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romanic

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5. It's gotten to a point

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 10:11 AM

Feb 2016

being appreciative and influenced from other cultures is considered a racist/bigoted act. If it's not henna, its Dia De Los Muertos makeup or taking a yoga class or cafeteria food not being authentic enough. It's gotten ridiculous and tribalistic.

Only positive I can think of is that seems like a lot of people have collectively rolled thier eyes at the narrative being pushed by the likes of Buzzfeed and Vox. The stink over HOTW video is'nt really that big. Folks are tired of these -usually- white owned clickbait sites telling them what the new flavor of selective outrage of the month is it seems.

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Cultural appropriation isn’t (always) a bad thing [View all] romanic Feb 2016 OP

everything is appropriation of some sort. it's all a matter of degree nt msongs Feb 2016 #1

Funny that this example centers around Bollywood, cemaphonic Feb 2016 #2

I don't know who doesn't get this. All art, music, culture, etc. influences all others. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #3

It's gotten to a point romanic Feb 2016 #5

It never was. Inkfreak Feb 2016 #4

"Cultural appropriation" is how human cultures develop and progress Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #6

Paul Simon got similar heat for "Graceland". Buns_of_Fire Feb 2016 #7