您的当前位置:首页 >百科 >【】Tweet may have been deleted 正文
时间:2024-11-22 01:34:47 来源:网络整理编辑:百科
HONOLULU -- Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy's costume for a Polynesian character
HONOLULU -- Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy's costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface. 。
The getup depicts Maui -- a revered figure in Polynesian oral traditions and viewed by some Pacific Islanders as an ancestor -- who is a character in the upcoming animated movie Moana.。
SEE ALSO:People are not happy about this Disney's 'Moana' Halloween costume 。It has a long-sleeve brown shirt and long pants featuring full-body tattoos. It comes with a fake shark-tooth necklace and green-leaf "skirt." 。
Disney's online store had offered boy's pyjamas and a men's t-shirt in a similar design, but those products were no longer available Wednesday. 。
Tweet may have been deleted 。
"The team behind Moana has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some," the company said in a statement. "We sincerely apologize and are pulling the costume from our website and stores."。
Chelsie Haunani Fairchild took to YouTube to say it's off-putting and offensive to have a child wear the skin of another race. 。
"Polyface is Disney's new version of blackface. Let's call it like it is, people," Fairchild said. 。
The Native Hawaiian college student said in an interview the costume doesn't honor or pay homage to a culture or person, but makes fun of it. 。
Fairchild, who is attending school in San Antonio, Texas, later said she accepted the apology, but it didn't change what the company did. She said Disney only stopped marketing the outfit because people spoke out, saying "I don't think they are truly sorry." 。
"Moana" is due for release in November. The animated feature is about a teenager who sails through the South Pacific to an island. She meets Maui, who helps her explore the ocean. 。
Thanks for signing up! 。
The Disney online store began selling the costume recently, just in time for Halloween. The listing noted the getup had "padded arms and legs for mighty stature!" 。
Tevita Kaili, a professor of cultural anthropology at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, said he was happy Disney responded to the criticism and pulled the product.。
He said the costume featured tattoos that would be used in Polynesia by chiefs, adults and those committed to the community. They're removed from their cultural context by appearing on a Halloween costume, he said.。
Tweet may have been deleted 。
Tweet may have been deleted。
Tweet may have been deleted。
For example, the outfit has triangle designs used to symbolize sharks. These would normally be used by families who consider sharks to be ancestral guardians, he said.。
Kaili himself views Maui as an ancestor, like many people from his home island of Koloa in Tonga, where a temple is dedicated to him.。
Kaili said stories handed down about Maui snaring the sun or pulling islands out of the ocean are just metaphors for how he discovered new islands as he sailed the ocean.。
"For most of us in the Pacific, in Polynesia, we see Maui as an important ancestor to us — as a real person," he said.。
Tweet may have been deleted。
Tweet may have been deleted 。
The costume earned international condemnation. 。
Marama Fox, a co-leader of New Zealand's indigenous Maori Party and a member of New Zealand's parliament, said the costume was a case of cultural misappropriation and an example of a company trying to profit off of another culture's intellectual property. 。The movie itself, she said, appeared to be playing into stereotypes. "It depicts Maui as a bit of a beefy guy, and not in a good way. That's not the picture I have of the Maui who fished up the North Island, and had a number of feats attributed to him," she said.。Mashable contributed reporting. 。Mashable contributed reporting.。U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices2024-11-22 01:33
英格蘭VS安道爾首發:林加德薩卡先發 貝林厄姆出戰2024-11-22 01:30
C羅 :梅西是我遇到的最強對手 成名後的生活很無聊2024-11-22 01:13
國足將借鑒阿曼隊防守策略 李鐵吸取教訓選人更務實2024-11-22 01:07
This 'sh*tpost' bot makes terrible memes so you don't have to2024-11-22 00:18
國足領隊呼籲球迷寄予更多支持 長期海外征戰史上首次2024-11-22 00:12
國足與越南比賽10月7日進行 確定移師阿聯酋沙迦2024-11-22 00:02
董路:這屆國足全都悶著踢 缺少有領導力的大哥2024-11-21 23:51
Xiaomi accused of copying again, this time by Jawbone2024-11-21 23:04
國足12強賽前四場不要連敗 李鐵繼續帶隊問題不大2024-11-21 22:52
U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices2024-11-22 01:04
李鐵訓練前一細節引發聯想 中日戰國足中場首發或變臉2024-11-22 01:03
C羅球衣賣瘋了 !網絡銷量屢創紀錄 實體店外排長隊2024-11-22 00:57
比利時前瞻:力求不敗保頭名 盧卡庫百場裏程碑2024-11-22 00:35
Dog elected for third term as mayor of Minnesota town2024-11-22 00:25
巴薩格子合同遭曝光 五年稅後收入可達9500萬歐2024-11-22 00:25
新華社:日本男足求勝心切 國足應立足防守2024-11-22 00:18
京媒 :唐佳麗英超首秀險進球 這是全新征程的開始2024-11-21 23:58
Major earthquake and multiple aftershocks rock central Italy2024-11-21 23:11
英格蘭前瞻:輕取魚腩延續勝勢 林加德有望首發2024-11-21 23:04