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Posted by: Schwartze Katze
« on: February 26, 2024, 03:02:20 pm »

How some African women are bringing back tattoo traditions erased by colonization
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This video explores African women's connection to tattooing and scarification, looking at how that connection was lost as a result of colonization. We follow Jessica Horn and Laurence Sessou on their mission to reverse centuries of colonialism, the erasure of traditional tattoo practices and the impact this has had on women's relationship with their bodies. This story is part of As Equals, CNN's ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-96YOXoQz4

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In 2023  an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be attributed to preventable causes. A third of all these deaths are in the neonatal period. 1:37
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What a beautiful stat to know. Sad though. But Africa is a continent, home to 1 billion people, 54 countries,  over 2,500 languages with a rich history. But colonialism, neo-colonialism, slavery. The continent just had the last 60 years to get itself together, a feat that took the US, over 400 yrs and counting to achieve.

Breathe, a story on tattoo will not kill you, if you watch and not catastrophise
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Congratulations to you. I am French, of Berber origin from Morocco. In Berber culture, women traditionally used to tattoo different parts of their bodies, a tradition that unfortunately is no longer perpetuated due, among other reasons, to religion. Some women even go as far as to have their tattoos removed, an entire aspect of this culture that is disappearing.
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Why everything that they said or done have to bring some form of victim mentality in it?
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In order to decolonize one must first acknowledge the negative affects of colonialism on one's own culture. This is not a victim mentality.
Posted by: Zhang Caizhi
« on: October 31, 2023, 09:09:48 am »

@rp

How about the Sultan of Brunei, an absolute monarchy?

https://www.ft.com/content/d8e074fe-80e6-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff



Posted by: rp
« on: October 30, 2023, 03:17:48 pm »

Reza "Eurocentrist" Pahlavi:


Why do all these constitutional "monarchs" dress in Western "regal" attire? At least the Arab theocrats have a better sense of fashion.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: October 23, 2023, 11:40:53 pm »

No prizes for guessing which side Trump is on:

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-bikini-trump-anthony-pratt-recording-b2434309.html

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In one of the recordings, the Mar-a-Lago member is heard recounting one incident at the former president’s Palm Beach club where Mr Trump urged Melania to don a bikini to make his friends jealous.

“He said, ‘I asked Melania to walk around the pool in a bikini so all the other guys could get a look at what they were missing,’”
Posted by: rp
« on: October 22, 2023, 04:21:50 pm »

"contemporary Islamic dress codes as visually sexually dimorphic in their own right on account of such codes employing different articles of clothing for men than for women"

The key is to clearly explain that different dress practices for men and for women does not necessarily correspond to celebration of sexual dimorphism, so long as the particular practices are designed to disguise (rather than accentuate) the sexual dimorphism of the practitioners.

"those dress codes reduce the visual sexual dimorphism of women without simultaneously reducing the visual sexual dimorphism of men to the same degree."

This is a valid criticism and one which I have raised myself in the past. Why should women do more work than men in dressing up? They should not. But the point here is that Western dress also requires women to do more work than men in dressing up, yet this extra work is done by women in order to increase their visible sexual dimorphism! Thus both Western and Islamic dress codes (sadly) require women to do more work, but for opposite objectives, and comparing only the objectives allows us to conclude that Islamic dress code is at least trying to aim in a good direction (albeit with much room for improvement).


"an idealized version of the Islamic dress code according to Mohammedan standards to the audience receiving our message. What might such a dress code look like relative to the existing ones?"

The main issue is how to cover hair. I personally would say that hats/turbans are adequate, though societies which want headscarves should be allowed to keep using them on the condition that men be required to wear them also. I also support the alternative of shaving the head.

