每日邮报：美国一少女毕业舞会穿旗袍引发争议

'My culture is NOT your prom dress!' Twitter users accuse teen of insensitivity after she wore a Chinese 'qipao' dress to the big dance - but she insists she was showing 'appreciation'

“我的文化不是你的舞会礼服!”推特用户指责一名少女穿着中国旗袍参加舞会，但少女坚称她只是出于“欣赏”旗袍

A high school student has been accused of cultural appropriation after she wore a Chinese dress to her prom.

一名高中学生在毕业舞会上穿着中式服装，被指责剽窃文化。

Utah native Keziah Daum, 18, took toTwitter last weekend to reveal a series of photos of herself and her friends at her high school prom.

上周，18岁的犹他州少女凯夏道姆在推特上上传了自己和朋友在高中毕业舞会上的一组照片。

In the photots, Keziah can be seen wearing a qipao — a traditional Chinese outfit dating back to the 17th century — which some social media users found offensive, and promptly told her so.

在照片中，我们可以看到凯夏穿着旗袍—一种中国传统服装，可追溯到17世纪—导致部分社交媒体用户觉得受到了冒犯并迅速告知了她。

Keziah posed for many of the traditional shots in her qipao, standing with her date and friends.

凯夏穿着旗袍，和她的男友和朋友站在一起摆拍了很多传统照片。

But on one shot, she and her female friends can be seen posing with their hands clasped palm to palm, bowing, while their male friends behind them made inverted V signs with their fingers.

但在其中一张照片中，她和女友们双手合十，弯腰鞠躬，而她们身后的男性朋友则用手指比了倒V手势。

Some have taken the combination of Keziah's outfit and the bowing as offensive.

一些人认为凯夏的服装和鞠躬是一种冒犯行为。

Twitter user Jeremy Lam appears to have been the first to comment after happening upon Keziah's post. He retweeted it with the caption, 'My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress.'

推特用户杰里米刘应该是在凯夏发帖后第一个发表评论的人。他在推特上写道：“我的文化不是你那该死的舞会礼服。”

The pictures quickly went viral, and others began to accuse the teen of cultural appropriation as well.

这些照片迅速在网上传播开来，其他人也开始指责这个少女剽窃文化。

Cultural appropriation is defined as the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture.

文化剽窃是指从非母语文化中拿取或使用某些内容的行为，特别是在你并不太理解或尊重这种文化的情况下。

In a series of subsequent tweets, Jeremy went on to explain that the qipao was originally a loose dress or garment worn by Chinese women to clean the house or do domestic chores.

在随后的一系列推文中，杰里米继续解释说，旗袍原本是中国妇女在打扫屋子或做家务时穿着的宽松衣服。

He added that it was then adopted by Asian women as a symbol of activism and fight against 'patriarchal oppression'.

他还说，后来亚洲女性把旗袍作为行动主义的象征，反对“男权压迫”。

Jeremy also suggested that the dress symbolizes 'the extreme barriers marginalized people' have overcome.

杰里米还说，这条裙子象征着“被边缘化的人群克服的极端障碍”。

'For it to simply be subject to American consumerism and cater to a white audience, is parallel to colonial ideology,' he added.

他补充说：“或者不如说，它受到美国消费主义的影响，迎合白人观众的口味，这跟殖民意识形态是一致的。”

This was a sentiment shared by @JeannieBeanie99, who wrote: 'This isn’t ok. I wouldn’t wear traditional Korean, Japanese or any other traditional dress and I’m Asian. I wouldn’t wear traditional Irish or Swedish or Greek dress either. There’s a lot of history behind these clothes. Sad.'

用户@JeannieBeanie99写道：“这不太合适。我就不会穿着传统的韩国、日本或其他传统服装，而我还是亚洲人呢。我也不会穿传统的爱尔兰式、瑞典式或希腊式服装。这些衣服背后都有深厚的历史积淀。伤心。”

Another user, @bunchukuu, wrote: 'Just because it’s okay to a few chinese people doesn’t mean it’s okay to all of us? our traditional dress isn’t meant to be a fashion statement or make you appear more "exotic". there’s a long history behind the dress and white people are not a part of it.'

