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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I think it would have been far better—great, actually—if a First Nations person was the one who designed and painted the mask. Having a white person design and paint a mask with elements like that is pretty cut-and-dried cultural appropriation.
I think paying tribute to local Indigenous culture on a goalie mask is a good idea and this design probably came out of good intentions. But to do it properly, let a First Nations artist design it.
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I don’t know why it’s now become a thing that artists are only allowed to interpret the world through their own narrow, ethnocentric slice of the human experience.
I actually think there’s something profoundly racist about that.
There is a way to treat material with respect, and there is a way to treat material disrespectfully.
The Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Seahawks both incorporate (or exploit, if you really prefer) the Pacific Northwest First Nations artwork into their logos. This isn’t new, it isn’t controversial, because they’re both done respectfully.
Whatever is wrong with the world, and whatever you think of his aesthetic style, DaveArt putting a thunder bird on the top of a goalie mask is not some some grand colonial cultural appropriation.
It’s the helmet for the Canucks starter.