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by baconhigh 1304 days ago
The intentions of the creator of the product do seem genuine and worthy, but it's still cultural appropriation without consultation or acknowledgement of the tāonga behind the name.

Just because you disagree doesn't make it "woke".

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> cultural appropriation

Is a woke term. By the way they mention how you can donate to a Takahe recovery programme here https://jointakahe.org/about/

I think we can aim for criticism that’s a little higher brow. Whataboutism and dismissal of a position because it’s ‘woke’ is pretty unhelpful.
People have every right not to buy into racist concepts like cultural appropriation and reject them without further arguments.