Hey there! I saw you have no clue why the new scout is problematic and as a person from SWANA I’m here to share why! Education on this is very important^^ There’s 2 main things wrong here; the outfits and the theme. As seen with the music (although very stereotypical), this scout is supposed to represent the Middle East, this is even seen with the hieroglyphics on the outfits. Despite trying to “represent”, they actually go for a more harmful and stereotypical look with the absurd amount of skin showing. This looks nothing like actual traditional middle eastern clothing and more like an attempt at recreating a belly dancer look, which French and British colonizers made to sexualize arab women for ages. Then there’s the theme; also seen on the PV was that it’s depicting Ibara stealing that sacred jewel. This is also just blatantly harmful since people from the Middle East seem to always be depicted as thieves, and if not thieves then we’re depicted as being unreasonably violent people (why butou-Kai is an issue as well considering the outfits and what the theme of the shuffle is). It’s a whole punch in the gut that to do a thief like theme they have to go for outfits that bring back years of trauma from colonization. I hope this is helpful and feel free to ask any questions if you have any!