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49. Your first link is a very interesting read. nt

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Why I can't stand white belly dancers (re cultural appropriation) [View all] gollygee Mar 2014 OP

what a waste of time and energy. cali Mar 2014 #1

The ultimate irony is how racist this piece is. chrisa Mar 2014 #11

Sadly, not brooklynite Mar 2014 #63

Thanks for saving me the bother of writing all that. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #39

+1 n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #41

I have to laugh at any idiot that doesn't understand that "Arab" is a culture, and sometimes, a MADem Mar 2014 #82

But MADem you absolutely have to see this video linked from the article in the OP Number23 Mar 2014 #150

The video is brilliant--what a cultural marriage between music and dance! nt MADem Mar 2014 #177

That's hilarious Revanchist Mar 2014 #196

Who's the artist? I love that video Number23 Mar 2014 #205

Cutty Ranks there's a link to his YouTube page if you watch the video here on YouTube EOM Revanchist Mar 2014 #208

On top of that, belly dancing isn't purely Arabian either cemaphonic Mar 2014 #156

+1,000 !!!! MADem Mar 2014 #175

seriously. magical thyme Mar 2014 #113

How about a Japanese man who plays country and western on a fiddle? Revanchist Mar 2014 #200

Hey! Gollygee is QUOTING someone for the sake of discussion. sibelian Mar 2014 #118

Pretty much Dorian Gray Mar 2014 #174

sheesh ... Trajan Mar 2014 #2

The article is shit joeglow3 Mar 2014 #3

At a glance (and I mean really rough glance), it sounds like BS. I'll have to remember 1awake Mar 2014 #4

Italian food Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #120

Haha! Not sure I can comply with that! nt 1awake Mar 2014 #138

What right did Mozart, a German, have to write an opera Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #124

lol, exactly my point. nt 1awake Mar 2014 #137

I was listening to this on the way into work, rapping along as well snooper2 Mar 2014 #5

Hey, I think I saw you on my drive in. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #38

I'm smart enough to have my windows blacked out snooper2 Mar 2014 #46

This is exactly what my white bourgeois self was gonna post...nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #185

Wut? chrisa Mar 2014 #6

lol. perfect. love your response. cali Mar 2014 #19

No wonder Salon loses money LittleBlue Mar 2014 #7

Cultures mix. rrneck Mar 2014 #8

I demand that you stop writing. Who gave you permission to appropriate FSogol Mar 2014 #9

ROFLMAO snooper2 Mar 2014 #14

What a load of crap. HappyMe Mar 2014 #10

All types of people enjoy hula and flamenco dancing. sufrommich Mar 2014 #12

Um... Arab women are white women. Fawke Em Mar 2014 #13

How dare she appropriate the language of another culture. CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #15

This sounds so-o-o-o Seventies. nt Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #16

I was expecting to read a Trollolololololololol somewhere in that article. penultimate Mar 2014 #17

Racist bullshit of the same sort that was used to discriminate against black and brown Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #18

Agreed JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #69

Some do it for a work out. Others do ballet, origins in France, Cleita Mar 2014 #20

I've done belly dancing too. bravenak Mar 2014 #145

No doubt. Look at all the the people around the world who do Latin dancing. Cleita Mar 2014 #148

It's like music. bravenak Mar 2014 #154

You studied with Debbie Allen? Lucky you. She is the best. n/t Cleita Mar 2014 #157

She never taught my class. :( bravenak Mar 2014 #158

This should make the top 5 stupid posts of the day. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #21

Easily. Iggo Mar 2014 #35

For me the best answer is to rec posts like this to The Greatest Page... cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #48

Maybe the year Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #95

So, Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle shoulda just stuck with Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #22

Complete nonsense. MerryBlooms Mar 2014 #23

If there was more mixing of cultures, there might be less racism, few wars, etc. OregonBlue Mar 2014 #24

I'm thinking this one has searched for years... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #25

Especially the horny men. They are all rapists you know if you don't cover up, hunch Cleita Mar 2014 #29

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #58

This thread deserves the obligatory... randome Mar 2014 #26

How about a video instead? kentauros Mar 2014 #193

Well that's a bummer:( polly7 Mar 2014 #27

Try this polka: kentauros Mar 2014 #194

An Issue Of Authenticity >>> Using American Indian Art For Example KittyWampus Mar 2014 #28

This is like people getting upset with Molly Cypress for twerking Bok_Tukalo Mar 2014 #30

