I have no idea why the concept pisses me off so much…
It’s spread like a disease that doesn’t hold up to serious scrutiny.
People are just SO afraid of not being PC that they’re accept any half baked essay/theory as fact.
So sad.
We need more philosophers.
America is a f**king MELTING POT you SJRadical, segregationalist SOBs!
It’s ONE thing to be against stereotyping/racism/misuse of religious/sacred symbols…
It’s ANOTHER to dictate the moral status of a holding a style/idea/art form… what someone does with their hair or bodies.
This whole concept of “appropriation” is bullshitty.
And shows a lack of understanding of what imperialism entails.
I guess THEY just… “appropriated” the concept to apply to whatever is irritating about a group other than your own…
Really… imperialism is when another groups takes over… destroys the native/indiginous culture and subplants their own. The ERASE IT. You worship the NEW GODS, speak the NEW LANGUAGE, wear the NEW CLOTHES, pay taxes to the NEW KING, and you’d better not deviate. … all the while the people who were conqured can easily identifiable… so they know their place.
An imperialist does NOT walk in… see what the locals are doing, go “say! That looks cool/fun! Let’s be like THEM!”
He walks in and thinks… “savages.”
U MAD CUZ my hair resembles a “Mohawk?”
(It’s not one, btw…)
F**k off, I didn’t “steal” sh*t. Not anymore than a a kid on the internet “steals music” by downloading a free MP3 off some site.
The original is still right there… available for you use.
Your culture is JUST fine. No one’s trying to destroy.
You cannot control the influence it has on outsiders.
WHY the HELL do you want to?
IDEAS CANNOT, and SHOULD NOT be “owned.”
I WILL defy you on this at EVERY step to try.
DEAL WITH IT.
White People… I’m black.
Even though I think it’s tacky…WEAR YOUR F**KING DREADS IF YOU WANT.
It’s not MY hair. And I shouldn’t give YOU sh*t for how you want to wear it.
Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future.
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| — | Malcolm X (via its-salah) |
