![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/doja-cat-criticised-for-appropriating-native-american-lore-in-new-merchandise-release/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Doja-Cat.jpg&description=Continuing her theme of edgy jokes erring on the side of offensive, Doja Cat has irritated some more fans. Her latest merch drop is seen as insensitive Doja Cat has released a brand new merchandise line to accompany her new album Scarlet but fans were quick to call out the "insensitivities" in the products. Her new album is full of dark motifs and references to various monster lore. In the music video for Demons Doja is even transformed into a dark creature with horns, giving off a chilling horror appearance. Her new T-shirts for sale reference this unusual artistic choice and also mocks her recent controversies. Probably the harshest complaint from fans is against a T-shirt which states: "Welcome to Hollywood. Beware of skin walkers. For help or to report a sighting visit www.dojacat.com." It featured a photo of Doja next to one of her music video appearance, implying that the creature from the video was a skin walker. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. In Navajo Native American culture, skin walkers are a sort of witch that can transform itself into an animal. The creatures are believed to have values that conflict with that of the Navajo customs and perform harmful magic. In reality, not much is known about the full lore of skin walkers as, typically, the Navajo people are reluctant to share too much of the information. The Navajo people have asked non-Natives to avoid appropriating the term and likeness of the skin walker. Native American academic Adrienne Keene explained on the site Native Appropriations: "We as Native people are now opened up to a barrage of questions about these beliefs and traditions...but these are not things that need or should be discussed by outsiders. At all. I'm sorry if that seems 'unfair', but that's how our cultures survive." Fans claimed that Doja's merchandise was appropriative of the Native belief of skin walkers. One fan even pointed out that Doja could have found another){kind=link}
Continuing her theme of edgy jokes erring on the side of offensive, Doja Cat has irritated some more fans. Her latest merch drop is seen as insensitive
Doja Cat has released a brand new merchandise line to accompany her new album Scarlet but fans were quick to call out the “insensitivities” in the products.
Her new album is full of dark motifs and references to various monster lore. In the music video for Demons Doja is even transformed into a dark creature with horns, giving off a chilling horror appearance. Her new T-shirts for sale reference this unusual artistic choice and also mocks her recent controversies.
Probably the harshest complaint from fans is against a T-shirt which states: “Welcome to Hollywood. Beware of skin walkers. For help or to report a sighting visit www.dojacat.com.” It featured a photo of Doja next to one of her music video appearance, implying that the creature from the video was a skin walker.
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US.