Kilts Cross Cultural Boundaries

[GreenDragon]

cool story.

i've found that when i've encountered someone of a different ethnicity i've gotten the best remarks of how great it is to show pride in my heritage and what-not.

[Nick the DSM]

yeah, sometimes other ethnicities like the kilt more than caucasians. no offence.

[brendillon]

yeah, sometimes other ethnicities like the kilt more than caucasians. no offence.

I wonder if that's an appreciation of the rebellion against the homogenization of cultures that popular culture has come to represent... Resisting 'the norm' or reaching back to ancestral roots is an empowering thing, something I think minorities would appreciate more than the average caucasian (who is often perceived as being automatically empowered to a certain degree).

Or maybe I'm just full of it.

[sharpdressedscot]

Yeah, you are.


Joking!

[brendillon]

Yeah, you are.


Joking!

Wouldn't be the first time I've been accused of being full of blarney!

[Dalmore]

yeah, sometimes other ethnicities like the kilt more than caucasians. no offence.

I wonder if that's an appreciation of the rebellion against the homogenization of cultures that popular culture has come to represent... Resisting 'the norm' or reaching back to ancestral roots is an empowering thing, something I think minorities would appreciate more than the average caucasian (who is often perceived as being automatically empowered to a certain degree).

Good point, that very well could be. But then I think it's kind of the opposite for me. I'm a black guy and if I wear the kilt I get a lot of interest and compliments from caucasians. I've gotten a mixed reaction from african- americans though, I think they are mostly just puzzled by the whole thing.

Funny, I frequent a store run by a mostly Indian staff and they love my kilts. Could be an appreciation of the whole unbifurcated garment thing.