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	"author_name": "The Woape Foundation",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/woapefoundation",
	"title": "#NotYourCostume - End the sale of Native-themed costumes",
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	"description": "Corporations around the country, including those in this petition, have written statements this past summer denouncing racism in all forms, and committing to taking restorative justice action. Yet, many of these companies continue to profit off of racist tropes and cultural appropriation that is harmful to race relations and to the people that these &quot;costumes&quot; claim to portray. While words have significance, symbols have power. As the largest purveyors of Halloween Costumes, what you sell determines what Americans buy. This year, your websites host over 500 Native-themed costumes with over 10,000 reviews across these products. People and Cultures should never be costumes (aka mascots)! Not only is this blatantly and fundamentally wrong and cultural appropriation, but the sale of these costumes is insidiously harmful to Native and non-Native peoples. Academic studies continue to show that the mascots and costumes of Native peoples do not &quot;honor&quot; Native Americans; to the contrary, they lead to “lower self-esteem, lower community worth, less capacity to generate achievement-related possible selves, and greater levels of negative effect” amongst Native American youth, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and oppression. Theses costumes, often contemptuous or dehumanizing in nature (especially &quot;sexy&quot; costumes which glorify the objectification of women and minorities), further build gaps between native and non-native peoples, contributing to intergenerational trauma and continued racism. Leaders, historians, psychologists, and social scientists have concluded that “Native [costumes] are part of a much larger web of phenomena that contribute to oppression faced by Native Americans and thus it seems clear that these mascots should be eliminated.” While it should be clear, many people seem to be unwilling to see the continued consequences. These consequences are clear: Beyond Halloween, these &quot;costumes&quot; are purchased by fans of teams which still use Native mascots, perpetuating the harm far beyond one holiday. While many sports organizations have ceased using this racist appropriation as their mascots (such as the Washington Football Team), many continue this racist practice. This is despite the fact that not only are &quot;costumes&quot; and caricatures of Native peoples used as mascots harmful, but the vast majority of Native peoples strongly oppose their use, and the sale of Native-themed &quot;costumes.&quot; If these corporations are truly committed to racial justice and progressive transformation (as they claim to be), they must end the sale of Native-themed and all other costumes which portray groups of people now.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/notyourcostume-end-the-sale-of-native-themed-costumes"
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