Does It Matter If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?

New York Magazine ^ | November 1, 2017 | Michael Slenske

[PGR88]

How’s his recipe for Cherokee seafood chowder?

[jospehm20]

He shares his heritage with Fauxcohantas

[marktwain]

While Durham self-identifies as Cherokee

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This is all about the Left’s hatred of reality.

They claim they can change reality however they want, simply by repeatedly saying it is so.

The left does not really protest politics. They protest reality.

[ClearCase_guy]

Donald Trump is the first black lesbian President. Because I said so. And that’s good enough for me.

[Red Badger]

Maybe he ‘self-identifies’ as a Cherokee?

Who are we to judge?.................B^)

[Red Badger]

They claim they can change reality however they want, simply by repeatedly saying it is so.

Like a 4 year old who doesn't want to eat the green beans.......................

[cherry]

the Indians, the black, the illegals, Mexicans, etc...

they all can have their "identity" because it gives them special rights, why I don't know....

its all about money....and access...and power...

[Mr. K]

How many Indian Benefits did he scam?

[OKSooner]

“He ain’t from around here.”

[fieldmarshaldj]

"and a Day-Glo yellow-and-red cast of a penis jutting out, with comic exoticism. The body is covered in graffiti (or tattoos): “Indian Penises are unusually large and colorful”;

Gee, that just screams GAY.

[a fool in paradise]

Does it matter? He raised AWARENESS

[Robert DeLong]

Is anyone condemning him for “Cultural Appropriation” yet?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Cherokee Nation
https://youtu.be/caCvDB9ivOE

[Bob]

He should have called himself “Tomto Kowalski”. :=)

[fungoking]

I was at a store that sells real Indian artifacts. I turned a bowl over and it had JAPAN written on the bottom. I complained to the owner and he said it stood for...
Jugs
And
Pottery by
American
Natives.

[Mastador1]

How many people of a race paint or create in the manner of a different race, is it still cultural appropriation? He wrote to the editor of the 1993 article and stated categorically that he was not a Cherokee, just an artist in the Cherokee style.

All this cultural appropriation crap is pathetic and in most cases just a continuation of the liberals endeavor to keep America weak and divided by race rather than strong as a unified culture.

[bgill]

I identify as a purple penguin, so there!

Snort. Bet he also self-identifies with a much larger arrow in that portrait than what he really has. However, it’s for real, he needs to see a doctor because it’s not supposed to be yellow and orange.

[I want the USA back]

Since you get significant benefits from “being” “native-American” this kind of thing must be met with jail time.

I am not allowed to open a casino, or to ignore state laws on tobacco or alcohol. This is unfair.

[bgill]

Did he dress up in an Indian costume or a white dude costume for Halloween?