stuff like this happening lmao
like i have this one friend in malaysia and they showed a picture of them picking up rice with chopsticks to show someone it could be done and someone said they were culturally appropriating without even. looking up anything. this also happened to them when they drew a picture and they had the farmer with the big straw hat which i forget exactly what it looks like and someone instantly jumped onto calling them tribal
like i get they only mean good. but they're so rash about doing it.
i also don't exactly understand exactly what cultural appropriation is. from what i know, it's basically similar to when someone repeats what you said but in a forgeted-up voice to mock you and it's irritating? i guess and that makes sense kinda
but it's not just... appreciating culture as a white person. like eating chinese food isn't cultural appropriation i don't think. it's up to the chinese, and so far, the chinese have spoken about it and they don't seem to care so
Cultural Appropriation would be intentionally mocking the culture. Say if Jane Generic, a white, straight, female were to wear a Cheongsam because she thinks cheongsams are cute as forget, that would not be cultural appropriation. If Dumbstuff McOogabooga were to squint their eyes and go "ching chong ding dong I'm a chink" and wiggle chopsticks around that would be cultural appropriation and there would be grounds for offense.
If Jane Generic were to wear a fur cap in Russia because it's cold as forget in Russia then that would be trying to keep warm in Russia's icy-cold bosom. If Dumbstuff McOogabooga were to wear a fur cap, smash somebody over the head with vodka, and go "DA COMRADE" in the most tribal accent they could possibly do, then that is cultural appropriation.
And to be quite frank: Literally
nobody except handicaps care about "cultural appropriation" any more. That's just how cultures mix as cultures interact. As they have done. Throughout history. And generally, the people who were against that mixing of cultures were called loving idiots. Here's why: As people get together and exchange ideas, influences, cultures, and design, people start to think not in their own little echoboxes, but on a wider scale. You get 30 like-minded people who all think the same way and it's not going to be nearly as interesting as 30 people from different backgrounds, cultures, religious ideals or lack thereof, etc.
I mean the risks of murder are significantly lower but what's life without a few speedbumps you know?
By definition, cultural appropriation isn't inherently a bad thing. It really just means to perform practices found in other cultures; eating chinese food as an American would be an example. The only times it's a problem is when it's used to make fun of other cultures or romanticize / special interestize them, but I personally don't really see that as the same concept.
Despite that, SJWs love finding examples of people doing this, and regardless of the context, flame them for it, because they believe that all forms of appropriation are offensive, and this simply untrue.
The funny thing is, I
only see this being done to white people.
Japanese Death Metal? Totally okay, regardless of the fact that Death Metal originated in the UK and I believe America? Both of which had predominantly white populations at the time. (I
believe. I may be incorrect)
Lounge suits worn by non-whites? Absolutely fine, despite the origins of the modern suit coming from Europe.
But god forbid a white person wear non-white clothing. How tribal.
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