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Is it something serious in US? Or is it just a leftist trendy?
Cultural "appropiation" is basic what is life all about. We are here to experiment the new and to grow up.
I want to "appropiate" culture always and always. Particulary that's why brazilian culture is so rich, being a melting point of many cultures of the world, creating new ones that are just fabulous.
Every Christmas I go to a production of "The Nutcracker Suite." It's downright shameful the amount of cultural appropriation Tchaikovsky was guilty of. And all those ballet companies just keep perpetuating it.
Russian dancers, Chinese dancers, Snowflake dancers. I can hardly stand it!
I heard on the news today that two women in Portland are being forced to close their burrito biz for "stealing" the recipe from poor Mexican women on their vacation. That will teach them! White people should only cook and eat white people food. And don't ever let me catch a Mexican eating a hot dog or he'll be sorry.
Is it something serious in US? Or is it just a leftist trendy?
Cultural "appropiation" is basic what is life all about. We are here to experiment the new and to grow up.
I want to "appropiate" culture always and always. Particulary that's why brazilian culture is so rich, being a melting point of many cultures of the world, creating new ones that are just fabulous.
Well I guess it's mostly a leftist thing, but it's becoming more pervasive recently.
Its nonsensical pseudo-intellectual claptrap - a badge of honor of the perpetually offended persona.
Most people don't take it seriously. Every culture contains derivatives of other cultures. We are writing English here (England) using a computer and the internet (largely an Anglo & American invention).
Cultural "appropriation" is meaningless. Cultural denigration - that's something different.
So where do you think the line is between meaningless cultural "appropriation" and cultural denigration?
When there is apparent mockery.
For example,
White guy with dreadlocks - Not Cultural Appropriation
(He is wearing a hair style)
White guy with dreadlocks who spouts Rastafarian wisdom without a full understanding or context - Cultural Appropriation
(He is somewhat ignorant, but not intentionally disrespectful)
White guy with a crew cut who wears one of those Rasta tricolor beanies with fake dreads sticking out the back while smoking a giant spliff at a summer music festival - Cultural Denigration
(He is making fun at the expense of another's culture)
White guy with a crew cut who wears one of those Rasta tricolor beanies with fake dreads sticking out the back while smoking a giant spliff at a summer music festival - Cultural Denigration
(He is making fun at the expense of another's culture)
I wouldn't say that's "making" fun of another's culture but having fun.
I don't feel disrespected if you wear wooden shoes and walk around with a cheese under your arm.
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