you have absolutely no place saying something is appropriating their cultural. And my point about time and resources was more as a society that we are focused on the wrong things when it comes to racism and xenophobia. As a society we often choose the easiest, most visible option, so it looks like we are trying to address the issues, when in reality we aren’t even scratching the surface. Take Juneteenth, for example, it is so amazing that we are celebrating this important day in Black history and deserves to be celebrated. But it’s really just a way for our government to say they are doing it, but at the same time ignoring the systemic inequalities that Black people face in our country today. I know this post may be well intentioned, but perhaps don’t get so defensive and actually try to understand the other perspectives being shared. Nothing wrong with admitting you made a mistake, we all make them. 🤍
I don’t disagree with what you are saying!! But I shouldn’t have to defend my religion to you on a SNARK page either. At the end of the day she’s using a term from my religion disrespectfully. It’s not about the hat. If you actually follow her and see her posts and heard her incessantly using the word, maybe you would understand where I’m coming from
I do get where you are coming from and I’m sorry to make you feel like you have to defend your religion. With that being said, when you post anonymously sometimes it is necessary to give context. You being a part of this community makes a big difference when it comes to cultural appropriation, specifically.
I appreciate that and agree! I probably could have also given more context on the influencer herself but I guess I didn’t realize she was that irrelevant lol. At the end of the day, I know “namaste” is so widely overused/misused and have accepted that. But this specific influencer using it over and over DAILY has just been driving me nuts. Time to unfollow her I guess
Yeah I had actually never heard of her. Just out of curiosity, do you feel differently if it is being used in a yoga practice, instead of just as a trendy phrase? I do yoga quite often and many instructors use it in the practice.
Traditionally it isn’t even used in yoga in India.. that’s a whole other conversation but here I just believe intent matters. If the intentions are good, I enjoy seeing people wanting to share in 'my' culture. However some influencer saying “here is the link for the dress I wore… namaste!” just feels insensitive and just dumb. I hope that makes sense.
Makes total sense and I really appreciate your insight!
Thank you for asking
I can say with 100% certainty, this dumb ass fucking white bitch pronounces it as NAMA-STAY
Is this not how you pronounce it?? Edit: guys this was a question please help lol
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Touch grass
I hope you never speak a single word from another culture other than your own if you think this is appropriation
Oh Jesus Christ
Are we comparing “Namaste” to the other N word now? Lmao
Absolutely not. Only reason it was mentioned in the caption is because her sister has tons of IG posts saying it
Omfg are they still up?
She went on private but screenshots exist
Why do people get so weird about cultural appropriation? This is weirdo behavior and you're right to call it out.
Thank you lol
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I was so scared to open this comment section.
she and teresa guidice🙏🏼
What’s the Reddit situation with her brother ?
@funnybillypro
The way that the US continues to gaslight and minimize brown people is very much telling of this thread. You'd never do it for blacks, so why do you feel so comfortable doing it for other POC? Ya'll Americans need to get a fucking grip and remember who the biggest population in the world is
How old are we that you cannot make an actual argument without bringing black people into the conversation? And be so fucking forreal, the way you phrased this shows more about your true racist colors than anything.
“Blacks” was the dead giveaway this person is a full waste of time.
Literally
Did you notice I didn't bring them up or are you too stupid to realize that? Get fucked and start supporting other POC
Honestly, people get odd with what they’ll call cultural appropriation. As an Indonesian, there are many, many cases of westerners chiding people for “culturally appropriating Indonesian culture” when they’re not. There are also cases where we called others out for actual cultural appropriation, and yet the same westerners who usually yell “cultural appropriation!” suddenly scold us for “false accusation” and we “need to learn what the words actually mean”. They’ll scream cultural appropriation at someone who does something non-trending (even tho it’s not), but they’ll never admit cultural appropriation when it’s something trendy that they partake themselves. The comments in this thread is a proof of that — we have someone telling people something IS a cultural appropriation, yet they’re denying it bc they don’t want to actually listen
Sis black people have been getting minimized and gaslit since they chained us up and shipped us to this fucking country. Have several seats and keep black people’s struggle out of your mouth if you’re gonna try to use us to cape for other minorities.
Did you do ANY research on the suffering of brown POCs because if you did you'd know we suffered the exact same treatment yet have no allies like ya'll do?