Reply to Scandinavian style

Forum Index » Beauty and Fashion

Reply to "Scandinavian style "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't that be cultural appropriation?   You are racist/insensitive/hateful/callous if you are not a Swede and trying to look like a Swede, don't you know? [/quote]

No, cultural appropriation is acting like part of someone else's culture is your culture, without permission--you know, [i]appropriating[/i] it--or passing yourself off being part of a culture for an advantage you would not get as a person of your culture, or selling a cultural icon or idea that is not yours. Just [i]wearing[/i] something you bought in another country is not appropriating a culture. [/quote]

Obviously PP is trolling - but I think it sort of depends. [b]If you buy a traditional garment or a religious garment from another country and wear it, it can be iffy. If you just buy clothes from another country, I think that's unreservedly fine.[/b] If you just like the style you've picked up from another country, I think that's fine, too. Like that frenchy frenchy look with the striped shirts - you will pry those shirts off my body when I am dead.

There's a punching up/punching down aspect to this, too. If you are a wealthy white person who is aping the style of a less privileged group of people, there's something icky about it. If you're some middle class American admiring the style of those goddess Scandinavians, I think that's a different story.[/quote]

Thus the "without permission." [/quote]

How do you get "permission"? [/quote]

For example, if you go to an Indian wedding and are asked or invited to wear fancy Indian clothing that you normally wouldn’t wear as a western person. Or wearing a headcovering or other required clothing when visiting certain religious sites. Thats not appropriation, that’s respectful, in context. But it would be weird to then wear outside of that setting.

Doesn’t anyone remember people getting mad at Madonna for wearing crucifixes as jewelry? [/quote]

I actually don't remember anyone getting mad at her for that. Anyway she is Catholic. I'm Jewish and it would be weird if I were a rock star wearing crucifixes. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics