RE: "Cultural Appropriation"
June 7, 2017 at 7:39 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2017 at 8:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Cultural appropriation is a problem in that it's yet another slap in the face to those cultures. Cultures from which we'd like to keep all the stuff...but not the people, kthxbai.
Take the Elvis example. Personally, I doubt that he was particularly racist. He dared to sing black, and dress gay while his straight whiteness made him more marketable..and how was life going for blacks and gays in the 50's and 60's? That, is cultural reappropriation. Buying a dreamcatcher, today, isn't. If there were a wave of "native fashion" in white females circa 1830...........that would be a better example.
Take the Elvis example. Personally, I doubt that he was particularly racist. He dared to sing black, and dress gay while his straight whiteness made him more marketable..and how was life going for blacks and gays in the 50's and 60's? That, is cultural reappropriation. Buying a dreamcatcher, today, isn't. If there were a wave of "native fashion" in white females circa 1830...........that would be a better example.
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