MOLLY CYPRESS????!c!!!!???? kwassa Mar 2014 #168

Good catch. bravenak Mar 2014 #178

well, you know. kwassa Mar 2014 #181

They told me! bravenak Mar 2014 #182

Molly Cypress has a lot to answer for. Whoever she is. kwassa Mar 2014 #184

Yes. Molly Cypress bad. bravenak Mar 2014 #186

Wow - that is quite... 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #31

ridiculous, racist, garbage. bunnies Mar 2014 #32

Fuck racial purity. Iggo Mar 2014 #33

silly article jollyreaper2112 Mar 2014 #34

I like your response gollygee Mar 2014 #71

This exactly what german rappers were told in the 1980s and early 90s. DetlefK Mar 2014 #36

How about Asians playing violin treestar Mar 2014 #37

Violins is never the answer. Orrex Mar 2014 #55

You are just saying that My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #72

You weren't supposed to see that. Orrex Mar 2014 #86

There should be no violins on TV! treestar Mar 2014 #91

Racist and hateful and ludicrous. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #40

This is the kind of horseshit story... TroglodyteScholar Mar 2014 #42

Your post is insensitive to people without skin. Orrex Mar 2014 #50

You got me TroglodyteScholar Mar 2014 #52

You've just been "ribbed for her pleasure!" appal_jack Mar 2014 #88

Rubbish n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #43

Let's call out this OP for what it's actually complaining about: Orrex Mar 2014 #44

Guess that means my daily yoga session is out... just racist cultural appropriation riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #45

So white women can't dance????? Autumn Mar 2014 #47

Well, maybe just some... temporary311 Mar 2014 #64

That dancing is a crime, no matter the color of your skin. Autumn Mar 2014 #65

Your first link is a very interesting read. nt sufrommich Mar 2014 #49

It is. It opens a discussion on... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #80

Yeah,I get the feeling a lot of posters didn't read sufrommich Mar 2014 #81

It sounds to me gollygee Mar 2014 #83

I used to work with a white woman who was sufrommich Mar 2014 #90

I read the first one. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #104

That's not what the article was about though. It was about sufrommich Mar 2014 #109

You said it better than I could. nt cinnabonbon Mar 2014 #153

Yes, it's far more sensible. sibelian Mar 2014 #119

Some people just like to dance Bettie Mar 2014 #51

Is this The Onion? nt valerief Mar 2014 #53

Poor white people. bigwillq Mar 2014 #54

What do you mean, "anymore"? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2014 #192

Do I have to toss my Bob Marley CD out the truck window? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #56

Glad I'm too much of a clutz to dance! get the red out Mar 2014 #57

Judgements based on skin color AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #59

Drive-by ill-conceived nonsense post tkmorris Mar 2014 #60

So I suppose my half-Mexican/half-German wife opiate69 Mar 2014 #61

Yeah! And blacks should stop fucking with Shakespeare, already! WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2014 #62

I have no time for real racism. proudretiredvet Mar 2014 #66

Then who owns Shakespeare? Here's a link which has video of a Palestinian production Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #67

I learned to clog.. 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #68

And don't get me started on Yo-Yo Ma cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #70

My daughter believes this shit. One of her college prof's brainwashed her. Xithras Mar 2014 #73

Oh my . . . JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #93

Yeah, I brought up white rappers. Xithras Mar 2014 #122

Can you get... 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #164

She must be really pissed off about Neanderthals mixing and mingling their Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #101

I think a lot of young lefties accrue beliefs like a stamp collection. sibelian Mar 2014 #126

She was onto something about skycrapers though...probably the same can be said about rockets :P penultimate Mar 2014 #163

... sibelian Mar 2014 #166

Wow, unanimous! gollygee Mar 2014 #74

it's a ridiculous concern. to be consistent than you must also believe cali Mar 2014 #87

Well the concept of cultural appropriation gollygee Mar 2014 #96

and don't eat the apples Beringia Mar 2014 #75

And that, beloved sisters and brothers, is why we can't have nice things. Zorra Mar 2014 #76

gollygee - I've had a chance to take a deep dive on the article JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #77

I had to go take my daughter to a doctor visit gollygee Mar 2014 #78

... Zorra Mar 2014 #79

Nice! kentauros Mar 2014 #198

Thanks. Zorra Mar 2014 #206

You're welcome! Niyaz is one of my favorite bands :) kentauros Mar 2014 #207

This is just payback for Christianity ripping off Plato. mathematic Mar 2014 #84

Mmmm, hummus gollygee Mar 2014 #85

my chiropractor reccomended belly dance for my spine. i stretched 1/2" taller after six months, and bettyellen Mar 2014 #89

As long as... Adrahil Mar 2014 #92

That is a fucking stupid thing to get upset about Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #94

Wow . . . Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #97

I was astonished at how popular breakdancing was among urban Turkish youth cemaphonic Mar 2014 #161

OK. Fair enough. I promise sincerely that I will never, ever, belly-dance (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #98