Related:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/re-genghis-khan/msg4142/#msg4142
Upon reading this post, I remembered seeing this comic a while ago:


Posted by: NoBrakes
« on: September 28, 2023, 03:59:48 pm »

Senate votes to reinstate formal dress code
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The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night formalizing business attire as the proper dress code while on the floor of the chamber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30Fx1zAQO8
Posted by: Z
« on: September 19, 2023, 06:09:44 pm »

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Republicans have criticised the dress code change on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Western suits are obviously the best way for western rightists to hide their often grotesque physique and look some what "respectable", "professional", and healthy. Not surprised Republicans do not like the dress code change.

Posted by: =
« on: September 19, 2023, 05:52:50 pm »

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66848381

Schumer relaxes US Senate dress code to allow hoodies

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US senators no longer have to follow a dress code when voting on bills or debating in the senate gallery.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has directed the sergeant at arms to stop enforcing a requirement that lawmakers wear "business attire".

Senators have long dressed more freely in other parts of the Capitol.

CBS News also reported that the relaxed dress code only applies to lawmakers' wardrobes. Staff members and others must continue to wear office-appropriate clothes and shoes in the historic chamber.

Republicans have criticised the dress code change on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The House of Representatives has a more formal dress code that lawmakers modify through voting. In 2019, for example, the House approved allowing members to wear religious headwear such as hijabs.




Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 08, 2023, 05:00:08 pm »

The US being American (instead of Western) for once:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-panel-denounces-france-abaya-192512659.html

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US panel denounces France abaya ban as targeting Muslims

A US government advisory panel on Friday denounced ally France's ban on schoolgirls wearing abayas, saying the restriction on the long, flowing dresses was meant to "intimidate" the Muslim minority.
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"France continues to wield a specific interpretation of secularism to target and intimidate religious groups, particularly Muslims," Cooper said in a statement.
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Conservative French politicians have sought to widen restrictions. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who came in second to President Emmanuel Macron in last year's presidential election, has campaigned for the banning of wearing veils in the street.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 03, 2023, 10:57:17 pm »

Continuing from:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/france's-'anti-separatism'-bill8203/msg21767/#msg21767

Backup has arrived!

https://us.yahoo.com/news/nike-designer-tells-french-schoolgirls-060000437.html

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Nike designer tells French schoolgirls to defy Islamic abaya dress ban
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London-based fashion influencer Saeedah Haque has designed modern variations of the robe-like “abaya” garment, intended to preserve modesty, which will be banned from state schools by the French State in line with its policy of preserving secular spaces.

British Bengali designer Ms Haque has urged French schoolgirls to attend school wearing abayas in defiance of the new prohibition.

The 25-year-old, who has partnered with the global brand Nike, has told her large social media following that she may offer the controversial garment for free to anyone who wears one to school.

“The abaya is not a religious garment, but a cultural one. It is not a symbol of religion,’’ Ms Haque said.

‘‘Bans on an ambiguous garment leaves sanctions up to the perception of head teachers and those in positions of power. This will not always be fair and in most cases rooted in discrimination of certain groups while allowing others such as those that are of closer proximity to whiteness.’’

Ms Haque also said: ‘‘Bans on modest clothing are dangerous and oppressive – you are giving girls an ultimatum and forcing them to uncover their bodies. They may be uncomfortable to do this for reasons that are not faith-related – perpetuating body insecurity and harassment. This creates a barrier to education far more harmful than any piece of clothing can.”

Ms Haque, who has been profiled in fashion magazine Grazia as a leader in “modest fashion”, has told her social media followers in video on Tiktok: “France’s ban on the abaya in schools this week doesn’t make sense and will continue to perpetuate the negative media narrative on conservative modest clothing.”

In the video cut with images of girls wearing the flowing abaya, which typically covers the body from the neck to the ankles, she added her new designs of the garment will drop “exclusive to France”.

It continues: “And if you send me a photo of you wearing it to school I might even refund your whole order.

