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soulunison2 posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Cultural appropriation does not exist. People see clothing they like, they start wearing it. People hear music they like, they start listening to it. People taste food they like, they start eating it. The same goes for people who cook, produce, manufacture, present, etc. If there's something they find that they like, they're gonna make their own version.

For the most part, cultural appropriation is just a dog whistle for people who want to make villains of white people. (Or minorities who might not be as subject to prejudice as others.) If I dress like you, that's fine. If you dress like me, you're stealing my culture. It's bullshit. And it doesn't matter who bullshit comes from. Left wing, right wing, white, black, male, female, whoever.

Some of what Iggy has said might sound ignorant, but she's right in the long run. Be who you are and do what works for you. Fuck the haters.

yikes

You can yikes all you want. I'll believe "cultural appropriation" is more than a smoke screen for bigotry when I see someone accused of it who doesn't have a light complexion or a lighter-than-average complexion for a member of their ethnic group.

Colorism is a thing. Multicultural individuals and individuals with lighter-than-average complexions receive preferential treatment from society and resentment from some of those who have been hardest hit by institutional racism.

If she'd been a black woman wearing a kimono or a sombrero, nobody would have batted an eye. But as a biracial woman exploring aspects of black culture, she's appropriating culture even though it's her culture by birthright. By the same token, she'd be denying her heritage if she were a pop singer or country musician without a hint of black identity thrown in. They don't have a problem with what she's doing, they have a problem with her.