Yesterday I was driving along and saw a car with a bumper sticker which read “London Paris Tokyo Taos”. Not kidding.
If you don’t live here, let me explain the joke.
Taos is a lovely little mountain town that has been smashed by wealthy gallery owners and celebrities. On the same street you will find grossly expensive art and native folks who are starving. No matter how much you enjoy art and the whole rustic southwestern thing, you cannot compare Taos to Tokyo. Taos has a population of like 25.
The culprit here is a type of lady we like to call “The Squa-casian”.
The super white ladies dripping with gigantic turquoise jewelry. They invented the idea of western chic. Ya know, $300 bejeweled overalls, designer cowboy boots (pretty, not functional) driving their Mercedes SUV out to their “original” adobe ranch houses.
Its one thing to appreciate a culture’s style and history. But if you are the historical oppressor of that culture, don’t steal their crap and reinvent it and 10 times the price. Its cultural rape. And it makes you look like an ass-hat to the rest of us.
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