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Topic	Why are people offended by cultural appropriation?
Unbridled9 07/12/21 5:23:08 PM #37:	MeteoricBurst posted... What I got from that assessment is that he's using British as a synonym for white. What is "British person" supposed to mean. Makes sense TC would agree though. As far I know it was popularised by British Pakistani/Indian people so why would it be viewed as racist. Even if some think it originated in India not Britain they would still be taking it from their parent culture not stealing it. Actually, the point is that reality is more complicated than people who follow CA believe. Cultures mix, intermingle, and the like. Goods get transferred between them. Pizza couldn't exist if you only used foods found in Italy because you need tomatoes which come from the Americas. Likewise potatoes wouldn't be in 'authentic' Irish cooking because they too come from the Americas. Native Americans wouldn't have horses since they were extinct until they were re-introduced by the Europeans. Cultures develop similar, even identical, ideas independent of each other. They take things and put their own unique spin on them (just look at Halloween and Christmas). Even among ethnic groups a Spanish person is extremely different from a Frenchman who is different from a British person who is different from a Russian. It's why CA's doomed to fail in it's current state. Even if it could work the ideas it espouses are not applied evenly and across all cultures. It relies on a distinctly AMERICAN world view in order to even function and an assumption that the rest of the world is similar/identical TO America. Even then it requires an EXTREMELY specific viewpoint about America and how it handles culture to be viable. The moment that viewpoint is shifted, even slightly, every single argument and everything it could offer becomes simply invalid. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage <cite>Unbridled9 posted [p:956014846] in Why are pe... [t:79560480]...</cite> <quote>MeteoricBurst posted... </cite> <quote>What I got from that assessment is that he's using British as a synonym for white. What is "British person" supposed to mean. Makes sense TC would agree though. As far I know it was popularised by British Pakistani/Indian people so why would it be viewed as racist. Even if some think it originated in India not Britain they would still be taking it from their parent culture not stealing it.</quote> Actually, the point is that reality is more complicated than people who follow CA believe. Cultures mix, intermingle, and the like. Goods get transferred between them. Pizza couldn't exist if you only used foods found in Italy because you need tomatoes which come from the Americas. Likewise potatoes wouldn't be in 'authentic' Irish cooking because they too come from the Americas. Native Americans wouldn't have horses since they were extinct until they were re-introduced by the Europeans. Cultures develop similar, even identical, ideas independent of each other. They take things and put their own unique spin on them (just look at Halloween and Christmas). Even among ethnic groups a Spanish person is extremely different from a Frenchman who is different from a British person who is different from a Russian. It's why CA's doomed to fail in it's current state. Even if it could work the ideas it espouses are not applied evenly and across all cultures. It relies on a distinctly AMERICAN world view in order to even function and an assumption that the rest of the world is similar/identical TO America. Even then it requires an EXTREMELY specific viewpoint about America and how it handles culture to be viable. The moment that viewpoint is shifted, even slightly, every single argument and everything it could offer becomes simply invalid. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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