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An old tumblrpost is doing the rounds on the internetagain,but the arguments surrounding itremainjust as heated.

The post itself is fairly ancient in internet terms, having originally been first sharedon a personal blog in 2012.

It featuresa young American girlgirl enjoying a 'Japanese tea party' at home, complete with kimono, Origami and Asian-style cuisine.

The post is a 'how-to', written byHeidi, a Utah homemaker and mother to four children - who decided to throw thethemed tea party for her daughter.

The pictures and accompanying explainerdidn't remain on the 'how-to'blog long though, and waspicked up by a tumblr user, whoexpressedconcern surroundingcultural appropriation.

User ginzers shared the post and picturewith the comment:

Teach children that this is not ok

What followed was a pretty heated back and forth from other users, some agreeing with the sentiment that it's not 'OK' to appropriate otherpeople's culture, and others seeing it as simply akid's tea party.

Then, a tumblr user identifying themselves as Japanese stepped in to share their thoughts on the matter.

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

Interestingly, one thing that doesn't crop up nearly as often is a follow up post from the original tumblr poster ginzers

Afterreceivingquite a bit of flak for their initial anger at the tea party, they went on to share some furtherthoughts on tumblr

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