[sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

[Hep Svadja]

hi guys:

a little bothered by the cultural appropriation of this event. as a Bay
Area Hispanic I find it quite strange when groups of mostly white people
with no ties to the actual culture of ddlm host events not in the actual
spirit of this extremely reverent Hispanic holiday. basically if you don't
build an ofrenda on your ancestors' graves every year i find it really
problematic to be jumping aboard this holiday as you are clearly not of
this culture. using it as an excuse for a dance party is even more
questionable as is encouraging people with no understanding of this
cultural holiday to dress up, which i understand is for the best of reasons
but also pretty exploitative of a culture you don't belong to.  what is
wrong with just making this a Halloween party and not contributing to the
ongoing exploitation of local Hispanic communities of color?

-hep

* edited this to be less of a jerk.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:54 PM, yar <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > The Omni needs funds.  Dia de los Muertos is a thing. We would like to
> > introduce new people to the space and expand our community.
> >
> > I have attached a flyer for a possible event, a funky transhumanist/Dia
> de
> > los Muertos themed costume ball.  Should this happen? Is there a reason
> > anyone would like to block?
> >
> > Also, steampunk zombies! Mechanical corpses! Post-singularity glittery
> > things covered in LEDs! Ordinary awesome humans!
>
> Looks fun! Right now the way to book events is:
>
> 1) check the calendar for conflicts: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Calendar
>
> 2) submit this form: bit.ly/omniballroom
>
> Full explanation and future changes to the process will go here:
> https://omnicommons.org/wiki/How_to_book_events
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