ROFL gollygee Mar 2014 #99

So when I went to a Hindu wedding a couple years ago tammywammy Mar 2014 #100

Golly Gee? Blue Owl Mar 2014 #102

So now I can't belly dance, get a pitbull, open doors, smoke, read SI, eat olive garden The Straight Story Mar 2014 #103

Oh, noes. Da doors!!! BainsBane Mar 2014 #141

This is definitely one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read here... whathehell Mar 2014 #105

I used to belly dance. Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #106

"Dancing for my own enjoyment." Orrex Mar 2014 #116

If the issue of cultural approbation was mentioned in regards to other cultures/artforms KittyWampus Mar 2014 #121

More than ridiculous, its racist. nt riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #127

Which, of course, is a bit ironic in light of history. Xithras Mar 2014 #130

The Arab community I've been around find bad dancers to be offensive. Put on a costume, shake it up uppityperson Mar 2014 #173

Texas /nt Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #188

WA here uppityperson Mar 2014 #190

I made pork carnitas for dinner last night. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #107

I guess all of us of European descent have to go back to using Roman numerals? arcane1 Mar 2014 #108

Hey, I'm not Italian. I have no right to Roman numerals. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #111

Me either, but I figure if my ancestors were conquered by Rome, then it's OK. arcane1 Mar 2014 #112

Appropriate of ancient Italian culture, possibly... sibelian Mar 2014 #123

Racist drivel. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #110

I think Arab Women have more pressing issues to worry about. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #114

"I guess we should ask them"- the author of the article is ARABIC KittyWampus Mar 2014 #128

Where is the line to be drawn, exactly? Orrex Mar 2014 #134

The line can be drawn at Respect. An Arab woman voices her opinion regarding stereotypes KittyWampus Mar 2014 #140

Respect is often in the eye of the beholder Orrex Mar 2014 #143

She speaks for the entire Arab World, really? I notice you do not want to talk about the gross sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #139

Have you ever posted in a thread expressing outrage over an American doing Black Face or Red Face? KittyWampus Mar 2014 #142

What a load of crap! lunatica Mar 2014 #115

Now I feel bad about eating tacos last week. Orrex Mar 2014 #117

Tacos, that's nothing. I had gefilte fish a few weeks back. Autumn Mar 2014 #125

Play That Funky Music, White Boy! edbermac Mar 2014 #129

cultures blend all the time DonCoquixote Mar 2014 #131

Cultural appropriation... TeeYiYi Mar 2014 #132

And darn those Asian classical musicians, too! Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #133

OMG! This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time! joeybee12 Mar 2014 #135

We have a huge association of belly dancers in Eugene, Oregon of both white and brown women. Nika Mar 2014 #136

Racist, presumptuous as hell, and stupid. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2014 #144

So white people shouldn't learn karate, play lacrosse, practice tai chi? LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #146

No. But golf is OK. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #162

Only if you're Scottish! friendly_iconoclast Mar 2014 #191

Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool... n/t Mugu Mar 2014 #147

Well, it's nice that you have hobbies Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #149

Cultural appropriation is every bit as important and real as white privilege (and the two... Shandris Mar 2014 #151

There is probably some core culture The Straight Story Mar 2014 #167

this gals sounds racist Skittles Mar 2014 #152

Because he's Chinese, Yo Yo Ma has to stop playing the cello, a European invention The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #155

Some of the best European classical music musicians are Asian. n/ t Cleita Mar 2014 #159

My point exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #160

I think no one should do anything, ever. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #165

Hey! I was about to say that! sibelian Mar 2014 #195

See, but I pre-empted you from doing it Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #197

"the pristine, clear void of nothingness, the wu wei of actionless action" sibelian Mar 2014 #199

Heyyyyy, man. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #202

Did you see Morocco's take on it? uppityperson Mar 2014 #169

if we did this a majority of the world will literally starve to death NuttyFluffers Mar 2014 #170

So, no one can dance the samba outside of Brazil or the tango unless they are from Argentina? Beacool Mar 2014 #171

I'm sorry, but honestly, this whole kerfuffle is just.....well, kinda dumb, TBH. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #172

Disgusting Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #176

That was the worst article Salon ever published The Second Stone Mar 2014 #179

Imitation is a form of flattery. bravenak Mar 2014 #180

what a total wasteland of electrons Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #183

Personally, lonestarnot Mar 2014 #187

I took belly dance lessons about a decade ago, and I loved it. liberal_at_heart Mar 2014 #189

I'm just a fan for watching it, kentauros Mar 2014 #201

Maybe she try and explain that to Chick Corea whistler162 Mar 2014 #203

Is this an Onion piece? JoeyT Mar 2014 #204