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In reply to the discussion: White SF State student with dreads accused of 'cultural appropriation' [View all]kentauros
(29,414 posts)Honestly, I just can't take 'cultural appropriation' seriously. And if anyone ever does try that on me, I won't stand for it.
Because the very first thing that should be 'questioned' in such an attitude is the English language. After all the fun I've had over the years looking at the etymology of words in my native tongue, I cannot recall a single word that originated in English (excepting words created since the invention of the Internet, or nonsense words created for fiction.) Almost all of English language vocabulary originated somewhere else.
Now it would be interesting to see how well one of these SJW types could communicate once they had excised their vocabulary of all non native-culture words. In fact, that could be a decent stand-up act