white people shouldn't have to give up things they have created to other people because of things that have happened in the past. if you want more black characters, make some instead of demanding that the next James Bond, next Superman,, next Batman and every other character should be black. that is surely preferable to black people anyway. i mean they even have historical dramas now where white famous people are played by black actors, it's ludicrous

Ridiculous, all of this. Rethorical Question: Is this girl the first caucasian woman to wear a modern cheongsam.

Calling it an outrage. Some dudes posting on twitter. I think the only reason why people think others are so sensitive, is because words by numerically insignificant dunderheads get way blown out of proportion.

I conclude from what you write, you have native american heritage. And really, it is a shame that these cultures were destroyed. It says all, that today "native americans" are grouped together, as if it was one culture, while in reality it was many different. The same is true for africa, we often group that together, but before europeans destroyed the native cultures there existed a lot of different kingdoms.

And this all is a loss for all of humanity in reality. A diverse and rich cultural heritage is a big boon. Modern cultural products can rely on that. Movies, music, books and even games. Look alone how God of War forms a cultural heritage that wasn't destroyed into a great game. There are cultures that are not existing anymore, but their heritage is in parts intact. Take Babylon, Sumer, Ur. The Gilgamesh-myth is still known today. How many myths like that are now lost forever, because american and african cultures were destroyed?

And it should be more in our minds how badly american and african people were treated. We have in germany a culture of remembering what we did to jews, roma, gay people and communists. School classes have days they travel to the former KZs and learn what happened there. Do similar things happen for native americans and africans? I think we should all be aware of the crimes our ancestors commited. Not to feel guilty (I was and I am no Nazi), but to learn from it and learn to avoid similar things happen in the future.

What's wrong with Chinese dresses? Chinese dresses are sexy.

Edit: not saying that their being sexy is a problem, just saying they're sexy.

Which actually leads to the eradication of non-white culture. Not only non-whites can use western culture, it is often demanded of them. Think if people come in classic clothing to work. Chinese people wearing suits if they have international meetings. So it actually moves the non-white cultures more and more to the sidelines, makes them less and less visible.

I think the fact that america has such a rich tradition of celebrating local heritage indiscriminately is great, actually. Everyone gets to get sloshed on St.Patricks day just as much as everyone gets to dress up for halloween and celebrate Oktoberfest. We need more of that, if you ask me. I think it's a great opportunity to educate a little as well, whenever possible.

I certainly don't take offense to anyone wearing a Dirndl, even if it's a bit reductive of German culture overall. As a notherner, I've never even worn a Dirndl (Dirndl and lederhosen are specifically Bavarian traditional dress and the Oktoberfest is a celebration for the Bavarian kings wedding if I remember correctly). Why we still celebrate it, I have no Idea but we have our own inner german mini culture appropiation going on, with Oktoberfest parties getting bigger in the north every year and more and more people dressing in Dirndls and Lederhosen.

For the most part bavarians seem to be very proud of their traditional clothes and their international popularity and tend to be really inclusive about it.

Like you said in the end it brings cultures closer toghether and I'd much rather be reduced to Lederhosen and Dirndls than to the atrocities comitted in WW2. Although I try to break it to people gently that for the most part, that is very much a bavarian thing and they should not expect to see them anywhere else outside of oktoberfest season.

this is stupid.

why is it anyone's business anyways? so what? its what she wants to wear.

PC culture is idiotic yet it's everywhere. It makes ya wonder about the people who came up with it and the ones who follow it like a religion.

Hehe, as a german I can say, that Dirndl is only used in parts of germany, especially Bayern, and many hate them, so appropriate away.

But in all seriousness - I'm actually happy that people enrich their life with some part of german culture. And if it is reduced to drinking beer (which I dislike, maybe I'm not a right german). And as you say, better people see also some positive things about Germany than reducing us to the guys who murdered half of europe in the world wars.

So, the article only mentions two people who Tweeted at her, is that really enough to count as outrage these days?