racistbeautybloggers:The first time I saw this I was too shocked to say anything. The fact that some
racistbeautybloggers:The first time I saw this I was too shocked to say anything. The fact that someone could dress up as one of the most respected gods in your religion, and then have the nerve to call it mythology? I’m still so angry about this. This is the epitome of white privilege. To take the image of something so holy and respected, and turn it into this bullshit. A white girl with a fake trunk, blue paint on her skin, and horribly painted inaccurate face markings. If this sorry excuse of a person knew anything about Ganesh then she would first and foremost know that he was never blue, because he is still a person. The story goes that his head was cut off by Shiva, and to prevent him from dying they took the head of an elephant and put it on his own. His mix of animal and human body parts represents the ideas of perfection that one would strive towards to find spiritual significance. A simple google search would’ve been able to tell you that.And no Ganesha is not just the God of success. Every little detail and part of him represent something. For example, his elephant head represents intelligence and wisdom. His tusks represent the human emotion, wisdom and emotion. The right, wisdom. The broken left tusk, emotion. It is said that one must be in control of emotions by use of their wisdom to attain perfection. He sits at the foot of a mouse to show that he has control over his ego and has humbled himself. He’s no better than the mouse.I could go on and on about this, but quite frankly I’m still too baffled by this. This is why this blog is important. Because these types of images are so completely disrespectful and hurtful towards the cultures that it comes from. There’s no respect here. You’re not appreciating anything. This is blatant disrespect and the POC that it affects aren’t going to sit by and let you take advantage of their cultures and religions any more.- Mod N -- source link
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