While we are on the subject of hypersensitivity, as with the reaction to Mel Gibson's new movie, we might as well take a look at this inane accusation. Do you think that this is just a little neurotic? Folks are really losing it. You can not do anything these days without some group or another getting all worked up and offended. When did everyone get so uptight? Do people realize how much credibility they lose when they can't let the smallest things go?
Why does the fact that Andre 3000 and his hoochie mamas getting dressed up in fringe and feathers have to mean that now he's making a racist statement about American Indians. Was he making a racist statement about eskimos when he had everyone dressed in giant fur yeti boots? If the best compliment is to be emulated, then take the freaking compliment and shut up! But now it's being construed as racism? How far off the deep end can we go?
Posted by Maria at February 17, 2004 05:37 PM | TrackBackWhat's so wrong w/thinking that Andre today isn't just saying, "Wow man, I dig the Indians and their look and I want to copy it"...isn't that the greatest form of flattery? The girls on stage were happy, they were dancing...isn't that a big part of the Indian culture...the dance in alot of ceremonies...
I just wash my hands of this mess...I just don't what to say anymore..I really don't.