It’s not just a song, it is a slur, and misappropriation of a culture that isn’t hers. She is not Cherokee, and Cherokees never wore headdresses like that. Women NEVER wear those headdresses, and you have to earn every feather. They are considered sacred. But, typical ‘white culture’ (regardless of what race you MAY…

It. Is. Not. Her. Heritage. She. Is. Not. Cherokee. At. All.

Jacqueline Keeler, the journalist who was attacked, has an article on Tiyospaye Now.

SHE. IS. NOT. CHEROKEE. CHEROKEES. DON’T. WEAR. HEADDRESSES. WOMEN. NEVER. WEAR. THOSE. HEADDRESSES. You’ve EXACTLY proven the point as to why this is SO PROBLEMATIC!

We. Do.

No, to Native people, it was offensive then. Please do not speak for us. What that mishmash from then did was give a lot of people the wrong idea about us, that we’re a monolithic society, that we’re all the same. 567 federally acknowledged tribes at this time, and many only state recognized, all have their own…

Except it’s Native people, not white feminists.

It’s STILL offensive, but she’s STILL doing it.

How about a public declaration she is NOT Cherokee, which has been proven, but never really confronted by her, and NOT DO THE SONG, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OUTFIT, anymore?

It’s only “neutral” if it doesn’t affect YOU.

No, they didn’t ‘drag her mom’. They were discussing the issue of Cher’s alleged claims of being Cherokee. They did not even involved Cher by @-ing her. CHER jumped in and went berserk, then continued, for nine days, to try to play victim, while her idiot fans sent us THOUSANDS of nasty, racist tweets, and even her…

DO you know the background of the issue? No? Then shut up until you do.

“Their issues aren’t my issues, I don’t consider them important, because it doesn’t affect me, therefore, it’s crap”. Not your place to say, and you don’t understand the issue at all.

You’ve missed the point by MILES! It’s the slur, the ‘outfit’, false claims, and that she is STILL doing it, and now, whining and trying to play victim

Except DNA testing tells you nothing. It’s also very fallible. A set of triplets all got different answers. DNA testing may show Native DNA, but it doesn’t tell you what tribe, it doesn’t connect you, and you can’t get enrolled with a DNA test.

And, are you aware Cherokees never wore those kind of headdresses, and that women almost NEVER, except in VERY PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, wear them? Do you know what tribes they come from? Are you aware that the skimpy outfit belies a belief that Native women are ‘exotic’ and ‘available’ for the taking, which is why…

Actually, people do, because people are genuinely this stupid, which is why appropriation is WRONG.

Actually, the band says she was never a member. Another lie. And Cher’s song is did and done, but the least she could do is retire it, but instead, she dug in, refused to apologize, and has not only made multiple other attacks not listed here, but her rabid fans have attacked en masse, using horrific amounts of…

Exactly. In attempting to commit genocide against us, the federal government shoved us on reservations (prisoner of war camps) and took down every detail. Everything is recorded. Then they attempted genocide by attempting to ‘breed us out’, by fractions, hoping we’d eventually ‘disappear’ in the math. That has not…

The point being “gypsy” is a derogatory term for Romani people. Unfortunately, they have about as much of a public voice as Native Americans, so they’re never heard, and if they are, it’s by people degrading them and asking, “Why is it a problem *only now*”, because with most people, if they’ve never heard of a…