Cultural appropriation tends to be frowned upon, but by whom? Recently, I found myself watching a video where someone had dressed up in a traditional Chinese outfit. When this person, who was decidedly NOT Chinese, positioned himself on a university campus, he was met with a lot disdain—particularly from students who were not Asian. But then he went to Chinatown where the reaction was actually quite different. His outfit actually garnered quite a few smiles and positive engagement. Mind you, for full disclosure, I believe that this was a PragerU video and it was attempting make a particular statement—and personally, I found the outfit to be rather cliché. Still, it does not change the fact that the Chinese immigrants depicted in the video really seemed to take no offense, and in fact appeared to enjoy the outfit, unlike those virtue warriors on campus seemed to be outraged on their behalf.
often white liberals who have minimal experience with other cultures. that's who's offended
(but it's a general american pmc-sjw think; a few years ago i saw an indian american woman explaining to japanese why white ppl wearing the kimino was bad and racist and they had no idea what she was talking about)
95%+ of those who are so concerned over "cultural appropriation" are white, upper-middle class, hypocrites with an unswerving ability to maintain a wilfull ignorance of reality.
They are the Canadians who have no problem with Justin Trudeau in blackface, or American leftists who worship Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, & Joy Behar; all of whom have dressed in blackface.
They are the morons who destroyed the Aunt Jemima over claims of racism. Nancy Green, the woman who happily was cast for the part was a former slave who became wealthy. Sports teams named Braves, Redskins, &c. were an homage to the spirit & character of Indians. The Indians, who BTW weren't offended, were not the driving force behind changing names. The entire movement was comprised of white, upper middle class, leftist lunatics whose goal is to destroy the USA.
The same people who are currently pursuing the removal of monuments of the Founding Fathers because the we're not perfect.
As with many of these 'systems' that have been recently created from thin air, we see contradictions which make it impossible to participate in them. These same 'cultural appropriation' folks seem to believe in 'tribalism' as well. If tribalism true, then you want more people in your tribe. Of course you would want them adopting your way of living.
Most people know that getting along with people in person involves adopting their cultural rules of etiquette. Taking the time to be like others shows respect. This is all the more meaningful if you were not born into the group, but are with the group. Ultimately, the fact that someone who would not be expected to put in the work to participate more fully is a minus not a plus is irrational.
What I believe you are seeing with cultural appropriation is people stuck in a post modern power narrative trying to control others and nothing more. They make up arbitrary rules so they can convince, cajole, corral and bully others into behaving the way they want. After all, in their world, these principles developed over time (often hundreds or thousands of years) which we follow (politeness, methods of participate, patterns of speech, language, etc.) so now it is their turn to seize power and make the world how they want it.
From my observations, these people seem to all be of a similar type, not very competent, not very grateful and not willing to sacrifice (spoiled might be another term) to make proper tradeoffs. In short, they are greedy, they want things exactly how they want them without giving up anything or contributing to get them. I'd be willing to bet that this observation is not a coincidence.
Many of these new systems are of the type that one has no hope of being able to participate within them, just be assaulted by those who wish to enforce them. Mostly, I believe they are really just new religions. I have a video on that. ;)
I’m a Scots-Irish hillbilly living in Appalachia. We have been stereotyped and made fun of for years. We also vote very red so the so called virtue warriors are the worst offenders. However we don’t get offended. People are different and we should be able to laugh and poke fun at each other. That is what makes America great. Time for the weak children to quit making the rules.
I’m thinking that 99% of the time people that are offended by cultural appropriation are people that just need that anger and judgement as part of their miserable existence. Why would you even have “friends” like that?
The only time I was remotely irritated by a non-Jew speaking Yiddish was when the (actual) white supremacist Richard Spencer tweeted something with “chutzpah” in it. Closest I came to ever being offended by cultural appropriation 🤣
often white liberals who have minimal experience with other cultures. that's who's offended
(but it's a general american pmc-sjw think; a few years ago i saw an indian american woman explaining to japanese why white ppl wearing the kimino was bad and racist and they had no idea what she was talking about)
95%+ of those who are so concerned over "cultural appropriation" are white, upper-middle class, hypocrites with an unswerving ability to maintain a wilfull ignorance of reality.
They are the Canadians who have no problem with Justin Trudeau in blackface, or American leftists who worship Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, & Joy Behar; all of whom have dressed in blackface.
They are the morons who destroyed the Aunt Jemima over claims of racism. Nancy Green, the woman who happily was cast for the part was a former slave who became wealthy. Sports teams named Braves, Redskins, &c. were an homage to the spirit & character of Indians. The Indians, who BTW weren't offended, were not the driving force behind changing names. The entire movement was comprised of white, upper middle class, leftist lunatics whose goal is to destroy the USA.
The same people who are currently pursuing the removal of monuments of the Founding Fathers because the we're not perfect.
As with many of these 'systems' that have been recently created from thin air, we see contradictions which make it impossible to participate in them. These same 'cultural appropriation' folks seem to believe in 'tribalism' as well. If tribalism true, then you want more people in your tribe. Of course you would want them adopting your way of living.
Most people know that getting along with people in person involves adopting their cultural rules of etiquette. Taking the time to be like others shows respect. This is all the more meaningful if you were not born into the group, but are with the group. Ultimately, the fact that someone who would not be expected to put in the work to participate more fully is a minus not a plus is irrational.
What I believe you are seeing with cultural appropriation is people stuck in a post modern power narrative trying to control others and nothing more. They make up arbitrary rules so they can convince, cajole, corral and bully others into behaving the way they want. After all, in their world, these principles developed over time (often hundreds or thousands of years) which we follow (politeness, methods of participate, patterns of speech, language, etc.) so now it is their turn to seize power and make the world how they want it.
From my observations, these people seem to all be of a similar type, not very competent, not very grateful and not willing to sacrifice (spoiled might be another term) to make proper tradeoffs. In short, they are greedy, they want things exactly how they want them without giving up anything or contributing to get them. I'd be willing to bet that this observation is not a coincidence.
Many of these new systems are of the type that one has no hope of being able to participate within them, just be assaulted by those who wish to enforce them. Mostly, I believe they are really just new religions. I have a video on that. ;)
I’m a Scots-Irish hillbilly living in Appalachia. We have been stereotyped and made fun of for years. We also vote very red so the so called virtue warriors are the worst offenders. However we don’t get offended. People are different and we should be able to laugh and poke fun at each other. That is what makes America great. Time for the weak children to quit making the rules.
I’m thinking that 99% of the time people that are offended by cultural appropriation are people that just need that anger and judgement as part of their miserable existence. Why would you even have “friends” like that?
The only time I was remotely irritated by a non-Jew speaking Yiddish was when the (actual) white supremacist Richard Spencer tweeted something with “chutzpah” in it. Closest I came to ever being offended by cultural appropriation 🤣