There's no hole to dig. This is offensive. That you can't see that is amazing, but is most likely a direct result of privilege and perhaps a serious amount of cluelessness. Or, you are pretending it's okay. But if someone from that culture says, "Not okay" then, you know, it's not okay.

I know. At least, age and experience do occasionally bring wisdom. For some. Since there are a bunch of people here busily pretending this photograph isn't offensive or redface, I have some doubts about all of us.

The dark braided wig. The feathers. The darkened skin. I'm just going to leave that there for you. You keep trying to defend it. /sarcasm incoming/ It's such a good look.

No. You're not right. I'm incredibly smart, actually, and no amount of trying to denigrate me takes away from the obtuseness of your own remarks. This is redface. What would it take for you? A tomahawk? You are being deliberately dumb. That's why you keep projecting that out there, like it's the truth, that anyone who…

No, I'm not. You're being disingenuous. Knock it off.

I understand what you are saying. But, the problem wasn't her intent. The problem was she saw nothing wrong with it at the beginning. See what I mean? That kind of cluelessness is totally her fault, but it's an indicator of the very problem of racism and discrimination. As someone gently pointed out to me recently,…

Oh lordy. I grew up in the 1970s. We dressed as 'hobos' (that was our word for it) for Halloween. So horrifying to think of now. But, cultural sensitivity is very important. Thank goodness we have a wee bit more of it now, in at least a few places.

Wow. Thanks for this eloquent explanation! I would have wallowed in my anger over the conscription of someone else's culture, a culture we helped to nearly destroy, if you hadn't come along to just "tell me like it is!" So enlightening.

Oh stop. Quit it, really. The braids. The dark hair. The feather. The necklace. It's this hipster racist bullshit, conscripting the culture of a people we helped to nearly destroy, to be all artsy and cute. She should know better. You should, too.

This is wince-inducing in the same way that the grammar school my friend sends her child to has "pow-wow" days, where the kids make little construction paper feathers for their heads. The ALL WHITE classroom of wealthy children make these, and everyone thinks it's adorable. It's distressing and stupid and icky.

I was really surprised when one of them didn't cross the street, but just passed right by each other, dogs snarling and leaping at each other. My child screamed, completely terrified, and I was worried that might make it worse. I put her behind me and pushed us back inside the store. It was ridiculous.

ha! on that last part. ew.

Is it really still a taboo? I've never really felt this way, and I have no contemporaries who express this view. But, of course, that's only my own subjective experience.

Generation X is side-eyeing all of you.

This is the very reason we didn't get another dog after my 16 year old rat terrier died. My child wasn't ready for a dog. It takes at least three years for a dog to move from puppyhood to adulthood in my experience and become a great family dog. And, it takes many children a really long time to learn the best way to…

Thanks for the information about the collar. I will file that away for later use. :)

Whoa. I'm not a boomer, and I graduated in 1983. I don't think anyone at my high school could be classified that way. That's after the boomers who were born in and around the environment after WWII. I question that late date for boomers as a way to measure the economic standards for all boomers, even though I know a…

Well, poor baby. Someone was bad to him. That pisses me off.

Well, I understand that, too. Does your dog do well around other dogs? Is there a dog park you can take the dog to? When I had a dog (a wonderful rat terrier—16 years), that was one solution. Heck, I'm sure you've already thought of all this. It's just super crowded situations that I find to be a really bad idea. Lots…

Of course, you'll run into people. That happens. But, I'm talking about seriously high traffic areas with large numbers of pedestrians and other dogs. That's a different matter. I like the yellow ribbon idea as long as everyone knows what it means. I have a question. Is a muzzle considered inhumane? I've never had to…