http://apihtawikosisan.com/hall-of-shame/an-open-letter-to-non-natives-in-headdresses/
Nader Al Ramahi
51 Street
Khalifa City A
Abu Dhabi
U.A.E
Phone:0504169389
Nader.ramahi@gmail.com
Dear Editor,
I wish to provide some insight and perspective on my behalf to a recent editorial that appeared on your blog the other day. I would like to start by saying thank you for this informative, well explained, and open minded article.
Since i am from the Middle East it is understandably nearly impossible to achieve this kind of cultural awareness unless you intend to research about them and inform yourself of such things, i remember once in 6th grade when we had a Halloween party that took place in my school and i was dressed up as a Red Indian wearing the Native-American Headdress, and it was just today in which i was informed that it was a huge disrespect to wear the headdress without rightfully earning it. As you've stated in your article about how it's not the end of the world to admit something that you did not know about i would like to take the honor of apologizing to all the Native-Americans and claim that i did not have any knowledge on this offensive cultural misconception.
I encourage you to keep up your work on grooming your culture, and i hope it will grow strong and healthy once more, because cultural diversity is unutterably important for our planet and also for the sake of our relationships between communities across the world. Finally the method which you chose to convey your message to the readers was very professional and open-minded as you chose to write in a very polite and distinct manner, I also liked that you mentioned that the majority of the world does not know about the meaning of the headdress and therefore; "it is ok for people to make mistakes" as none of us are perfect humans. This portrays your open-mindedness towards this topic although it can be a huge violation and offense to your culture you took it very well.
I look forward to reading more of your articles in the upcoming future.
Yours faithfully,
Nader Al Ramahi
I encourage you to keep up your work on grooming your culture, and i hope it will grow strong and healthy once more, because cultural diversity is unutterably important for our planet and also for the sake of our relationships between communities across the world. Finally the method which you chose to convey your message to the readers was very professional and open-minded as you chose to write in a very polite and distinct manner, I also liked that you mentioned that the majority of the world does not know about the meaning of the headdress and therefore; "it is ok for people to make mistakes" as none of us are perfect humans. This portrays your open-mindedness towards this topic although it can be a huge violation and offense to your culture you took it very well.
I look forward to reading more of your articles in the upcoming future.
Yours faithfully,
Nader Al Ramahi
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