cultural appropriation???

Bill said:
Any thoughts on this??

Is this something new that ppl just realized or has it been happening in one form or another since the cradle of civilization??
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It is as old as mankind. Invaders overtake and destroy a ppl and their culture. A couple generations pass and the wars are forgotten and suddenly the vanquished culture becomes popular with the invaders' g-kids or g-g-kids. So they try to resurrect it through copying their clothing, music, even spiritual practices. A good example of this can be found right here in America with the indigenous ppl.

Imagine being driven underground and forced to hide your culture and spirituality... only to find that pop culture has taken it to make $$ from? An example: Imagine if Xtians' worst (or fondest) fears came true and they weren't allowed to practice their faith in this country. Some years pass and they find out that a clothing and accessories company has marketed a hugely-popular line of priestly garments, decorated crucifixes, and bottle holy water. Think they'd be pissed? You betcha.
 
StoneByStone said:
It's always been a thing. People are only complaining about it now because they realized it can be used to attack white people.
The dreadlocks example is especially funny, since the first people to wear dreads were white.
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Oh geeze. Drop your victimhood and stop playing like you're so fucking oppressed. Seriously, WTF is wrong with you?
 
Bill said:
Any thoughts on this??

Is this something new that ppl just realized or has it been happening in one form or another since the cradle of civilization??



cultural appropriation
[cultural appropriation]
NOUN
cultural appropriation (noun) · cultural appropriations (plural noun)
the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.
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I worry about it every time I eat watermelon........of course, I live in a town that sells wooden shoes as souvenirs.....

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guess how you can tell she's a tourist?......
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Oh geeze. Drop your victimhood and stop playing like you're so fucking oppressed. Seriously, WTF is wrong with you?
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Do you not think "cultural appropriation" is just more racism against white people?
Instead of attacking the person, explain to me how I'm wrong here. It's a bullshit concept and it's ONLY brought up against white people, no?
 
StoneByStone said:
Do you not think "cultural appropriation" is just more racism against white people?
Instead of attacking the person, explain to me how I'm wrong here. It's a bullshit concept and it's ONLY brought up against white people, no?
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1. No, I do not.

2. You are not a victim. I am not a victim. Stop pretending that you're oppressed. You are not.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Think about where we live for a moment. What is the majority race and culture?
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What that means is most of the culture that gets borrowed is white. So that means non-white people are committing cultural appropriation far more often. And yet, how surprisingly, we never hear about that.
 
Cypress said:
Yes. Overwhelmingly Russian, minor Lithuanian, traces of German. Strictly Northern European.

Probably explaining why my skin is translucent white, and why I need SPF factor one million if I am in direct sun more than 15 minutes.
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lol.........

Anything surprising in there?? My results were pretty much as I thought.......
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
It is as old as mankind. Invaders overtake and destroy a ppl and their culture. A couple generations pass and the wars are forgotten and suddenly the vanquished culture becomes popular with the invaders' g-kids or g-g-kids. So they try to resurrect it through copying their clothing, music, even spiritual practices. A good example of this can be found right here in America with the indigenous ppl.

Imagine being driven underground and forced to hide your culture and spirituality... only to find that pop culture has taken it to make $$ from? An example: Imagine if Xtians' worst (or fondest) fears came true and they weren't allowed to practice their faith in this country. Some years pass and they find out that a clothing and accessories company has marketed a hugely-popular line of priestly garments, decorated crucifixes, and bottle holy water. Think they'd be pissed? You betcha.
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lol, good example..........
 
StoneByStone said:
Do you not think "cultural appropriation" is just more racism against white people?
Instead of attacking the person, explain to me how I'm wrong here. It's a bullshit concept and it's ONLY brought up against white people, no?
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I dunno........ Is it only here?? I see it all over the world & never hear of complaints?? :dunno:
 
StoneByStone said:
What that means is most of the culture that gets borrowed is white. So that means non-white people are committing cultural appropriation far more often. And yet, how surprisingly, we never hear about that.
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*sigh* Never mind. "It is hard to fill a cup that is already full." -- Mo-at, Avatar
 
Bill said:
lol.........

Anything surprising in there?? My results were pretty much as I thought.......
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No surprises really on my end, I am not really a conventional American mutt mixture.

Care to share your results? Do not feel obligated
 
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