Pharrell Williams Urged To Rename His ‘Holi’ Adidas Collection For ‘Trivializing’ Hindu Religion
#PharrellWilliams and Adidas are being called out for cultural insensitivity over new Holi-inspired shoe collection https://t.co/wmBbdVpUjI
— ET Canada (@ETCanada) March 12, 2018
A Hindu statesman is calling on Pharrell Williams and Adidas to rename their collaborative Holi-themed shoe collection, calling it culturally insensitive.
The collection is a “trivialization of traditions-concepts-symbols-beliefs of Hinduism.”
The Holi collection features 12 shoes inspired by the Hindu spring festival of colours, featuring a pastel colour palette and Hindu symbols.
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Like ijdk how they could sit around the table from jump and green light this. The symbols, video concept.
The secondhand embarrassment was too strong so I skipped parts
Either way I would have been tempted to stop explaining anything
Edited at 2018-03-12 08:14 pm (UTC)
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/109830083.html
hinduism is the third largest religion in the world and very diverse. as with most religions, views on gender, sexuality, class, etc., vary according to time, culture and society.
This is bad.
Edited at 2018-03-12 08:45 pm (UTC)
anyway this guy is a publicity hungry charlatan who is a self-proclaimed "priest"/"chaplain" (wtf) without any information about who has ordained him. he makes his living out of creating these circles of dumb internet outrage about every trivial thing and liberal indians here view him with suspicion. the few that know him that is, because he's a fringe joker. i can't believe he's called a "statesman". https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/american-hindu-behind-boycottamazon-rajan-zeds-crusades-save-hinduism-44433
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/exupq/rajan_zed_is_not_a_statesman_and_is_a_fraud/
Edit: I don't want to make it seem like I'm arguing with you, obviously I am using personal experience of why people may feel this way about cultural appropriation here - I was a very young kid when I went to the playground with my sister and still had a bindi on from attending temple before and was called an ethnic slur and not for that reason but just general issues about being different as a kid, I was always reluctant to wear cultural dress out and about away from weddings/relative homes/temples.
Edited at 2018-03-12 10:53 pm (UTC)