Vampire [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoUS sales of Palestinian keffiyehs soar, even as wearers targetedwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down10
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkUS sales of Palestinian keffiyehs soar, even as wearers targetedwww.aljazeera.comVampire [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareglans [it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoI have same concerns as @borlax@hexbear.net… even know what the meaning and history behind the outfits/slogans, then yes it’s appropriation. how do i learn this specifically about the keffiyehs? I just read the wikipedia; quite the roller coaster. But doesn’t make me feel that I know enough to be defensible.
minus-squareNagarjuna [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoPalestinians have asked people to wear them. It is a symbol of solidarity, don’t let your fear of accidentally being a little bit symbolically racist stop you from showing solidarity.
I have same concerns as @borlax@hexbear.net…
how do i learn this specifically about the keffiyehs?
I just read the wikipedia; quite the roller coaster. But doesn’t make me feel that I know enough to be defensible.
Palestinians have asked people to wear them. It is a symbol of solidarity, don’t let your fear of accidentally being a little bit symbolically racist stop you from showing solidarity.