Van hits muslims on their way out from prayer

[TotalInsanity4]

It's using "things" to oppress other people....sure on paper it might have some Nobel logic, but in practice 9/10 it's used to intimidate and shame people to innocent actions

Lol nobody is being oppressed

 

[gamesquest1]

Lol nobody is being oppressed

"Attempting" most people see the concept as the joke it is, the only times I have seen cultural appropriation used have been for moaning about childish non-issues or trying to "out" people for choosing a outfit that might be similar to some traditional outfit.....instead of people seeing it as a nice thing, they would prefer to get butt hurt and demand a product recall etc

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

It's not an issue of "stealing" or "we did it first stahp," it's that people take something that has a traditional significance and using it without regard to that tradition. Nobody would care if you're actually using something with respect to the culture it's being taken from

Those people that scream "CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!11!!1" just find excuses to complain rather than when to find when it's okay or not for others to "appropriate" something. It's bullshit.

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Lol nobody is being oppressed

http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article152933279.html

 

[Mansize]

I'm referring specifically to things like white people wearing cornrows (there's a fascinating history behind them in slave culture) and non-Native Americans wearing feathers and having "spirit animals," because it's "cute"

Well yes, I have heard of those examples, but I still do not see it. Hair and "spirit animals" are as old as humans themselves. I just meant to say that "cultural appropriation" is a very common thing. When I look outside my window, I see an Egyptian-Israelian, a Surinam-Chinese and an Indonesian-Malaysian restaurant across the street. Cultures are appropriating a lot of things from each other and the transactions seem to be beneficial often (or no one cares). No one talks about the benefits of it anymore it seems.

Cornrows are actually kind of wide spread in current culture (also in its places of origin) and certainly not confined to "slave culture". So why do some people in particular get to judge this is "inappropriate"cultural appropriation to African-Americans? The main problem I have with it is that people who are completely free persons are the ones to lay these claims. How do they even identify with slavery anymore, because they suffer from institutionalized racism? It is not that I wouldn't understand that, I just don't know if it is the correct way to analyze these things. I once saw someone complaining that it was offended by straight people adopting the rainbow flag in their Facebook profile picture to support the gays. Called it "inappropriate" subcultural appropriation. ?!?!?!?!?!? What the hell, these people did that to support us, why complain about it. I'm often ashamed of this subculture I unwillingly belong to when I see them inappropriately holding up their gay discrimination card, but it happens so often. Like with "gaming community". There is no "community", just zillions of individuals who buy and play games, the gaming market actually surpasses the music market these days. Sure, we connect on forums and such, but those forums often aren't all that related to each other, and most people simply aren't part of such things / have no desire to.

Also, sometimes I genuinely wonder how long ago is long enough? I detest the word "slave culture" used in modern contexts. What is it even, and how long ago is long enough to let go of the claim of direct ties to it, in a genetic sense? Certainly, this doesn't confine itself to African-Americans, as the word itself stems from caucasians enslaving caucasians. Also, more recent examples of slavery, like working camps during WWII, I hear nobody talking about. So when I hear free people whine about slavery, I always think of the 17% of Maurtania that is still enslaved. If history taught you that abolishing slavery is important, then go and try doing something about current slavery. In recent years a pope extended his apologies for what the church did to Waldensians in high medieval times, for example, but Waldensians refused to accept this apology saying that the ones who were responsible for the deeds themselves no longer live, so an apology cannot be truly extended, and the ones who have suffered also no longer live, so an apology extended cannot ever be seriously accepted either.

Considering spirit animals; the first drawings of spirit animals stem from Indonesia I believe, in prehistoric times some 35.000 to 40.000 BC. Coming in second are the famous spirit animals in cave paintings in France and Spain, some 350 caves discovered up until now, some as old as 35.000 BC. I don't know, these things are kind of more ancient than the cultures you speak of, so how can any one culture lay claim to "spirit animals"? I just don't get it, but would love to hear more about viewpoints from the States, as things are so different over there.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

. How do they even identify with slavery anymore, because they suffer from institutionalized racism?

Simple.

People without morals cry for the race card, sex card, gender card, whatever-card to be the victim even when they're not.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Meanwhile, two French journalists died during the final assault against Mossul. Since ocober, Iraqi army and Kurdish army are fighting against ISIS. The latter is now trapped in a 3 km² wide area in the center of the city, with still 100k people trapped inside.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

This guy nails the nonsense about 'cultural appropriation':



You'll need to know Spanish, though.

EDIT: This one's really good too.



By the way, I'll be sure to ask you guys who have a PhD on Cultural Appropriation when I can wear my kimono.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article152933279.html

If thats your exposure to the term I can definitely see why you think it's stupid

By the way, I'll be sure to ask you guys who have a PhD on Cultural Appropriation when I can wear my kimono.

If youre being serious, wear it whenever you're in a situation where it would be appropriate to

Edit: also we've strayed so far offtopic it's not even funny

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

If thats your exposure to the term I can definitely see why you think it's stupid

That's because it is. "Cultural Appropriation" offers nothing good to the society.

Edit: also we've strayed so far offtopic it's not even funny

Oh, it isn't? Hmm.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I agree with that level headed Mexican.
In that instance, it was getting beyond stupid.
Anyway, OMG what a derail!

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

What's going on? Anyone want to catch me up?

 

[Mansize]

What's going on? Anyone want to catch me up?

There's probably been some more terrorist attacks, and unrelated to that, some of us think cultural appropriation is not appropriate.

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

There's probably been some more terrorist attacks, and unrelated to that, some of us think cultural appropriation is not appropriate.

What does cultural appropriation have to do with a terrorist attack?

 

[Mansize]

What does cultural appropriation have to do with a terrorist attack?

That is what the "unrelated" refers to. Brought it up while discussing racism, and differences between perceived racism on both sides of the atlantic.

 

[Onepunchbruh]

Islamophobic Tommy Robinson vs Piers Morgan.

 

[YuseiFD]

LMAO evolution my ass, people are still killing people based on their beliefs, they did this gajelions of years ago, they're doing it now, there is no human evolution.