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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]Sympthsical
(9,072 posts)69. It has to do with how the invaders identified
The Vikings called themselves the dark as one of those Instill fear in the people youre invading sort of ways. That ended up translating into dark foreigners/invaders. The invaders who remained ended up being called the Black once it all filtered into Gaelic.
Todays surname for dark invader? ODoyle.
Its kind of hilarious.
Youre right about skin tone. Recent DNA research suggests that Stone Age Irish May have been more Spanish-looking. But then the Celts arrived, and now were a bunch of pasty folk.
But the term didnt derive from that. The Vikings called themselves Black more or less.
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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