LogFAQs > #905983183

GanglyKhan posted...

Depends on the circumstances. No reason for a non-Hispanic kid to have a Quinceaera, ok?

To be fair, you shouldn't even need to, considering Sweet Sixteen parties have been a thing for pretty much forever, and they're basically the same thing except for a year difference in age.

An argument could be made that non-Hispanics who live in a heavily Hispanic-population area might be more inclined to want a Quinceaera rather than a Sweet Sixteen, but that's not even really cultural appropriation as much as it is cultural diffusion (and cultural diffusion itself is responsible for like 97% of modern Mexican culture as-is anyway, so if you're against it you're basically saying that nearly everything Mexicans do is offensive regardless).

Though personally, I find both concepts kind of stupid anyway. Teenage coming-of-age ceremonies in general are kind of outmoded in the modern age, when most people don't start acting like adults until they're at least in their late 20s (if ever). Traditions rooted in heavily agricultural or industrial societies don't really map as well to higher technological/digital cultures.


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