Wayne Coyne came under fire over the past few months for not only his support of local band Pink Pony’s constant Native American slams via cultural appropriation, but adding fuel to the fire by taking a picture of a dog in a Native headdress and posting to Instagram, not to mention various anti-Native jabs at a music awards show and at the Wakarusa festival in Arkansas, all of which has been reported on here at Red Dirt Report. As protesters begin to gather and prepare for the peaceful protest, there is also a chance that the Natives and Native-allies will face backlash from the concert-goers. While Keeler hopes that instead of unleashing scorn the attendees will instead find enlightenment about this issue, Keeler said she personally feels sorry for those that continue to live in the big inflatable ball of racism. “I think they should be more concerned about backlash against their own ignorant and hateful actions,” Keeler said. “We use social media to highlight egregious actions against Native people fighting racism. They will find their support of taking and misusing Native culture coupled with hatred towards actual Native people is not a flattering stance to take after we shine a light on it.” reddirtreport/red-dirt-news/natives-gather-portland-ore-protest-flaming-lips
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:04:41 +0000
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