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Non-Japanese Wearing Kimonos: Reddit Controversy (Boston, Fall, 2015)
June 24, 2016 • Yoko Lewis
Maybe this is old news to some of you, but we just came across a fascinating discussion in the Reddit's /japan sub-reddit. Here is the opening comment: Is it actually offensive for foreigners to wear kimonos? (self.japan) submitted 2 months ago by Autumn-Moonlight So, I'm an American I've been told recently by a friend that it's offensive for people that aren't Japanese to wear a kimono, and I was wondering if that was true. On one hand this friend is one of those people, she phrased it more like "White people wearing kimonos is racist," and then she said something...