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Judging by her unabashedly gleeful face, Susan Boyle had the greatest weekend of her life at T In The Park this weekend. Sadly, she did it all with a side helping of cultural appropriation.
Clearly, the former Britain's Got Talent contestant missed the memo on Native American headdresses. Wearing them is seen as a form of appropriation, because it ignores and undermines their complex cultural significance among Native culture. Or, as a recent Change.org petition put it, "homogenises diverse indigenous peoples, and perpetuates damaging, archaic and racist stereotypes."
Native American headdresses were famously banned from Glastonbury festival this year.
Many people found it hard to be mad, though, when she looked like the happiest person who'd ever existed, posing for pictures with the likes of Kodaline's Steve Garrigan and Peace's Harrison Koisser, and reportedly hanging out with The Prodigy.
we need more stories like the Susan Boyle off her head with a Indian headdress on at TITP.... Fuck the Kardashians/Jenners
— Adele (@adelehirst91) July 13, 2015
@HarrisonKoisser @SusanBoyleHQ can't wait for the colab x pic.twitter.com/ufAsHbyq9f
— lew (@lew_clamp) July 13, 2015
my goal in life is to be as happy as susan Boyle was at titp pic.twitter.com/mkQbN5cTx1
— sammi (@sxmmi__) July 13, 2015
Susan Boyle went to #TITP and it looks like she had the best bloody weekend of her life pic.twitter.com/uwEEScXkRA
— Ryan Hunter (@RyanHunterUK) July 12, 2015
As if Susan Boyle is at T In The Park and I'm not
— olive (@OliveOrd) July 12, 2015
Others weren't so forgiving, however.
Susan Boyle; talent show sensation, anal bum party host, and now cultural appropriator.
— M A R K R I L E Y (@MARKLIFE_) July 13, 2015
We like .@SusanBoyleHQ but we really don't think the faux-native headdress was appropriate. Any citizens of #UK know why? #NotYourMascot
— Canuck Commander (@CanuckCommander) July 13, 2015
@CanuckCommander @SusanBoyleHQ tacky, and loss at words for. How about more blah blah blah. Blah.
— Richmond-Saravia (@Michelle___27) July 13, 2015
@CanuckCommander @SusanBoyleHQ Exactly, it was not appropriate.
— Faith Denton (@LilacsinBloom27) July 13, 2015
T In The Park came to an end last night (12 July) with performance from Noel Gallagher, Stereophonics, Jamie T, The Prodigy and more.
More about: susan boyle