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Race & Ethnicity

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

2. Bull. Black culture BELONGS to black people. Period. Full stop.

Reply to True Blue Door (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 08:42 PM

Jul 2015

White folks do not own black culture and do not get to make decisions among themselves over whether it's okay for them to appropriate our culture without us talking About it, pointing it out, rejecting it, and ridiculing them when they think they can just come in and decide that they somehow own a piece of us in some way.

If you take anytime to understand other culture you would not be so arrogant ad to think you can just intellectualize and make decisions about something that is not your to decide on.

What is really really racist is when people talk over black folks, steal their culture and then call them the racist for complaining about appropriation. It is the epitome of white priviledged thinking and it is ass backwards. Do you own a piece of Eskimo culture too? Nigerian? Arab? Chinese? No, you don't. It is not yours.

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Accusations of "Cultural Appropriation": A thoroughly racist concept that needs to go away. [View all] True Blue Door Jul 2015 OP

Well done, thanks! haikugal Jul 2015 #1

Bull. Black culture BELONGS to black people. Period. Full stop. bravenak Jul 2015 #2

where it end? I.e., elehhhhna Jul 2015 #4

Wear whatever you want. bravenak Jul 2015 #5

You seem to be contradicting yourself. True Blue Door Jul 2015 #6

You are improperly using words. bravenak Jul 2015 #7

Which words? Please explain how I am in error. True Blue Door Jul 2015 #8

You do not understand cultural appropriation properly. bravenak Jul 2015 #9

If you're being sarcastic, use a tag. Otherwise, explain what it is you think I don't get. True Blue Door Jul 2015 #10

You should seek out the answers by googling 'cultural appropriation, black feminism' bravenak Jul 2015 #11

Or, alternatively, you can justify your own comments. True Blue Door Jul 2015 #12

So nothing to see here, everybody is equal? Everyone is on equal footing. fleabiscuit Feb 2017 #22

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It can be forced onto cultures too, i.e. Middle Eastern culture forced onto Europe via the Romans arcane1 Jul 2015 #3

cultural appropriation is only an option for the majority noiretextatique Aug 2015 #13

The problem is that the very idea of "cultural appropriation" contains racist definitions. True Blue Door Aug 2015 #14

i don't consider adopting clothing or hairstyles cultural appropriation noiretextatique Aug 2015 #15

Ever thought of substituting the concept of "defines" for "belongs to." nt fleabiscuit Feb 2017 #23

Interesting topic davidpdx Sep 2015 #16

Are you saying that AA's who talk of cultural appropriation ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #18

I'm aware of the historical concept of Acculturation LanternWaste Dec 2015 #19

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