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Any Hexbears from Aotearoa here? If so, is it okay for white people to wear pounamu/greenstone? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/oceania@hexbear.net

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I grew up in NZ and have a pounamu/greenstone toki I inherited from my parents.

I miss New Zealand dearly and want to wear it, but I feel that as a white person whose great grandparents came to new Zealand from Ireland, it would be cultural appropriation?

I'm unsure and haven't lived in New Zealand for over a decade, so I don't know the stance on crackers wearing Maori symbols.

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just wanted to say that that's some Dirt_Owl lore I was unaware of!

Yeah I know, every day I doxx myself more and more.

Some fed out there is going to be very disappointed when they find out I'm just a boring nerd

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago

Some fed out there is going to be very disappointed when they find out I'm just a boring nerd

I for one think that they'll be very confused when they expect an owl and instead find this: