Are Black Santas another example of cultural appropriation?

[Anonymous]

With all of the accusations of cultural appropriation these days i want to see where the line was drawn

Yes

No

Can't We all just get along?

Ok but no Asian Santas

A total of 57 votes were cast: 19 girls and 38 guys. See detailed results

[RolandCuthbert]

The thing is cultural appropriation when it comes to African-Americans was not even possible anyway. . . so if isn't possible for AAs, it isn't possible for "White" Americans.

I don't know why people think this is a legit argument. The only culture that I see being ripped off in America is American Indian Culture (s). Everyone else doesn't have a leg to stand on. We all "Americans". And if we are even halfway objective about it, we all participate in the same culture.

But that's another conversation.

[Asker]

I agree

[Manolo86]

Truth.

[madhatters4]

santa isn't real it seems impossible to appropriate someting fake

[Manolo86]

Neither is any African deity, but people would be pissed off if a movie was made and one was portrayed as White. Thor is a figment of a Nordic religion, but it was fine to portray a Valkyrie as Black. Also, Santa Claus is a Nordic invention based off a real bishop in Turkey. This is Turkey before it was conquered by Arabs and some color was injected into the gene pool.

[linds34]

I mean Santa is made up, so it's hard to say he has to be a specific race.

[Asker]

lol, yes, no one knows what race he is. I say that he is from mars

[That1tallguy]

He's a shape shifter too, how the hell does an obese man fit down a tiny chimney

[Asker]

@That1tallguy good point, you just described Oprah so maybe he is really a fat black women

[Anonymous]

I want to see Asian santa

[Asker]

I'm sorry but the votes have been counted

[shaggy6913]

The funny thing is that none of this even matters coming from either side, what really matters is who started this argument and why. The initiator was the democrat politicians/media/academia, & the reason is to create widespread division. They would rather have you at each other’s throat‘s instead of joining together to keep them in check. They can then gain more power through miss use of authority while you argue over irrelevant topics that they themselves fabricated. Then as soon as that argument become stale and the trend fades, they throw out some new divisive topic to keep the people at odds with each other. Hate is the only thing that keeps Democrats seated in washington, it’s the very reason they call their opponents racist (with no proof only speculation, while even blaming their own past & current actions on their opponents) so that minorities are either afraid, unsure, or too angry to vote for those opponents while the whole time they are the ones who are pulling the strings. Ask yourselves if they control approximately 90% of the media, if they run approximately 95% of the colleges, if they control the government AT LEAST 80% of the time, then how can they rightfully blame others when things aren’t working? The same question applies to the problems in black communities that lie within democrat cities, even if the cities happen to be in republican states those Democrat cities don’t have republican policies that’s just an excuse to cast blame. All Democrats want is for people to hate each other they don’t want anything done because if there’s peace they are no longer needed therefore they are all talk. How else would they blame nothing getting done on their opponents as well as redirecting peoples anger about it towards hate for their opponents gaining them votes?

[Itz_Lewiz]

'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.'

'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'

Martin Luther King

[LiamJHayden]

Cultural appropriation is a rabbit hole of silliness. I'm white. How rationally does that give me a claim to what Galileo or Michelangelo or Tesla or Edison or any of the great classical composers, etc. did? I'm a big fan of Mississippi John Hurt and Robert Johnson. If it cultural appropriation to play their music on my guitars, or is it a tribute to their greatness and contributions to music?

So why should I care if some black man wants to dress as Santa and bless some kids?

[Anon85]

Race does not equal culture. Although I find it hard to believe any kid would buy the idea that Santa just magically changes race

[disgustingweebtrash]

Yes black santa is cultural appropriation, I am sick of these black people culturally appropriating us white people like y'all get mad when we do it but when you do it, it's k? smh

[Itz_Lewiz]

M8 your actualy being racist.. your basicaly saying that blacks should not be doing what we are associated with.

[disgustingweebtrash]

IQ OF 100 IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THIS MESSAGE

[ktdec]

Sarcasm? 😂

[Itz_Lewiz]

Obviously, he's a prick

[RidingForever2]

It just goes to show who has the superior culture. If you have to appropriate a culture of someone else you admit your culture is inferior.

[ktdec]

But white people don’t think their culture is inferior. Try telling them that and they will cry (understandably). No culture is inferior but they need to stop stealing from other and renaming things as their own, especially from minority/ disadvantaged groups

[RidingForever2]

@ktdec What you are telling me now can be translated as 'multiculturalism needs to stop'. I agree. It has to stop. Every people has their culture. We should HONOR these cultures, taking them away from others is not honorable.

[shaggy6913]

@ktdec On the contrary it’s more superior to want to gain knowledge and admit that you are ignorant while inferiority is thinking that you know everything while looking down upon others for looking outside of themselves… and as far as all this cultural appropriation crap, it is a political pun to divide people for gain of the leftist politicians, nothing more. If you’re arguing over it then I’m sorry to tell you, but you’re nothing more than a pawn in this chess game called politics. These politicians readily and easily will sacrifice you at any given moment for votes which in the end is all you are for them anyways… and what is one vote when they can sacrifice you for many.

[grega239]

No not really... i mean isn't the santa supposed to give presents to ALL kids...

[Asker]

He does, as long as they sit on his lap first

[grega239]

Mu point being that santa is more like an idea rather than a person so putting race into the mix is stupid

[Asker]

Sana is part of European CULTURE. There is no ambiguity as to what race he belongs to.

[grega239]

Who gives a fuck about santas race... why r u puting race on something thats meant to make children happy... its moronic at best

[Asker]

I really don't care, I just find all of these accusations ridiculous and a form of playing the race card. Who cares if a white person wears dreadlocks. I don't but there have been a number of occurrences of them being attacked by black women. How many black Santas are attacked? my point is that we all borrow from other cultures and people need to stop being idiots

[grega239]

Yea i know we borrow but why would anyone act like its wrong to do something bcs "cultural appropriation"... fuck those people they're hypocritical idiots and not worth dealing with them

[JCT666]

No, but then again, Santa doesn't exist anyway. Sorry kids.

[BJP21]

Santa has been misappropriated.