Post #562627 by telescopes on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 8:59 PM

On 2010-10-30 00:41, Tiki Trav wrote:
Tiki Central is politically incorrect by default...
Bunch of white, middle aged, alcoholic, athiests...
And according to the flight crews that had the missfortune of staying at the hannelei during oasis, all swingers too!
I cant believe the media hasn't scalded the entire "scene" as some type of tropical KKK meeting...

Having attended quite a few Oasises myself, the comparison of today's tikiophiles with the tiki lovers of the 50's is quite real.

While it is true that much of the racism and misogyny that existed in the past is gone, there are certain other aspects of the past tiki culture that remain.

Some are admirable. However, there is a certain similar cultural overlap between some of the people who enjoy today's tiki culture with many of the people who reveled in our past tiki culture - and to be frank, an honest discussion of some of these aspects would cause this place to howl.

Of course not everyone drawn to tiki today is similar - just as not everyone drawn to tiki in the past was similar.

I would wager that many in the crowd drawn to Trader Vic's in New York were quite different than the crowd that rolled in at the local tiki bar down the street.

It's no different, today.

But, to get to Atomictikipunk's point, a realistic discussion about tiki culture today would require this board to suspend the illusion of PC.

And you know what? I really don't believe I could share my own honest observations with this board without getting a barrage of angry emails.

Putting this thread to the basement is an indictment against those who would want to clarify and discuss some of the negative aspects of tiki culture.