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No, your presumption is wrong and I'm Scottish. Everybody has the absolute right to use elements of others' cultures – and using them in a disrespectful or exp
by matthewmacleod 6y ago
No, your presumption is wrong and I'm Scottish.
Everybody has the absolute right to use elements of others' cultures – and using them in a disrespectful or exploitative manner is something that I find distasteful and think its reasonable to object to.
- enriquto 6y agoAlright. And people have the right of being distasteful, it's an essential part of freedom of speech.
- coldtea 6y agoHow many elements of other cultures do the Scots use everyday? Do the other cultures get a say in whether the Scots use them in a "disrespectful or exploitative manner"?
- numpad0 6y agoYours is the original idea of cultural appropriation criticism but the way the word is used is to gatekeep “Traditional American Lifestyle” from non-white cultures. The word’s dead.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoDefine disrespectful and exploitative. There are some obvious cases that I think no one on HN would argue. But to use an example from above, Adele had a Caribbean-style look, and definitely got press and clicks because of it -- indirect, but definitely profiting. Is that exploitative?