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Heather E Heying

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Professor in exile. Biologist. Seeker and communicator of truths. Spends time in the Amazon. Rhymes with flying.

Portland, OR
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    1. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 12

      Heather E Heying Retweeted Heather E Heying

      Halloween is just around the corner, so expect to start hearing sermons from members of the Woke Army about what you are and are not allowed to do. Seems a good moment to re-up this:https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/991718586325454848 …

      Heather E Heying added,

      Heather E Heying @HeatherEHeying
      What has cultural appropriation done for you lately? Well, it did provide most of us with written language, algebra, astronomy, agriculture, and great music, to name just a few things… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo … https://twitter.com/BretWeinstein/status/991372927399378944 …
      41 replies 125 retweets 590 likes
    2. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
      Replying to @HeatherEHeying

      But, you would agree, some costumes even if worn in "good fun" can be offensive. Probably best to retire some of them. Would you, for example, go out in public in blackface?

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 12
      Replying to @DeTabachnick

      Yes: Intention matters, and sometimes ignorance is no defense. Blackface isn't cultural appropriation, it's phenotypic mimicry, sometimes even phenotypic mockery. That's *actually* racist, unlike much of what is being accused of being racist today.

      2 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
    4. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
      Replying to @HeatherEHeying

      OK. I think that is fair. What about the Indian Headdress? This is quite common, a clear example of cultural appropriation and considered similarly racist by many indigenous people, arguing it is a reflection of old "Cowboys and Indians" stereotypes.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 12
      Replying to @DeTabachnick

      This warrants more than twitter allows, but Halloween is America's Carnaval (which is deeper, richer, older than Mardi Gras). Carnaval is about reversing power relations, exploring the liminal, trying on other identities. Borrowing, in this context, is often celebratory.

      2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
    6. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
      Replying to @HeatherEHeying

      I get that. Again, call it "good fun" or celebratory. Nonetheless, when such appropriation occurs and it is considered racist by the objectified group, it seems to me that a change in costume is warranted. Traditions change as a community changes. That is a good thing.

      5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 12
      Replying to @DeTabachnick

      Traditions do change, yes--culture evolves, in part through borrowing. But trying to change culture with authoritarian tactics, even when those tactics are used by historically oppressed groups, rarely works. Rather, force sends behavior underground, where it grows, unseen.

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        2. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
          Replying to @HeatherEHeying

          But here we are talking about Halloween costumes not some underground cult. I think you are missing the most basic point: some of these costumes are genuinely offensive. There are far better arguments against political correctness. I find this one superficial.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        3. David Whyte‏ @Soulstorm99 Oct 12
          Replying to @DeTabachnick @HeatherEHeying

          '...some of these costumes are genuinely offensive.' (to approx 0.3% of the population; no-one else cares, and instead embrace the sharing of each other's cultures and indeed bond as a result, enjoying even stereotypical portrayals of their own culture, and just HAVING FUN)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
          Replying to @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          OK. Personally, I prefer not to offend my neighbours no matter how small a minority. If it was something important, I might be convince.

          3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Rick Haack‏ @HaackRick Oct 12
          Replying to @DeTabachnick @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          I think what's most important to some is being the most 'woke' person in the room...David wins in this thread.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
          Replying to @HaackRick @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          I am not "woke," whatever that means. I am simply considerate of my neighbours and fellow citizens. Personally, I don't think scoring points against PC culture is worth offending people in my neighbourhood.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        7. Rick Haack‏ @HaackRick Oct 12
          Replying to @DeTabachnick @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          You're overthinking it, sir.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 12
          Replying to @HaackRick @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          No, I think Heather may be overthinking it. It is a simple matter of politeness.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Rick Haack‏ @HaackRick Oct 12
          Replying to @DeTabachnick @Soulstorm99 @HeatherEHeying

          You have a peculiar aggressiveness within your appeal to politeness that is a tad off-putting. Have you been told this before?

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        2. Dabney‏ @DabneyPierce Oct 12
          Replying to @HeatherEHeying @DeTabachnick

          Hence the real alt-right and its resurgence

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Prince VlaAd-am‏ @adamTHX1138 Oct 13
          Replying to @DabneyPierce @HeatherEHeying @DeTabachnick

          And wheee are the authoritarian tactics you refer to? Being criticized isn’t authoritarian, that’s free speech. Has a law been passed in the US banning blackface? (The answer is no)

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