另一名用户@bunchukuu写道：“只有区区几个中国人没意见，并不意味着我们都可以接受。不能拿我们的传统服饰当做时尚宣言，或者增添你的“异国风情”。旗袍的背后有着悠久的历史，而白人并未参与过其中。”

While many people agreed with Jeremy's argument, a vast number of people have chosen to ignore his theory, and have defended Keziah.

尽管许多人同意杰里米的观点，但还是有很多人选择无视他的理论，并为凯夏辩护。

Keziah herself tweeted: 'To everyone causing so much negativity: I mean no disrespect to the Chinese culture. I’m simply showing my appreciation to their culture.'

凯夏本人在推特上写道：“我想对制造了那么多负能量的人说：我对中国文化没有任何的不尊重。我只是对他们的文化表示欣赏。”

'I’m not deleting my post because I’ve done nothing but show my love for the culture. It’s a f*cking dress. And it’s beautiful,' she added.

“我不会删帖，因为我没做什么，我只是表达了我对中国文化的热爱。这就是一件礼服，很漂亮。”她补充说。

'To everyone who says I’m ignorant, I fully understand everyone’s concerns and views on my dress,' she went on. I mean no harm. I am in no way being discriminative [sic] or racist. I’m tired of all the backlash and hate when my only intent was to show my love.'

她接着说：“对每个说我无知的人，我想说我完全理解每个人对旗袍的关注和看法。我无意伤害谁。我绝不歧视别人，也不是种族主义者。我已经厌倦了所有的抵触和憎恨，我的本意是想向大家展示我对旗袍的喜爱。”

When someone asked her if she was part-Chinese, she responded: 'Nope! It’s just a pretty dress I found and it’s a vintage dress from a vintage shop!:)'.

当有人问她是不是中国人，她回答说：“不是!这就是我找到的一件漂亮裙子，是在古着店里找到的古董裙!”

And others backed up her decision to not remove the post.

其他人则支持她不删帖的决定。

Twitter user @judemercenary wrote: 'It’s just a dress. It’s a nice looking dress. A beautiful design. She’s showing respect, not defaming it.'

推特用户@judemercenary写道：“这只是一件裙子。很漂亮的裙子。设计非常漂亮。她是在展示尊重，而不是诽谤。”

And @MissGinaDarling shared: 'I’m asian and I’m not insulted in any way. You look beautiful.'

@MissGinaDarling分享道：“我是亚洲人，我没有觉得我受到任何侮辱。你看起来很漂亮。”

英国每日邮报读者的评论：

Max, California, United States, about 6 hours ago

She looks HOT in that dress! If you're offended, grow up. End of!

她穿那件裙子身材太火辣了！如果你觉得受到了冒犯，你得学着成熟点了。说完了。

 

Raijin 49, Great Falls, United States, about 6 hours ago

It's a free country and a free market economy, she looks awesome and has done nothing wong.

这是自由的国度，自由的市场经济，她看起来美极了，也没做错什么事。

 

Downhlllfast, New York City, United States, about 6 hours ago

Media needs to stop. A half dozen people reacted negatively to this and now it's a big thing. Ridiculous.

媒体得收手了。一半的人都对这件事持负面观点，现在事情搞得越来越大。太荒谬了。

 

Paul Mall, Salt Lake City, United States, about 6 hours ago

She looks great. Great dress. My guess is the folks complaining on twitter are culturally appropriating using their western style computers on their western style internet on their western style Twitter while wearing western style jeans. No I wouldn't say that because that would be idiotic, just like their comments.

