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Topic	Liberals shut down Mexican restaurant because it's owned by white guy
metroid composite 05/26/17 2:19:06 AM #119:	Zachnorn posted... Now my question is: Am I "appropriating" "white culture" due to not fitting stereotypes? Should I eat more burritos instead of burgers? Stop speaking English and learn and speak Spanish (and the Mexican dialect at that) instead? Join a mariachi band and wear a sombrero? Or wait, if I do those things, am I "appropriating" Mexican culture because I'm American? Also, if I were to go to Mexico, guess what, they would see me as an American and reject me culturally. It's happened to "Americanized" people that try to get back into "their culture." Choosing to eat burritos is not cultural appropriation. None of that is cultural appropriation. I'll admit I get confused by cultural appropriation all the time, so I'm maybe not the best person to definitively say what is and isn't cultural appropriation. But the way it has been explained to me: Sharing is good Taking is bad (Specifically, taking just to make profit) Classic example of cultural appropriation...Iggy Azalea. Now, hearing her first on the radio, I liked her, assumed she was an African American rapper, thought she was pretty good. Nope, she's Australian, this is what she really sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vP0ZQhA2M She fakes her accent and her speaking style when she's doing music to sound African American, cause it makes her more money. Just for contrast, this is the voice she fakes when making music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR6ROjoOX0 And like...to be clear, there are poor white people with exactly that accent and that way of speaking in America; hopefully nobody would be bothered if one of them started rapping in that style. But Iggy Azalea who is clearly faking it just to make money? Yeah, there are people on the internet who are pissed. (Mostly African Americans). (Personally, I listen to Iggy. I find her catchy, and just don't think too hard about the morals behind faking an accent and a dialect. TBH listen to bands who have done much worse things, like beating their spouse, so it's not like I'm going to boycott a musician over cultural appropriation. I can understand why some people don't like her, though). --- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision <cite>metroid composite posted [p:879831610] in Liberals s... [t:75383236]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zachnorn posted...</cite> <quote> Now my question is: Am I "appropriating" "white culture" due to not fitting stereotypes? Should I eat more burritos instead of burgers? Stop speaking English and learn and speak Spanish (and the Mexican dialect at that) instead? Join a mariachi band and wear a sombrero? Or wait, if I do those things, am I "appropriating" Mexican culture because I'm American? Also, if I were to go to Mexico, guess what, they would see me as an American and reject me culturally. It's happened to "Americanized" people that try to get back into "their culture." </quote> Choosing to eat burritos is not cultural appropriation. None of that is cultural appropriation. I'll admit I get confused by cultural appropriation all the time, so I'm maybe not the best person to definitively say what is and isn't cultural appropriation. But the way it has been explained to me: Sharing is good Taking is bad (Specifically, taking just to make profit) Classic example of cultural appropriation...Iggy Azalea. Now, hearing her first on the radio, I liked her, assumed she was an African American rapper, thought she was pretty good. Nope, she's Australian, this is what she really sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vP0ZQhA2M She fakes her accent and her speaking style when she's doing music to sound African American, cause it makes her more money. Just for contrast, this is the voice she fakes when making music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR6ROjoOX0 And like...to be clear, there are poor white people with exactly that accent and that way of speaking in America; hopefully nobody would be bothered if one of them started rapping in that style. But Iggy Azalea who is clearly faking it just to make money? Yeah, there are people on the internet who are pissed. (Mostly African Americans). (Personally, I listen to Iggy. I find her catchy, and just don't think too hard about the morals behind faking an accent and a dialect. TBH listen to bands who have done much worse things, like beating their spouse, so it's not like I'm going to boycott a musician over cultural appropriation. I can understand why some people don't like her, though). --- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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