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> "cultural appropriation" I think that you are into something there. That is a term invented by the far-right to create a straw-man to attack as "cultural ap
by hourago 4y ago
> "cultural appropriation"
I think that you are into something there.
That is a term invented by the far-right to create a straw-man to attack as "cultural appropriation" negates the reality of how culture works. Should Americans stop eating spaghetti because it is Italian? Should Italians stop eating pasta because it is Asian? Should everybody stop using Arabic numerals? Should Arabs stop using Arabic numerals because are based in Indian numerals? "Cultural appropriation" is easy to discredit and to label as too much "correctness".
The real question is "did you wanted to hurt another person?". Did you eat the ice cream to mock Jews? Did you wear a kimono to mock the Japanese? Did you listen Flamenco to mock Spain? The same act can be done out of admiration as much as despise it all depends on context. And context and intention is difficult to asses.
So, is C's attacking a straw man to ridicule religion? Is C's offended because things that the author intended to mock Jews? What is the history with this kind of events at the company? What was what really happened as the ice cream is not what was really shared? More context would help to create a reasonable picture, from the author description I will conclude that there was not bad intention. But that is just one side of the story.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago> That is a term invented by the far-right Really? Somebody should sort out this wikipedia page then, which evidently is far-right propaganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation > The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest citation for the phrase was a 1945 essay by Arthur E. Christy which discussed Orientalism. Amusingly, that essay turns out to be a rant about weebs opportunistically picking and choosing aspects of asian culture to suit their own needs. Maybe you're right after all.
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- deadpannini 4y agoI wish you were right, but this is not how people commonly use the term "cultural appropriation", which typically refers to people benefitting in some way (money, status, coolness) from using elements developed by other cultures or sub-cultures. Some high profile examples: the white high school girl that wore a qipao to her prom, the widespread adoption of many hairstyles invented or popularized by black people (dreadlocks, cornrows), and Madonna bringing voguing from the gay clubs of Manhattan to MTV.
- krapp 4y ago>which typically refers to people benefitting in some way (money, status, coolness) from using elements developed by other cultures or sub-cultures More specifically, when used by colonizing cultures in a way that erases the influence of, or disrespects the values of, the originating colonized culture for some material or cultural gain. The presence of an unequal power dynamic - real or implied - and inauthenticity in use is important, because the lines between cultural appropriation and cultural can sometimes be ill-defined.
- throwoutway 4y ago> That is a term invented by the far-right to create a straw-man to attack as "cultural appropriation" negates the reality of how culture works. This is false as other commenters noted. Don’t spread propaganda. If anything, the opposite side uses it more