Hal Niedzviecki's essay was glib and insulting to the writers in the very issue it prefaced. And what on earth did he mean by indigenous writers writing about what they don't know?

Cultural Appropriation is real. And it's been a curse for most non-Anglo-Saxon Prostestants. Who hasn't encountered bizarre stereotypes of people of colour, of various ethnic groups, or the LGBT community?

If Hal Niedzviecki had wanted to open a discussion, he ought to have cited examples of how cultural appropriation has been done and harmed others. And then he could have pointed out how White authors can add secondary characters from other cultures to broaden their world.

That's not what he did. He suggested White tell Indigenous People what they really feel and think. Steal their stories. Pull a Boyden. And isn't this what this about? Another friend of Joseph Boyden trying to whitewash that scandal.

Watch Dear White People on Netflix. Then you'll get an idea of what's at stake.