Someone Called This Girl’s Japanese Tea Party Racist and Then a Japanese Person Stepped In

Cultural appropriation has always been a touchy subject, but the topic has become especially heated in recent years thanks to so many media outlets setting bad examples (ahem, Vogue). That’s why when one Utah mum shared her daughter’s Japanese-themed birthday party FIVE years ago, it resurfaced on Tumblr and caused an uproar on the internet.

One user has since called the mum “racist” and has criticized her for setting a bad example for her daughter.

“Teach children this is not ok,” user ‘ginzers’ wrote.

The response was quickly cheered and supported by other Tumblr users, and in the years that have followed this particular post has percolated around reddit and various other forums in one form or another. Hence why it resurfaces from time-to-time.