it's quite remarkable how people actually affiliated with the cultures supposedly suffering from "appropriation" find the idea ridiculous and loudly declare that, over and over http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2144207/qipao-us-prom-wins-support-china-after-internet-backlash …
This always struck me as completely nonsensical. Arguing that a member of one culture should not be allowed to enjoy the traditions of another is, effectively, arguing for segregation. It's just another symptom of the diseased social narrative that keeps brewing in the US.
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And I'm freaking glad that nonsense isn't universal, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to enjoy studying jazz as a pale white Spaniard, from an Indian-British teacher, who learned from black Americans. Screw cultural segregation.
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I'm afraid I have to report you to the twitter police. Seriously though, agree 100%
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