(Hipster band One EskimO…they’ll get a whole post on their own soon. So many problems.) Hi Friends! Yes, I’m back. I have a litany of excuses, but you don’t care! So back to the Native Appropriations! Since Boston is on a record-breaking snow streak (already over 60 inches this season), I thought I would pull together a post about the …
The Simpsons stereotypes Alaska Native cultures, again.
On the most recent episode of the Simpsons, Homer and Marge gain a spot on the US Olympic curling team and head to Vancouver for the games. When they arrive in the city, Homer is greeted by an Alaska Native/Inuit woman (in Vancouver?) and they engage in about 10 seconds of guttural noises back and forth as the background …