“Streetwear was always a movement, so don’t act surprised, we haven’t even begun. How’s that for neutrality?”

https://saeedahhaque.com/





See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/allies/bds-288/msg9378/#msg9378
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: August 30, 2023, 06:08:40 pm »

Credit to the staff for at least trying to decolonize your interior decor, but so what? The official's Western suit instantly ruins it all:



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-response-uss-raimondo-says-011408126.html
Posted by: rp
« on: August 21, 2023, 11:06:54 pm »

https://twitter.com/OgbeniDemola/status/1693650829604008312
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There’s a way we dress in Africa- we open our bodies sometimes  because of the weather, Europeans wear suit and tie because of their cold weather. It’s only Africans that will wear suit and tie inside a hot scorching sun thinking they’re civilized.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: July 14, 2023, 04:01:59 pm »

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/06/wales-slavery-complicit-charlotte-hammond-cardiff/

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Wales must acknowledge its complicity in “colonial exploitation” because the nation’s wool was used in garments worn by slaves, a historian has said.

Dr Charlotte Hammond, a Cardiff University academic, recounts in a new book how the wool, known as “Welsh plains”, was both used as a commodity to trade for slaves and as the material for enslaved peoples’ clothing.
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The “Welsh plains” wool was uncomfortably coarse, and was distributed to slaves to fashion as they wanted, rather than being given ready to wear clothes.
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the term ‘Negro Cloth’ appears frequently in colonial archives to refer to the woollens used to clothe enslaved people.”
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“We have followed the cloth’s colonial connections to the Caribbean and southern states of the US, where Welsh plains was used to clothe enslaved field workers who toiled on the plantations.”

I never liked wearing wool. Besides being fundamentally a Turanian material, it is highly insulating and thus unsuitable for warmer habitats. It is not a coincidence that wool production economically facilitated the Renaissance:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool#History

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In medieval times, as trade connections expanded, the Champagne fairs revolved around the production of wool cloth in small centers such as Provins. The network developed by the annual fairs meant the woolens of Provins might find their way to Naples, Sicily, Cyprus, Majorca, Spain, and even Constantinople.[21] The wool trade developed into serious business, a generator of capital.[22] In the 13th century, the wool trade became the economic engine of the Low Countries and central Italy. By the end of the 14th century, Italy predominated.[21]
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The value of exports of English raw wool were rivaled only by the 15th-century sheepwalks of Castile and were a significant source of income to the English crown, which in 1275 had imposed an export tax on wool called the "Great Custom". The importance of wool to the English economy can be seen in the fact that since the 14th century, the presiding officer of the House of Lords has sat on the "Woolsack", a chair stuffed with wool.
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Before the flowering of the Renaissance, the Medici and other great banking houses of Florence had built their wealth and banking system on their textile industry based on wool, overseen by the Arte della Lana, the wool guild: wool textile interests guided Florentine policies. Francesco Datini, the "merchant of Prato", established in 1383 an Arte della Lana for that small Tuscan city. The sheepwalks of Castile were controlled by the Mesta union of sheep owners. They shaped the landscape and the fortunes of the meseta that lies in the heart of the Iberian peninsula; in the 16th century, a unified Spain allowed export of Merino lambs only with royal permission. The German wool market – based on sheep of Spanish origin – did not overtake British wool until comparatively late. Later, the Industrial Revolution introduced mass production technology into wool and wool cloth manufacturing. Australia's colonial economy was based on sheep raising, and the Australian wool trade eventually overtook that of the Germans by 1845, furnishing wool for Bradford, which developed as the heart of industrialized woolens production.

(see also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/academic-decolonization/msg13234/#msg13234 )

and with it, the colonial era itself:

https://www.raisingsheep.net/history-of-wool

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Sheep herding was a booming success in medieval England and a highly sought after career. Demand for wool was monstrous. Because of this, many governments placed a heavy tax on wool imports and exports to support their own agendas. This funded military ventures and expansion efforts.
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Bringing Wool to Other Parts of the World

In the 1700s, European tradesmen began to take their sheep and wool products to other parts of the world. It was around this time that sheep’s wool made it to both South Africa and Australia.

