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Rapist Wins Fight

Even the Maori are pissed about Tyson.
The tattoo was “definitely Maori, but stylized,” Sharples told The Associated Press. “I just wish it was on somebody else.”
Ta moko is a beautiful cultural heritage; finding it on a US pop culture thug must be jarring. Some see this kind of appropriation as a form of identity theft.