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| Topic | Were Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani's use of asian girls racist |
| Zeus 05/17/20 5:42:21 AM #10: | adjl posted... They definitely constituted cultural appropriation Considering that Avril is beloved in Japan for that usage, the claim that it's cultural appropriation -- when you're talking about Hello Kitty in the first place -- is laughable for any number of reasons. adjl posted... I would, however, say that they were seething, festering masses of second-hand embarrassment and cringiness and that such abominations should never have been allowed to see the light of day. Kinda engaging in some cultural oppression there, suggesting what the Japanese should think of an act they actually like >_> "Hello Kitty" made it to number TWO on Japan's Billboard charts but iirc never tracked in the USA. https://www.businessinsider.com/avril-lavigne-is-huge-in-japan-2015-11 And, perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the "controversy" involved American publications and most of the critics were white. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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