Message: "Re: Kalani" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Re: Kalani

by Ohad Yigal

7/11/2023, 2:17 PM

I like it, but as a light-skinned "whitino" jewish man I would never use a Hawaiian name due to cultural appropriation.

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7/11/2023, 3:37 PM

But how is that cultural appropriation? Do you think people should not use na my wa that originated in countries other than their own?

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7/11/2023, 3:39 PM

Typos!!

*** should not use names that ***

- Ohad Yigal

7/11/2023, 8:24 PM

it depends. When white americans are the ones who colonised Hawai'i, using the names of the natives seems in poor taste.

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