If you watched the Grammies the other day, you might have noticed that Outkast performed their hit song "Hey Ya!" wearing Native American garb and dancing in front of a teepee. I was a little confused because Outkast has been known to make some pretty political statements with their music and performances and I didn't know what they were trying to say with their costumes. As a person who hates the way that PC-ness has become a form of language policing rather than cultural sensitivity, I found myself thinking that they were being politically incorrect (insensitive would be a better term) and getting away with it because they are people of color.
Yesterday, I heard that Jack Black introduced them and said something about being in the year 3000 (which I didn't hear because I missed their intro). When I learned this, I figured they were making a statement about our their hopes for the future of our society - perhaps that in the next millenium (the future, a symbol of progress), we will turn as we should to respecting and coexisting with our world in a sustainable way and finally give respect to cultures of the various indigenous peoples around the world that have been appropriated and destroyed in the past.
Then again, I work as a social justice discussion facilitator, so I could be reading into this too much
What do you think?
(This might belong in Tilted Entertainment or Tilted Living, but I thought it was important not to leave out either aspect of it.)