In fact, the wool industry was so lucrative during this period wool import and export taxes funded Christopher Columbus’ journey to the Americas. Columbus even brought sheep with him on his multiple journeys, and introduced them to this new land.

The worst victims of the wool industry are of course the sheep themselves. Wild sheep did not grow such copious quantities of wool; woolly sheep are the product of selective breeding for wool growth. Woolly sheep should never have existed; those left unshorn are prone to overheating inside their own wool:



while those who are sheared are subject to the whims of the shearers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_shearing#Animal_welfare

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Animal welfare organizations have raised concerns about the abuse of sheep during shearing, and have advocated against the selling and buying of wool products.[16] Sheep shearers are paid by the number of sheep shorn, not by the hour, and there are no requirements for formal training or accreditation.[17] Because of this it is alleged that speed is prioritised over precision and care of the animal.

In 2013, an anonymous shearer reported instances of animal abuse by workers, an allegation to which an Australian Worker's Union representative added that he had witnessed "shearers gouge eyes and break sheep jaws."[18]
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video footage that PETA said was taken in more than a dozen shearing sheds in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The Guardian reported that the video showed, "sheep being roughly handled, punched in the face and stamped upon. One sheep was beaten with a hammer while another was shown having a deep cut crudely sewn up."[19]
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More recent footage and images of Australian workers abusing sheep have been released by anonymous sources
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Sheep shearing and wool handling competitions are held regularly in parts of the world, particularly Ireland, the UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.[25] As sheep shearing is an arduous task, speed shearers, for all types of equipment and sheep, are usually very fit and well trained. In Wales a sheep shearing contest is one of the events of the Royal Welsh Show, the country's premier agricultural show held near Builth Wells.

The world's largest sheep shearing and wool handling contest, the Golden Shears, is held in the Wairarapa district, New Zealand.[26]

The shearing World Championships are hosted by different countries every 2–3 years and eight countries have hosted the event. The first World Championships were held at the Bath & West showground, England, in 1977, and the first Machine-Shearing winner was Roger Cox from New Zealand. Other countries that have hosted the sheep shearing World Championships have been New Zealand (3 times), England (3 times), Australia (2 times), Wales, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa & Norway. Out of 13 World Championships, New Zealand have won the team Machine contest 10 times, and famous New Zealand sheep-shearer David Fagan has been World Champion a record 5 times.[27]

In October, 2008 the event was hosted in Norway. It was the first time ever that the event was hosted by a non-English speaking country. The newly crowned World Machine Shearing champion is Paul Avery from New Zealand. New Zealand also won the team event, and the traditional blade-shears World Champion is Ziewilelle Hans from South Africa.

Superior people wear Aryan cloths:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton#History

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The earliest evidence of the use of cotton in the Old World, dated to 5500 BC and preserved in copper beads, has been found at the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh, at the foot of the Bolan Pass in ancient India, today in Balochistan Pakistan.[9][10][11] Fragments of cotton textiles have been found at Mohenjo-daro and other sites of the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilization, and cotton may have been an important export from it.[12]
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Cotton bolls discovered in a cave near Tehuacán, Mexico, have been dated to as early as 5500 BC, but this date has been challenged.[13] More securely dated is the domestication of Gossypium hirsutum in Mexico between around 3400 and 2300 BC.[14] During this time, people between the Río Santiago and the Río Balsas grew, spun, wove, dyed, and sewed cotton. What they did not use themselves, they sent to their Aztec rulers as tribute, on the scale of ~116 million pounds annually.[15]

In Peru, cultivation of the indigenous cotton species Gossypium barbadense has been dated, from a find in Ancon, to c. 4200 BC,[16] and was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures such as the Norte Chico, Moche, and Nazca.
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According to the Columbia Encyclopedia:[17]