她看起来很美。很漂亮的礼服。我猜，在推特上抱怨的人们，就是那帮穿着西式的牛仔裤，在西式电脑上，通过西式的互联网上着西式推特的人。不，我不会这么说，因为那太愚蠢了，就像他们的评论一样。

 

Mary-Molly, San Luis Obispo, United States, about 6 hours ago

It's a beautiful dress and those claiming cultural appropriation are full of excrement.

裙子很美，那些批评别人剽窃文化的人都是吃屎的。

 

AClark, Grand Rapids, United States, about 6 hours ago

We're all so good at pretending outrage at someone for attention, aren't we?

我们都很擅长假装对别人发脾气来吸引注意力，不是吗?

 

crh25, Anywhere, United States, about 6 hours ago

When I lived in Tokyo, I had an elderly woman friend who loved dressing me up in a kimono. I'm six feet tall so for her, it was just a fun thing to do. There was no harm in it at all.

我住在东京的时候，有一个上了年纪的女性朋友，她就非常喜欢帮我穿和服打扮我。我身高6英尺，所以对她来说，很有趣。这有什么呀。

 

Hot in AZ, Phoenix, United States, 6 hours ago

So, does that mean that Asians cannot have Western style weddings and dress up in dresses that reflect Western culture? This is so ridiculous. Social media is the problem.

这么说的话，难道亚洲人不能举办西式婚礼，穿着反映西方文化的服装了?这也太搞笑了吧。社交媒体就是问题所在。

 

Salina, Some Place Really Cool, United States, 6 hours ago

I wonder if these complainers would call out these big celebrities. It is a dress. She paid for the dress. She can wear the dress. She didn't disrespect the dress or the culture. Sit down, you are not getting 15 minutes of fame. But you will get called out for being stupid.

我不知道这些抱怨者会不会抬出这些名人。这是一个裙子而已。她付了买衣服的钱，就可以穿这件衣服。她并没有做出不尊重服饰或文化的举动。坐下坐下，你这样也不会出名超过15分钟。但是你会因为自己的愚蠢而被骂得狗血淋头。

 

THaywood, Rocky Mtns, United States, 6 hours ago

it's a dress, not a culture, and while it might be considered customary in some cultures, it is still just a dress.

这就是一件裙子而已，不是什么文化，就算在有些文化中，这是种习俗，但也还只是一件裙子罢了。

 

KatyGirl, WayDownSouth, United States, 6 hours ago

I think it was a compliment that she wanted to wear it.

我觉得她想要穿旗袍，本身就是对旗袍的赞美。

 

dd, brighton, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

I lived for 10 years in Hong Kong, Beijing and Taipei and I have never met anyone that would find it offensive for a non Chinese person to wear this dress - in fact, most people would be thrilled. American kids of ethnic decent need to 'check their privilege' - it is making them as ridiculous as their white counterparts.

我在香港、北京和台北生活了10年，我从没遇到过任何一个人会觉得穿这条裙子很无礼——事实上，大多数人都会很激动。美国的少数民族孩子需要“检查他们的特权”——这让他们和白人同龄人一样可笑。

 

AlpineTrace, Charlotte, United States, 6 hours ago

I absolutely looove this style of dress but I am afraid to wear one because I don't want to offend.

我绝对喜欢这种风格的裙子，但是我因为不想冒犯别人，所以不敢穿。

 

carol1957, frisco, United States, 7 hours ago

You look very beautiful and that's in your country not America everything is sold here so why the sensitivity. It's a Prom and you made this beautiful girl feel bad in some way. Why aren't you offended during Halloween or at Movie stars parties

你看起来很漂亮，舞会是在你的国家，在这里你可以买得到任何东西，所以为什么要这么敏感。这是舞会，你让这个漂亮的女孩不太舒服了。为什么你在万圣节或电影明星派对上不会觉得受到了冒犯?

 

yeahthatsano, everywhere, United States, 8 hours ago

Chinese here... I have no issues with her wearing the dress. I mean would that mean we can't wear US fashion? They aren't making much sense.

