Maybe this is just my opinion but that dress is a part of American culture, now. Chinese people began immigrating in large numbers to the US in the 1800s. Like every other group of immigrants that came here, they brought their culture with them. And like every other group we adopted some of their culture. We are only 200 years old. Combined culture is our culture. We've adopted food, music, clothes, etiquette, architecture and more from every country that has settled here.

Here is a request for those who are outraged by this one: Unless you are of Mexican, or Native American, origin, please abstain from eating chocolate, turkey, tomatoes, potatoes, avocados and corn in all their forms (and this is only a partial list). Unless your family is from Ethiopia, please abstain from drinking coffee. Unless you are Italian please refrain from eating pasta and pizza (and even if you are Italian, keep in mind that tomatoes are out, as that too would be cultural appropriation) I could go on, but I think you get the general idea... or maybe you could just back off and mind your own business.

Calling stuff like this racist diminishes those instances when racist behavior actually occurs, and that's not ok. I happen to like if people from other countries wear a Romanian traditional blouse, for instance, especially if they know where it comes from. How on Earth is that even remotely racist?

Wearing that dress isn't racist, but it is racist to think that girl is not allowed to wear a certain cut of dress because she is not of the correct race. I mean those outraged posts accused her of mudding Chinese culture up by wearing that dress. Sounds f@$king racist to me, and it's gross that it's okay for people to be so unashamedly racist.

So is it racist to east Chinese food if you are not Chinese? Same thing in my opinion.

I have seen times when cultural appropriation is offensive, but people have always been influenced by the food, dress, art and music of other people. Many older people here in the American Southwest have Native American art and jewelry that they can't wear -- how many people who used to make this jewelry are having to turn to less creative careers (casino work, for example) because of this hysteria? I also think the idea that white westerners are the "dominant culture" is quickly becoming anachronistic. When China and India pass the US in wealth and prestige, will we get mad when they celebrate our holidays, speak our language, and wear T-shirts from our movies?

Another "hysteria / outry / scandal on social media" posting. While a debate about the influence of Western culture (why is a suite the world's "official" formal dress, although many other forms of traditional and contemporary formal dresses exist?), those scadalising what a (sorry to say: more or less random) teen did and what ended on social media prevent this. There are enough problems in this world that _actually_ need attention.

It's just a dress people... REALLY. I'm Chinese and I don't see what the problem is!?

I am Asian, and I personally think that she looks gorgeous. She respects the dress, and in my opinion, as long as she knows what she's talking about, let her live.

I think those people raising hate against the girl loiter around all day just to find someone to pick on. Qipao is NOT really a traditional Chinese dress. It does NOT have a long history. It derives from Manchu traditional wear and was modified to suit the needs of modern society by Sun Yat-Sen in the 20th century. Yet, as you can see, some think it has "long history" "rich cultural meanings". They are wrong and it shows their own ignorance of Chinese culture. In fact, just recently we had a national festival celebrating our true national-clothes. Try google"中国华服日" :)

If this young lady said she was unfamiliar with Asian culture, had no interest in it, she'd be branded as criminally ignorant. But if she knows of and wears something from Asian culture and now she's stealing and occupying their culture. To this crowd who is mad about this white people are supposed to know about other cultures but never use anything from another culture. A rule which they of course don't apply to any other group of people doing any cultural borrowing. When Asian young people love American or British fashion brands? Oh this same crowd loves that! Will strongly defend the cultural freedom others must have to borrow our culture. This is why people voted for Trump. Not this white guy, but it's why a lot of white people did. Stupid s**t like this.

there is cultural appropriation and there is cultural APPRECIATION, i don't think she meant to take offense to anyone, i choose to believe she picked out that outfit simply because she admired the dress and the culture so there's that...

#people.who.got.offended.for.anything.sickens.me

Soooo, wearing a dress from another "culture" is racism? Not accepting cultures = racism, yet being inspired and/or wearing/using something from that culture is also racism? Get a grip. Stop trying to find racism everywhere and stop being offended by every stupid little thing. All the haters might want to look in their homes to make sure they're not (mis)using something from another culture and stop eating other cultures food too.... (( Also the "white audience" - 'white spouses" - "white people", this always kinda bothers me lately... if it said another color instead of white, everyone would be raging but it says "white people" so it's okay? ))

I went out to a Chinese restaurant the other night and ate a lot of traditional Chinese food. I could have gone to another restaurant and had my country's (Ireland) traditional dish of bacon cabbage and mashed potato but chose the Chinese option instead. Does that make me racist.? I bet in America there are millions of people eating Chinese food whe are not Chinese but they wouldn't be called racist. So why is it different for a dress?

I always loved that kind of fashion. So if someone decides to buy a chinese style blouse/dress, are they racist? Asking for a friend.

So I guess all asians wearing western clothes are racists? Black people not walking around naked is racist? Inuit not walking around with a 50lbs winter coat is racist? Hello? Do these people even know what "racist" means?

All these comments on the dress ! Millennials have truly lost their minds when it comes to identifying racism. Every little thing is offensive. This poor girl could have been politely told why this is offensive but nooooooo people had to put on their douchebag hats and throw stones

I didn't see anything wrong with the dress. The issue was the pose and the pic. What's the point of the 🙏? Only one person had on the dress. It's things like that can be offensive.

Oh for stupidity's sake. It's a DRESS, & she's rocking it. My own ancestry is Polish & Japanese. I suppose I should be offended every time I see my blue-eyed Slavic dad using chopsticks. Witless shitstains addicted to outrage. Grow the eff up.

I had a friend who was a very professional seamstress. However, she is quite tall, very busty and heavier than average. She sewed herself a lovely Chinese shirt that was tailored to her dimensions. When we went to an event where she wore this shirt, a Chinese woman (older than we were then) burst out of the crowd and kept saying "That's professional!" She felt the fabric and examined the sewing. Of course this was in the 1980s before manufactured outraged had taken over the airwaves and there was no social media. We just communicated face to face back then. Things were much less fraught.