Make-up's just crazy anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them... until uhh... well, until you killed them all.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker jokes about makeup history, noting Native Americans used it before being killed.
- In plain terms
- Native Americans wore makeup until they were killed.
- What can you take from it?
- History often involves violence behind cultural practices.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we talk about dark history?
- What cost comes with cultural traditions?
Another view
The humor darkly trivializes genocide for a laugh.
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