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In reply to the discussion: Riverdancing Black woman accused of "cultural appropriation", so Riverdance team asks her to dance [View all]Lars39
(26,109 posts)64. They'd flip over Rhiannon Gideon's singing Gaelic...
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Riverdancing Black woman accused of "cultural appropriation", so Riverdance team asks her to dance [View all]
Takket
Jul 2020
OP
Don't forget the The Black Pearl Of Inchicore, Ireland's Greatest Footballer !
OnDoutside
Jul 2020
#131
Despite my Irish ancestry, I'm not a huge fan of this type of Irish dancing,
generalbetrayus
Jul 2020
#14
SHe said people confuse appreciation with appropriation, and her def was great:
Amaryllis
Jul 2020
#20
I'm not Hispanic either, but my DU name is from my Mexican bricklayer buddies.
panader0
Jul 2020
#50
hey there Cajun! :) I gew up in New Orleans for a time during my early teen years & love the culture
onetexan
Jul 2020
#109
My favorite t-shirt of the Obama era was from a place in Ireland that said "O'Bama".
a kennedy
Jul 2020
#27
Really? Nobody on the left has abused the term "cultural appropiation?" hmmm nt
Binkie The Clown
Jul 2020
#33
While we're on the subject of Cultural Appropriation, could we PLEASE stamp out "Virtue Signaling??"
NBachers
Jul 2020
#71
Virtue signaling complaints about cultural appropriation being virtue signaling is virtue signaling.
NBachers
Jul 2020
#76
virtue signalling is not necessarily a thing only germane to the 'left' (and RW weaponised)
Celerity
Jul 2020
#100
Who was she apologizing to ? And did she have the cornrows because she actually liked the style
JI7
Jul 2020
#89
that doesn't really seem like a big deal. Sometimes it's just a white person realizing history
JI7
Jul 2020
#107
Well said. As I posted elsewhere, Morgan has been fantastically well received in Ireland, people
OnDoutside
Jul 2020
#130
I seem to remember a show of Riverdance in China and there was a little girl in the audience
demigoddess
Jul 2020
#82
Does ANYONE know how STUPID this is to accuse her of cultural appropriation when, well JAZZ, ROCK,
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Jul 2020
#106
IF you come from a Black family who has been here in the NEW WORLD for at least 100 years...
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Jul 2020
#134
My personal opinion over supposed "cultural appropriation" by anyone for any reason
cstanleytech
Jul 2020
#123
Morgan was HUGELY well received in Ireland. I suspect anyone making aspersions to the contrary is
OnDoutside
Jul 2020
#128