Culture Controversy

welcome back history admirers!! today in history class we talked about culture controversy with the Native Americans. i mainly focused on the Victoria Secret fashion show when a model, Karlie Kloss wore an Indian headdress on the runway. to make matters worse, not only was she wearing a headdress but wearing a fake buckskin bra and panty set with some fake turquoise N.A. jewelry. S#2 Yikes!! this OBVIOUSLY really upset thousands of Native Americans! "When you see a Lakota chief wearing a full headdress, you know that he was a very honorable man. He was a leader. He did a lot of honorable things for his people," said Michelle Spotted Elk, a Santa Cruz, California, woman of mixed heritage whose husband is Lakota. "It also has religious significance. With them, there's not a division between spirituality and their leadership." S#1



another quote mentioned from another Native American woman in awe after the fashion show. "We are people; we're not a fashion statement," Luna said. "We are people who are facing serious issues, and for them to further perpetuate the type of stereotypes and disregard for a community's way of life is unacceptable." S#1 after hearing all the outcome that the headdress had caused, both Victoria's Secret and Karlie Kloss BOTH apologized for offending anyone by wearing the headdress.



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ellie