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Lately, everywhere I look, there is some news story or article about cultural appropriation. Some person or group is always on the defensive about having their culture stolen.
Zara's (an online clothing retailer) was attacked on twitter for selling a long skirt that looked too much like a Lungi.
H&M under fire for selling a "chola" inspired mini checkered skirt.
A Black Lives Matter group protested outside of Solfire Yoga studio because the white owners organized a rap yoga class.
Yoga classes are being cancelled at some universities because of complaints from other students
Bindis and headdresses are being banned from music festivals because of cultural appropriation.
Celebrities who wear braids are being attacked on twitter for stealing hairstyles.
Fashion designers are being sued for cultural appropriation.
Seriously, I do not understand this whole idea of not being allowed to borrow from other cultures. So are people just not allowed to appreciate other cultures beauty and designs? Have we really gotten to the point where it's offensive that somebody likes something from another culture and chooses to bring it into their style?
It's stupid to me. It is absolutely ridiculous that people will get violent over a white person wearing dreads or putting gauges in their ears or a black girl wearing blonde straight hair. I don't get people these days. Finding offense over everything is the new thing.
The whole concept of cultural appropriation is totally lame. Taken to it's logical conclusion means I can't eat in Mexican, Chinese or Italian restaurants anymore. No more sushi or humus. SJW's are idiots. Identity politics will have them resegregating the world. True SJW believers are as bad as any Bircher or klansman in a white hood.
Lately, everywhere I look, there is some news story or article about cultural appropriation. Some person or group is always on the defensive about having their culture stolen.
You must be looking in some pretty out-of-the-way corners and holes. I've been working with communities for decades, in every city or small town I've lived in, and have never seen or heard a bit of this. And I work with all colors, creeds, genders, cultures, ancestries, and every other exclusion-group you're whining about here.
Could it be that you've been getting your info from too many sullen, chronically-offended liberals with keyboards, many of whom work out of their mothers' basements, rather than from actual people raising families and paying bills in real neighborhoods in your cities?
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