Submitted by aWolfeinIdaho t3_yzr6re in newjersey
Deslah t1_ix2c0ti wrote
The Cultural Appropriation Police need to work harder to cut back on their own form of "police brutality".
And, that's exactly what it usually is: a form of Cultural Appropriation Police brutality under the guise of being corrective measures.
No doubt, just as there is very real crime that we need actual police officers to respond to, so are there genuine examples of cultural appropriation--for example, hateful intentional denigration of peoples and cultures.
But, all too often, Cultural Appropriation Police actions are an overreach and are actually a form of human rights violation themselves. Improper assessment results in innocent people being deprived of their own right to be free from discrimination.
For example, a white ice cream salesman in San Francisco was 'brutalized' by the Cultural Appropriation Police for daring to introduce Asian-inspired flavors like Thai tea and coconut pandan. The CA Police would've had you believe he should only sell "white US male" flavors.
During overreach actions, innocents are not immune from being 'detained' by members of their own race. In one action, Michael Che (from Saturday Night Live) wrote the sketch titled "Gen Z Hospital" which starred Elon Musk and purportedly mocked Gen Z slang. But Michael Che was immediately apprehended when the CA Police determined that some of phrases came from African American Vernacular English (AAVE) (which--we'd like to remind the Police--is a pool from which Gen Z's were drawn!).
And abuse of cultural appropriation determination authority is certainly not new--back in 2013, Miley Cyrus 'twerked' at the VMAs and was immediately 'arrested' by the CA Police due to her lack of African-American roots.
losingmyreligion2 t1_ix302js wrote
Are you ok?
ImRedditorRick t1_ix372vn wrote
No, he isn't. Normal people don't really care about the cultural appropriation people like this. Sure, if there's actually a case to be made for it, I can get behind it. But stuff like this? Just laugh it off and walk away from the person/scroll on by Reddit.
HumanShadow t1_ix3kcop wrote
The point is to amplify a few ridiculous claims then act like those claims are the norm and are the best examples of cultural appropriation, which is therefore not a thing because of those few examples.
StewofPuppies t1_ix3lavz wrote
Go to sleep dude. Your brain needs the rest it looks like.
Deslah t1_ix3msut wrote
You know...my post was ten hours ago. I had a good sleep in the meantime, thank you. And I've avoided detention so far.
surfnowokgo t1_ix37k55 wrote
You must have watched Steve Martin 's classic comedy "The Jerk."
Kat_ri t1_ix3twbw wrote
Girl Miley got 'arrested' bc that condom she was wearing cut her ass right in half and her twerking looked like a plucked chicken engaging in self harm. Gtfo 😂😂😂
Deslah t1_ix5ffaf wrote
You know, in that particular example, I'm gonna actually hold onto that thought and continue to contemplate whether she was embracing or in fact ridiculing. (She was ridiculous, but that's a whole other matter.) I'll leave these here in any case.
https://journals.macewan.ca/muse/article/view/158
https://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-28-miley-cyruss-twerking-was-cultural-appropriation-at-its-worst/
https://stylecaster.com/miley-cyrus-cultural-appropriation-offset-rap/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/27/miley-cyrus-twerking-cultural-appropriation
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/miley-cyrus-rightful-backlash-past-cultural-appropriation
https://www.complex.com/music/2017/05/miley-cyrus-appropriating-hip-hop-culture
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