Cotton has been spun, woven, and dyed since prehistoric times. It clothed the people of ancient India, Egypt, and China. Hundreds of years before the Christian era, cotton textiles were woven in India with matchless skill, and their use spread to the Mediterranean countries.
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In Iran (Persia), the history of cotton dates back to the Achaemenid era (5th century BC)
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Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus) may have been domesticated 5000 BC in eastern Sudan near the Middle Nile Basin region, where cotton cloth was being produced.[19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#History

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Hemp use archaeologically dates back to the Neolithic Age in China, with hemp fiber imprints found on Yangshao culture pottery dating from the 5th millennium BC.[128][132] The Chinese later used hemp to make clothes, shoes, ropes, and an early form of paper.[128]
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In Japan, hemp was historically used as paper and a fiber crop. There is archaeological evidence cannabis was used for clothing and the seeds were eaten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linen#History

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in ancient Mesopotamia, flax was domesticated and linen was produced.[14] It was used mainly by the wealthier class of the society, including priests.[15] The Sumerian poem of the courtship of Inanna mentions flax and linen.[16]

In ancient Egypt, linen was used for mummification and for burial shrouds. It was also worn as clothing on a daily basis; white linen was worn because of the extreme heat.[citation needed] For example, the Tarkhan dress, considered to be among the oldest woven garments in the world and dated to between 3482 and 3102 BC, is made of linen.[17] Plutarch wrote that the priests of Isis also wore linen because of its purity.[18][19]
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: June 13, 2023, 04:40:18 pm »

Ongoing success:

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-crown-act-formally-signed-by-abbott-in-ceremony/

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AUSTIN (KXAN)— On Monday morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Crown Act into law in a formal signing ceremony at the Texas Capitol. The law bans discrimination against someone for wearing Black natural hairstyles like braids, locks and twists.

The CROWN Act is an acronym for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair, and it prohibits school districts, colleges or universities, employers or labor unions to discriminate against any protected hairstyle as part of a dress code.
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CROWN Act bills have been passed in 21 states including Texas and are part of a national civil rights and anti-discrimination movement started in 2019.
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The Texas representatives behind the bill hope people not only do feel courage to move forward, but will take legal action of they feel like their rights have been violated under the new law.

“I have suffered the same micro aggressions that the people i was fighting to protect have and with every bit of every bit of my soul it means so much to me that we can make this happen and this will touch the generations,” Bowers said.

Further information:

https://www.thecrownact.com/
Posted by: guest98
« on: June 05, 2023, 04:00:58 pm »

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/here-s-how-code-switching-can-hurt-black-indigenous-people-in-canada-1.6427374

Here's how 'code-switching' can hurt Black, Indigenous people in Canada

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In a dominantly whiteculture[business], racialized people in Canada may "codeswitch", Selam Debs, an antiracism coach said.

Code-switching refers to a person changing their behaviour, expression or appearance Debs told CTV's Your Morning on Monday, explaining the reasons for doing so can include safety, job opportunities or quality service.

"Black, Indigenous and racialized folks are often considered 'the other' when it comes to accents," she said. "So we might change the way that we speak, recognizing that it is in relationship with trying to fit into what is considered professional."

Other examples of code-switching include changing hairstyle for a job opportunity, not wearing traditional clothing, or having to consciously avoid being stereotyped.

 Black youth feeling they can’t wear certain fashions, due to safety concerns are they types of subtle switches that can weigh on a person, Debs said, which can cause further stress.

"When you are constantly putting yourself in a pretzel, it can lead to anxiety, it can lead to a sense of havoc, feeling impostor syndrome, feeling like you have to work twice as hard, but receive twice as less," she said.

Stopping that pattern requires safe spaces for people to be themselves, and that requires everyone’s consideration, Debs says.

"Who are we holding as the human universal standard? And how can we begin to disrupt that and think about what we consider professional and recognize that the diversity in the representation of cultures and peoples actually makes our spaces more beautiful and more impactful."


If you try to act in a inauthentic way in order to be included in the "white" business then your colonized.