Is this cultural appropriation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what you should do any time you suspect there is cultural appropriation and you are not of the race that you feel is being appropriated. Ask someone of the race that is being "appropriated." Use their opinion as your new litmus test. However, the chances are that you don't know anyone of the race that is being appropriated. If that is the case, stop and let it go.

Wait. Please don't listen to this poster. Super super super incorrect....

You cannot just ask a random black person, and take their opinion as the voice of all AAs. DON'T

Sure ya can!! Just make sure you preface your inquiry with,” excuse me person of color, as an ambassador of your race and spokesman of all things black culture.”
It should really be a complete stranger to you. You want to get a scientific response. Actually, that’s good too. Make sure to tell them this is in the interest of science.

Perhaps if you actually knew more than one black person, you wouldn’t need to treat the perspective of one individual as a monolithic outlook. I feel pretty sure though that you could ask ten black people at random and none will say this is cultural appropriation.

Don’t you see that trolls can manipulate you because you are living in a bubble? You should not be in a position where there’s only a single AA you could ask about this!

[Anonymous]

Bubble trolling. Love it. But I’ll play:

If you asked 100 random real people in the world (of all backgrounds) if they thought this was cultural appropriation, 10 would say “no,” and the other 90 would say “what’s cultural appropriation.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bubble trolling. Love it. But I’ll play:

If you asked 100 random real people in the world (of all backgrounds) if they thought this was cultural appropriation, 10 would say “no,” and the other 90 would say “what’s cultural appropriation.”

If you were truly randomly sampling, you couldn’t ensure 100 different cultural backgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's what you should do any time you suspect there is cultural appropriation and you are not of the race that you feel is being appropriated. Ask someone of the race that is being "appropriated." Use their opinion as your new litmus test. However, the chances are that you don't know anyone of the race that is being appropriated. If that is the case, stop and let it go.

Wait. Please don't listen to this poster. Super super super incorrect....

You cannot just ask a random black person, and take their opinion as the voice of all AAs. DON'T

Sure ya can!! Just make sure you preface your inquiry with,” excuse me person of color, as an ambassador of your race and spokesman of all things black culture.”
It should really be a complete stranger to you. You want to get a scientific response. Actually, that’s good too. Make sure to tell them this is in the interest of science.

Perhaps if you actually knew more than one black person, you wouldn’t need to treat the perspective of one individual as a monolithic outlook. I feel pretty sure though that you could ask ten black people at random and none will say this is cultural appropriation.

Don’t you see that trolls can manipulate you because you are living in a bubble? You should not be in a position where there’s only a single AA you could ask about this!

JFC you are stupid.

[Anonymous]

There's no such thing as cultural appropriation...unless you embrace generalizations, stereotypes, and other ridiculous tropes...and I hope the world is moving away from that racist nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's no such thing as cultural appropriation...unless you embrace generalizations, stereotypes, and other ridiculous tropes...and I hope the world is moving away from that racist nonsense.

But not away from made up scenarios and troll posts...

[Anonymous]

Are you sure that people aren’t objecting to the ultra trashiness of a tattoo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sad. Why can't this poem be appreciated by all?

This world is going to hell in hand basket.

Only a black person can truly understand it. Just like only gay men can understand Andy Warhol. Or people with one ear appreciate Van Gogh.

It's really pretty easy to understand.

Or only compassionate people can understand unbridled ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sad. Why can't this poem be appreciated by all?

This world is going to hell in hand basket.

Only a black person can truly understand it. Just like only gay men can understand Andy Warhol. Or people with one ear appreciate Van Gogh.

It's really pretty easy to understand.

Or only compassionate people can understand unbridled ignorance.

You don't get it do you? In order to understand something, you need to have the same physical traits as the creator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sad. Why can't this poem be appreciated by all?

This world is going to hell in hand basket.

Only a black person can truly understand it. Just like only gay men can understand Andy Warhol. Or people with one ear appreciate Van Gogh.

It's really pretty easy to understand.

Or only compassionate people can understand unbridled ignorance.

You don't get it do you? In order to understand something, you need to have the same physical traits as the creator.

The trolls are out in force on this one.

