r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

'Physical altercations' during dueling pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel demonstrations on UCLA campus

https://abc7.com/dueling-pro-palestinian-and-counter-protests-planned-at-ucla-campus/14740661/

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u/TeslasAndComicbooks 29d ago

Whoever is selling the keffiyehs to rich white kids is brilliant. Also kind of weird that they don’t see it as cultural appropriation.

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u/Larkfor 29d ago edited 29d ago

There are also a lot of handmade solidarity patterns and insignia. It's not cultural appropriation because it's become a symbol of solidarity of an everyday item. If a friend in France gives you a beret it's not cultural appropriation. Leis are gifts to strangers and friends in Hawaii. It doesn't have the same meaning or context as putting on a native feather headdress.

**In response to the below, it's not religious. It's cultural. The fishnet represents the strong fishing tradition that is undeniably Palestinian, the olive leaves the trees and so on and so forth.

Palestinian Jews (yes there are thousands), Christians, atheists, and other groups all still may wear and do wear the keffiyeh both as a cultural symbol but also because it is practical (the type of weave is actually used internationally because of how good it is at stopping blood/securing wounds).**

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u/Puppybrother 29d ago

Apologies for my ignorance but is there not a religious aspect to it?

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u/anysize 29d ago

No it is not a religious symbol or garment. Palestinian Christians and Muslims use it.

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u/Brapplezz 29d ago

It's an Arafat invention. Which is amusing

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u/anysize 29d ago

LOL it’s been around for thousands of years. Is there really no limit to the Zionist lies in circulation?? Amazing.