Posted on 05/25/2018 1:06:16 PM PDT by simpson96
A woman from New Zealand is facing backlash after photos of her chin tattoo began making waves earlier this week.
Sally Anderson, a life coach, reportedly got the tattoo as an homage to New Zealand's indigenous Maori culture, but some are saying it's offensive on the grounds of cultural appropriation. The tattoo, known as a "moko kauae," has since sparked a debate across the island nation, the BBC reported.
The blonde, blue-eyed white woman is reportedly married to a Maori man who has a full facial tattoo, and she claims her body art symbolizes strength after surviving a gang rape as a teenager in the 1980s, according to News.com.au
She also got the moko "a few years ago" by a Maori artist, the BBC reports.
The backlash began after Anderson added photos of herself with the moko to her life-coaching business' website and social media pages. Critics have since accused Anderson of trying to get attention and boost her business, called Evolved Leadership, with the design.
“I do think there’s a level of cultural appropriation and I do think there’s a level of white privilege that’s being displayed here, and I think we need to be really cautious about that,” Mera Lee-Penehira, an associate professor at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, a New Zealand university, told BBC.
"The carvings that go on the face or head are also particularly sacred,” Dr. Lee-Penehira said of the “business branding.”
“It’s not acceptable … You can only have it if you have a genealogy that is Maori,” she added.
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A I can tell yo is those are ugly as Hell. If you are good looking and get one of those, you turn yourself ugly. Not a good deal.
Looks like a damn fool
They need to stop using electricity, the internet, indoor plumbing (and pretty much most things) then. That tattoo is hideous no matter who has it.
Looks awful but at the same time, I’m getting tired of this “cultural appropriation” nonsense.
Two more academics, from the University of Waikato. Such a lovely tradition. Not.
No, what is not acceptable is jerkholes who think they have the right to control other people's lives based on their own neurotic moralist interpretive psycho-babble. How about you eff off and MYOFB.
No one at that university is getting any dates...
No more melting pots.
Balkanization all around, because from that chaos you can achieve power.
I hope Dr. Lee-Penehira hasn't appropriated anything from any cultures other than her own--like speaking the English language, or teaching at a New Zealand university, or getting paid in New Zealand currency, or using electricity, or wearing jackets for self-promotional interviews. . ..
The self identification continues.
And not that I would know what a "life coach" does (what, breathing instructions?), but I'm glad I have no use for one.
Dude, that’s creepy scary. Run. Just run. Don’t think twice. Turn and run.
“The blonde, blue-eyed white woman is reportedly married to a Maori man”
Well, you could say she has a little Maori in her.
the_daug wrote:
Olive Oatman
Crimes against the Creator, as well as a crime against humanity.
What percentage of Maori must she be before it is okay?
Why does white trash seem to flock to savage cultures?
They were born into a semi-modern culture with halfway decent values, and they’d prefer barbarianism.
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