[Anonymous]

Wait. I know this is just a reunion of the Trolls movie, and I didn't bring my popcorn but.... I literally have "still I rise" on my forearm, in typewriter font. I am 97.4% sure that OP wasn't writing about me, my kids aren't in elementary school yet. Unless the daycare got a PTA and didn't tell me, but I doubt it. LOL. It never once occurred to me that it was appropriation. I struggled with addiction and suicidal attempts and depressive disorder, and rose every time I stumbled. The poem was and is so meaningful to me.


I have a friend who has a sankofa bird tattooed on her forearm, and I am not one to get super into the SJW thing, other than the obvious cornrows / headdresses / dreads / etc. ... but this seemed to be appropriation. What do y'all think? Please don't call troll, I'm just a boring teacher with 3 kids under 4, I don't troll, other than singing the soundtrack for the kids. Her description when she put her tattoo on facebook was (and this comment on DCUM took me ages because I went to her page and found it to copy and paste lol) -
Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the symbol is 'it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.' The sankofa symbolizes the Akan people’s quest for knowledge among the Akan with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient investigation. Sankofa teaches that we must go back to our roots to move forward. We should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us so that we can achieve our full potential


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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. I know this is just a reunion of the Trolls movie, and I didn't bring my popcorn but.... I literally have "still I rise" on my forearm, in typewriter font. I am 97.4% sure that OP wasn't writing about me, my kids aren't in elementary school yet. Unless the daycare got a PTA and didn't tell me, but I doubt it. LOL. It never once occurred to me that it was appropriation. I struggled with addiction and suicidal attempts and depressive disorder, and rose every time I stumbled. The poem was and is so meaningful to me.


I have a friend who has a sankofa bird tattooed on her forearm, and I am not one to get super into the SJW thing, other than the obvious cornrows / headdresses / dreads / etc. ... but this seemed to be appropriation. What do y'all think? Please don't call troll, I'm just a boring teacher with 3 kids under 4, I don't troll, other than singing the soundtrack for the kids. Her description when she put her tattoo on facebook was (and this comment on DCUM took me ages because I went to her page and found it to copy and paste lol) -
Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the symbol is 'it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.' The sankofa symbolizes the Akan people’s quest for knowledge among the Akan with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient investigation. Sankofa teaches that we must go back to our roots to move forward. We should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us so that we can achieve our full potential


https://ibb.co/BLbF5Jz
https://ibb.co/QmwbKQv

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait. I know this is just a reunion of the Trolls movie, and I didn't bring my popcorn but.... I literally have "still I rise" on my forearm, in typewriter font. I am 97.4% sure that OP wasn't writing about me, my kids aren't in elementary school yet. Unless the daycare got a PTA and didn't tell me, but I doubt it. LOL. It never once occurred to me that it was appropriation. I struggled with addiction and suicidal attempts and depressive disorder, and rose every time I stumbled. The poem was and is so meaningful to me.


I have a friend who has a sankofa bird tattooed on her forearm, and I am not one to get super into the SJW thing, other than the obvious cornrows / headdresses / dreads / etc. ... but this seemed to be appropriation. What do y'all think? Please don't call troll, I'm just a boring teacher with 3 kids under 4, I don't troll, other than singing the soundtrack for the kids. Her description when she put her tattoo on facebook was (and this comment on DCUM took me ages because I went to her page and found it to copy and paste lol) -
Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the symbol is 'it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.' The sankofa symbolizes the Akan people’s quest for knowledge among the Akan with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient investigation. Sankofa teaches that we must go back to our roots to move forward. We should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us so that we can achieve our full potential


https://ibb.co/BLbF5Jz
https://ibb.co/QmwbKQv

Sorry I suck at embedding pix

[Anonymous]

This is not cultural appropriation but it's funny that the white women took up pitchforks.

[Anonymous]

White people teaching yoga is cultural appropriation. They even cancelled a yoga class for people with disabilities for this reason:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-yoga-cultural-sensitivity-1.3330441
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/23/university-yoga-class-canceled-because-of-oppression-cultural-genocide/?utm_term=.ddb32c5a9893