Post by Radrook Admin on Jul 2, 2022 17:11:03 GMT -5
Response to We Wuz Kangs Mockery
Just recently, a video was posted that had the "We wuzz Kings and Shit!" thing going on in the background. The video displayed certain black African women using extremely large lip plates. The comments were all derogatory, and seemed to assume that black's are the only ones who practiced body mutilation due to unusual cultural perceptions.
However, such is not the case. In fact, East Asians or the East Asian race has also practiced lip plating both in Asia and in the Americas. They also practiced Neck-Elongation, foot-deformation, and cranial deformation. So in response to the derogatory remarks that accompanied that video, I wrote the following.
These lip-plated-people do not represent all black people. They represent themselves and their localized culture. The same is true of native Americans in the Amazon Jungle where certain Native Americans also use lip-plates while the rest of Native Americans do not.
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Excerpt:
In South America, among some Amazonian tribes, young males traditionally have their lips pierced and begin to wear plates when they enter the men's house and leave the world of women. Lip plates there are associated with oration and singing. The largest plates are worn by the greatest orators and war chiefs, such as Chief Raoni of the Kayapo tribe, a well known environmental campaigner. In South America, lip plates are nearly always made from light wood.
In the Pacific Northwest of North America, labrets have a long history of use, dating back at least five thousand years. At times they were used by both men and women, but in more recent times (e.g. 19th century) were associated with exclusive use by high ranking women. Among the Haida, Tsimshian, and Tlingit, they were once used by women to symbolize social maturity by indicating a girl's eligibility to be a wife. The installation of a girl's first plate was celebrated with a sumptuous feast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_plate
Neck Stretching among East Asians
Chinese Foot Binding
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
Native American Cranial Deformation
www.slideshare.net/JessicaLawson4/cranial-deformations-of-native-peoples-of-north-america