"Cultural Appropriation"

[bennyboy]

Boo-fucking hoo. You won't guilt me into not having an opinion because of my race and gender ever. Moreover, you have absolutely no way of knowing what my background is. I have a dreamcatcher hanging upstairs in my house that I made myself. Is it because I'm part native? Is it because I'm crafty? Is it because I have nightmares? Did someone pass down the craft to me while we made it together? None of that is any of your fucking business. I also never said cultural appropriation isn't a thing. I said that the way it's presented by hystericals like you, it's not a big deal. Can a person eat baguettes if they're not French? Is it wrong for British people to love curry, even though they colonized India forcibly?

Yeah, I'm pretty hysterical. That's why I made this thread, and I generally stand against the idea of cultural appropriation. I'm also, however, sensitive to the fact that one AF member has expressed a personal stake in this issue, and I'd rather hear what he has to say than to rail against him and tell him how unimportant his views are.

How in the fuck did you make that leap, champ? Don't be retarded. My position is that people wearing traditional native garb or owning native items isn't victimization. What are you going to say next? I personally marched folks down the Trail of Tears because I've sat in a teepee while wearing my pale skin?

Nope. And I'd agree with you about the garb. I can see Tizheruk's point, but I've already confessed that I don't really care enough to act on it.

Did you eat crack for breakfast? You're now saying I keep pieces of extinct animals on my wall? Not only is that ludicrous, it's also entirely possible to have a piece of an animal in your house that you never hurt.

The point is that a lack of direct harm, or even intent, neither makes one blameless nor reverses damage to a population if it's being done. I'd be very surprised indeed if you owned any actual dodo feathers.

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More cultural appropriation I would be loathe to abandon would include French kissing and Greek . . .

. . . and Dutch ovens?