A Maryland teen’s outfit for his school’s “Culture Day,” is garnering lots of reaction through social media, says Huffington Post.
Josh Welch, 17, is a white man from Silver Spring, Maryland and this year at his high school he decided to dress as a thief to make a statement about cultural appropriation.
dressed like a thief for culture day bc white people steal everyone else's culture pic.twitter.com/XnY4juY9fh
— welch's grape juice (@jotswa_welch) October 5, 2016
“I consider myself a huge advocate for social justice, and I wanted to make a bold statement about ‘white culture,’” he told The Huffington Post Wednesday. “So I decided to use humor to get my point across, but I never imagined it could be this ubiquitous.”
Welch told Huffington Post that he’s received negative feedback but that it’s been “overshadowed” by the positive responses he’s received.
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