If they are two completely different things with the same name, does that count as cultural appropriation?
I think people who get fussed about halloween images of hook-nosed, green skinned witches are silly because those images obviouisly don't have anything to do with modern neo-pagans.
I guess the kicker is that I can afford to think that way because I have the benefit of white western privilege, so negative images of my religion don't impact me negatively in any real sense.
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Date: 2008-07-12 02:29 am (UTC)I think people who get fussed about halloween images of hook-nosed, green skinned witches are silly because those images obviouisly don't have anything to do with modern neo-pagans.
I guess the kicker is that I can afford to think that way because I have the benefit of white western privilege, so negative images of my religion don't impact me negatively in any real sense.