I'm a white guitarist who plays blues and jazz. I really don't give a shit whether someone thinks I'm taking someone else's culture or not, because it's the musical expression that speaks to me, not the image.
I'm an American who loves eating Italian food. I don't give a shit whether someone thinks I'm stealing their culture or not, because it's the taste I'm savoring, not the ability to fake being Italian by eating their food.
Culture is only a mass-produced phenomenon if you allow it to be so in your mind. There's nothing at all wrong with picking and choosing the different elements of different cultures that you most enjoy. If that induces butthurt in the perpetually-offended, it's all the better.
I'm an American who loves eating Italian food. I don't give a shit whether someone thinks I'm stealing their culture or not, because it's the taste I'm savoring, not the ability to fake being Italian by eating their food.
Culture is only a mass-produced phenomenon if you allow it to be so in your mind. There's nothing at all wrong with picking and choosing the different elements of different cultures that you most enjoy. If that induces butthurt in the perpetually-offended, it's all the better.
