General Discussion

And the kind of content I wish there was more of on DU.

I was, of course, being a bit flip about how white people and others treat Native cultures like a buffet to be dipped into when it seems appetizing at the time. I've spent a lot of time in Berkeley, which seems to be ground zero for white appropriation of Native culture where they treat it almost as a collection of spiritual tchotchkes to be gathered before solemnly letting you know it makes them evolved beings possessed of deep and innate ancient wisdom.

And then your eyes roll out of your head so hard, the brain goes with them.

That stuff drives me cra-azy, because the actual cultures are so fascinating all by themselves. I try to stay away from these conversations nowadays after getting into it with a (white) friend over the two-spirit business (don't ask). But whenever "Ancient shaman once said . . ." crops up, an eyelid twitches, because I see those Berkeley people in my head.