中国人在此，我觉得她的装扮没问题啊。我是说难道我们就不能穿美国时装了？没道理啊。

 

CenterRight, San Francisco, United States, 8 hours ago

Why do people think that clothing can only be worn by people from the country in which the clothing was invented? Could anything be sillier? This is the world the liberals have created. How you liking it America?!?!

为什么大家会认为一国的服装只能由发明这种服装的国家的人才能穿？还能再蠢一点吗?这是自由主义者创造的世界。你喜欢吗?!?!

 

DrGreenthumbs, Kenora, Canada, 8 hours ago

The PC police are determined to ruin everything, including prom.....

政治正确是想要毁掉一切，毁掉舞会了？？

 

Twelvetyhunderd, Den Bos, Netherlands, 8 hours ago

Such stupidity. So chinese cannot wear European clothes???

蠢货。这么说，中国人也不能穿西式服装了？

 

Romeo16, Miami, United States, 8 hours ago

Jeremy Lam does not own Asian culture or represent all Asians. Many Asians would feel honored she wore that dress.

杰里米刘并不拥有亚洲文化，也不代表所有的亚洲人。许多亚洲人会因为她穿着旗袍感到与有荣焉。

 

Captain_Steve, Los Angeles, United States, 8 hours ago

No one owns a culture. Dress as you please.

没有人能代表文化。随心穿吧。

 

Justus Ben, SCV, United States, 8 hours ago

wear what you want! just because people have an opinion, doesn't mean they are right...

想穿啥就穿啥！人们可能有自己的想法，但不一定就对。

 

rivet, Atlanta, 9 hours ago

Beyond silly. Does this mean non-western people can't wear the fashions of Paris? After all that's our culture and it is a culture separate from theirs. This is nonsense.

蠢得没边了。这是否意味着非西方人就不能穿巴黎时装了?毕竟这是我们的文化，跟他们的文化不一样。简直是无稽之谈。

 

J88, Pittsburgh, United States, 9 hours ago

I can't stand this cultural appropriation nonsense. She liked this dress so she wore it to her prom. Enough already. It's a dress. Bigger things in this world to worry about than what this girl wore to her prom.

我无法忍受这种文化剽窃的废话。她喜欢这件衣服，所以她穿着它去参加舞会。已经足够了。这就是一件裙子而已。比起这个女孩在舞会上穿了什么裙子，这个世界上还有更大的事情需要人们担心。

 

Downhlllfast, New York City, United States, 9 hours ago

Beautiful girl..beautiful dress. I hope she enjoyed her prom.

漂亮的姑娘，漂亮的裙子，我喜欢她在舞会上玩得很尽兴。

 

ALBV, Keys, United States, 9 hours ago

get off social media! problem is fixed!

社交媒体别再添乱了!问题都解决了！

 

as12345, london, United Kingdom, 10 hours ago

These dresses were actually on trend and in fashion back in the 90's particularly in the UK there was no issue then. Why do some people get offended by EVERYTHING these days. Its ridiculous. Get a grip and a life!

这些衣服实际上很流行，在90年代的英国尤其如此，这在当时完全没有问题。为什么现在有些人会因为裙子觉得受到了冒犯呢?太荒谬了。抓紧时间，好好生活!

 

LesMisserables, Deauville, France, 10 hours ago

Okay, so Asians cannot wear tartan, or jeans, or traditional western clothing? Unless it¿s a religious garment it¿s just an outfit

好吧，那亚洲人不能穿燕尾服、牛仔裤或传统西式服装了？除非是宗教服装，不然就是一件衣服而已。

 

Lj3585040, Ft Worth, United States, 10 hours ago

Freedom of speech, freedom to wear what we want. This is America!!! She did nothing wrong!

我们有自由言论的权利，我们想穿什么就穿什么。这是美国！！她一点也没做错。

 

Hulagurl, Honolulu, United States, 11 hours ago

People have too much time on their hands, to make drama over nothing.

大家这是太闲了，为了这种芝麻屁大点的小事大做文章。