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Why would a white girl wear a Chinese dress to a U.S. high school prom? Seems like she is just another student brain washed by liberals making a political statement based on the so-called greatness of diversity. If she were a Chinese student I'd understand it and wouldn't have a problem with it but this....?
Holy crap I think you just flipped this whole thread on it's head with this post. lol It was just starting to wind down too.
What offends you about listening to others, discussing diverse viewpoints, acknowledging viewpoints that differ from yours, and happily co-existing without judging and criticizing views that differ?
I think you've been pretty adept on here of judging and critizing views that differ from your own. You accused a high school girl of being "brash" for innocently choosing to wear a Chinese-inspired dress. Considering you don't even live in the US, where this young woman lives and where the silly online uproar originated, it appears that you might also be guilty of "cultural appropriation."
Not this progressive. I think it was a beautiful dress and anyone offended by it ~ for whatever reason ~ is dumb and dumber.
Then again, I am not on board with the whole 'cultural appropriation' thing. We are supposed to be a melting pot, yes?
The first time I heard the term "cultural appropriation," it had to do with Navajo Indians complaining about white-owned companies mass producing their jewelry designs and selling them cheaply as "Navajo Jewelry."
Totally understandable in that context.
'Way back in the 80s, black women were annoyed when Bo Derek achieved sudden fame wearing cornrows--with little acknowledgement from her or the media that it was a hair style originated by black women. It wasn't called "cultural appropriation" back then.
However....
At that same time, US military regulations explicitly prohibited cornrowing by black women, despite the fact that it's an eminently practical hairstyle for a military woman (easy to care for out in the field, fits under a helmet, doesn't get in the way, et cetera).
The military's problem with the cornrow was that it was "too extreme." But the appropriation of the style by the general American culture put it into the mainstream, and today it's permitted in the military.
Why would a white girl wear a Chinese dress to a U.S. high school prom? Seems like she is just another student brain washed by liberals making a political statement based on the so-called greatness of diversity. If she were a Chinese student I'd understand it and wouldn't have a problem with it but this....?
And why not? She is a young pretty girl, she likes how she looks, others like it too, she is experimenting stuff for the joy of herself and her male admirers. What on earth is wrong with that?
I've already addressed the bagpipe thing. *Shrug* You might not be able to identify with my mild annoyance -- which you're making a much bigger deal of than I ever have -- if you're an American of many generations.
It mildly annoys me because the subtext of any cultural discussion in the US or Canada is often that people of European (and particularly British) descent are somehow more "racist" and "culturally ignorant" than is anyone else. European ancestry -- deconstructed to the homogenous "white" check box in the US -- is often demonized. That is, until such time that some aspect of European heritage gets pulled out for a festivity or official event, and then, suddenly, it's celebrated.
Again, that's just an observation. Reread my posts. Then reread your post to me. I'm not the one who sounds "too sensitive."
Just correctly pointing out hypocrisy and ignorance, with leftist logic. I wasn't mad at you.
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