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picking parts of a different culture that sound cool to you and use it for your own benefit, to give you some cultural cache. You still think the people who pro
by mythhouse 4y ago
picking parts of a different culture that sound cool to you and use it for your own benefit, to give you some cultural cache. You still think the people who produced this culture are not on par with you. Whites don't think native americans are on par with them so using apache for name is cultural appropriation.
corollary, picking up something from white culture like wearing jeans isn't appropriation because whites have established themselves as top dog already.
Its pretty simple, really.
- yehudalouis 4y ago> You still think the people who produced this culture are not on par with you. I do think they are on par with me.
- mythhouse 4y agosorry. I was using a generic you, comment wasn't directed at you specifically
- yehudalouis 4y agoNo worries. But I think that points out something of a hole in the argument, no? If the generic `you` is what you intended to mean, isn't that a blanket assumption?
- mythhouse 4y agoSure yea. I think people on receiving end can only think in aggregates and general patterns. Individual opinions are not really relevant. Native americans are the poorest class of people in America so its obvious that the mainstream culture doesn't view them as equals.
- nathanaldensr 4y agoNo, it's not obvious at all. Economic wealth does not necessarily equate to cultural equality.
- groffee 4y agoYou need to get out into the real world more.
- mythhouse 4y agoditto.
- theRealMe 4y agoAs a white person, am I allowed to pick up something from another culture if I think that the culture is “on par” with me? Or is the “on par” piece completely made up and just assumed to not be the case?
- mythhouse 4y ago> Or is the “on par” piece completely made up and just assumed to not be the case? You think the fact the native americans are poorest people with lowest life expectancy is made up ? yes your fellow compatriot belonging to poorest class of people for belonging to a particular group of people should be a good hint. Like i said its really simple. People trying over complicate this or trying to find gotchas are being disingenuous.
- readthenotes1 4y agoas a white person, your culture is defined by taking things from others (e.g., the english language is a melange of many languages). therefore, it is cultural appropriation to adopt cultural appropriation as a perjorative
- kodyo 4y agoAs a white person of only partial English descent, that's not my definition of my culture.
- readthenotes1 4y agotry to find purity in an american rendition of northwestern european culture. language, holy days, vakue systems--all are taken from elsewhere. lmk what you find. I'll wait until St Paddy's day to find you crying in your green beer...