Cultural Appropriation

[Aegon]

EDIT: For fuck's sake I wrote out an entire post and when I clicked Submit it just posted the quote I quoted.
EDIT 2: Alright, rewrote most of it.

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It doesn't fucking exist and is just an excuse for SJWs to moan like they always do. I tend to distance myself from people who actually believe in that bullshit.

What? Do you not understand what cultural appropriation is? It certainly exists. I disagree with those "SJWs" 99 percent of the time but cultural appropriation is a very real thing. At its core, the concept refers to perpetuating a cultural stereotype that is offensive to the members of that culture and is harmful to the overall image of the culture today. The idea gains steam every October, when white people decide to go out dressed in stereotypical American Indian garb or go so far as to wear blackface and wear stereotypical black gangsta clothing. Is that okay in your eyes? Another user mentioned that cultural appropriation is a joke. How is this a joke to you? Is it because you are far removed from the reality of it? How about if you're German or of German descent, and somebody came to your Halloween party in a Nazi outfit and said that they were dressed as a German. Is that not both offensive to Germans and harmful to the image that Germans (or at least the country of Germany and its culture) is trying to convey to the world today? Cultural appropriation isn't some far, far left concept that only Tumblr users get butthurt about. It's a very real thing.

Some other users in this thread are arguing that people can enjoy what they want. Yeah, they can. But at the expense of others. Fine, adopt the "they can get offended I don't give a fuck" attitude. But you also should admit that you're an asshole. If you can't see the examples I gave as the blatant racism that they are, then I have no reason to argue with you. 

Another user mentioned that they play jazz and eat Italian food. That is not cultural appropriation. If this is the general understanding of the concept, no wonder you all seem completely against it even existing. We can debate the semantics, but you must realize that it exists.