As a society we established that white people cannot have braids like black people or cannot wear sombreros for 5 de Mayo because it's "cultural appropriation" or offensive. I mean, you could lose your job or get death threats over that. Some similar things go on with chinese and indian cultures.
So what about people from other backgrounds dressing up as a ridiculed version of an Irish person? Should that be considered cultural appropriation or offensive as well? Or should we stop calling people out for celebrating other cultures or taking items that other ethnicities wore first?
What do you think?
Every person should be allowed to wear or celebrate whatever they want no matter the colour of their skin
Cultural appropriation shouldn't be allowed in any setting. People should only be allowed to celebrate the festivities of the race they belong to, and the same with clothing and other things
Cultural appropriation only applies to white people celebrating other cultures. If you aren't white, you should be allowed to do whatever you want
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Do you think people from different backgrounds dressing up for paddys day is cultural appropriation?
I think you're spending too much time with the crocodiles and not enough in Connemara. The entire existence of the Irish in America has been a prolonged refutation of the racist nonsense machine that spewed out the idea of "cultural appropriation" in the first place; there's no point in stopping now. A good idea is a good idea; insisting that it can only be done by the one who came up with it would make you some kind of ultra-hipster. Nobody wants that.
And would you really want to tell the indignant people that they need to stop appropriate the culture of your Neanderthal ancestors by using spoken language?
Cultural appropriation is a good thing. When a white guy puts on a Sombrero and does a hat dance on Cinco de mayo, as a Hispanic I think that's awesome. He's absorbing my culture and having a good time doing it. Thats how culture walls get brought down but also always different cultures to maintain thier individual identities. These asshole on the left preach the other way want the walls between culture's to stay up. While we all just melt into a bland , hive minded monoculture.
I feel like the main reason for people doing that is because they might get pinched if they don’t. If that wasn’t a factor, many less people would dress a certain way for St Patrick’s Day. I know that’s the only reason I wear green in that day…because ever since elementary school, I was taught that not wearing green could result in bodily harm.
I have Irish heritage and I don’t mind. I have Hawai’ian heritage and I don’t mind stereotypical “Hawai’i Day” at school. Cultural appropriation is hardly even a thing and it gets overhyped.
As a society, we did NOT establish anything. We simply have the MSM trying to tell us what to think and how to act, and me and others telling the MSM to go fuck their selves.
It's why I no longer celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It's just a bastardized holiday and a complete mockery. All these people going around pretending to be Irish when they have no clue about all the atrocities committed on our people, no clue about our history, no clue about our culture.
As well, Saint Patrick isn't even someone to be proud about. He wasn't Irish and he basically massacred all the Pagan Celts on the island of Ireland along with the help of traitors.
@joeldalton I actually really don't give a shite what people do. I'm just not gonna partake in St. Patrick's Day. I instead remember all our fallen heroes who were murdered by the British Crown.
It's not wrong for white people to have braids. Anyone who tells you that are not a very smart person who thinks policing hair makes sense. Nor is it wrong for someone to wear a green hat. Nor is it wrong for someone to wear a kimono when not Japanese.
The only thing that is wrong, is when somebody does it to be offensive which most people don't.
Also to believe in "Cultural appropriation shouldn't be allowed in any setting. People should only be allowed to celebrate the festivities of the race they belong to, and the same with clothing and other things" is quite literally racist and belief of segregation.
spot on. It's all about being offensive or not, and the debate is really about who gets to decide what is "offensive". When it comes to sexual harassment, they say if I tell a woman I like her makeup, then it's not offensive if she says it isn't, and it is offensive if she says it is.
I disagree that this can be applied 100%, both in harassment and in cultural appropriation. I get that say Native Americans have sacred rites and dress like the headdress that only is supposed to be worn by a person who earned it, but I think there is a middle ground. It's not cool to smear on some blackface and go mocking people, but it's also ridiculous to expect people not to wear braids, kimonos, kilts, or eat sushi or burritos because all those things belong to a certain race. Same as it's not cool to go grabbing women's bodies, but it's also silly to shame a man for trying to kindly compliment someone on their wardrobe or the effort they put into looking nice.
Those examples aren’t cultural appropriation. That’s just wearing a sombrero on a Hispanic holiday and wearing braids. Cultural appropriation would be like Victoria’s Secret models wearing a sacred Native American headdress on a runway for fashion. A white girl with braids because her hair was wet isn’t cultural appropriation.
I have no issues people celebrating other cultures. I personally just find it offensive British people want to celebrate other cultures then don't bat an eyelid when St George's Day comes around not even a holiday for our patron saint.
Also I personally think anyone who makes claims of cultural appropriation could be seen as racist bit that could turn into a long drawn out argument.
White people can't wear braids? Fuck off. I will wear them if I want, you can't stop meCultures are allowed to copy other cultures.. if not... then you might aswell delete taco bell cos you're not allowed to copy Mexican food... And you're not allowed to eat curry any more... Not allowed Chinese food or pizza... so on... Like f off... We can copy any culture we want. Who's gonna fucking stop us? It's human freedom motherfuckers
cultural appropriation is just another head fake like white privilege or systemic racism to distract the populous from holding blacks accountable for their situation or from getting fed up with affirmative action, black crime, blacks ruining your neighborhood, millions of payer dollars to HBCU's to turn out graduates that can't' spell of multiply, etc.
It's fine with me and I REALLY couldn't give a flying fuck!! This is NOTHING that ANYBODY NEEDS to worry about!! Just WEAR your green shit and have some fun!! NOBODY'S getting hurt and almost NO ONE gives a shit about it!!
It's the celebration of a saint and his role in making Ireland and arguably the uk and therefore America a christian culture. If people want to dress in green to celebrate that it's no big deal
Cultural appropriation as a bad thing is a dumb concept made up by people just looking for things to be offended about
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I am almost 100% Irish although my family came to the US over 100 years ago. Today an African American guy had on a hat celebrating St Patrick’s Day and green clothing. I complimented him on it. A couple of years ago I read something that just felt right, it said for all people to celebrate St Patrick’s day as we, the Irish, aren’t pussies.
i think the problem is when you make a mockery of it. there's still culture and history involved and people just use that as an excuse to get drunk and act and dress stupid.
Hmm no... A company who fires a person because they're white and they resign to stop wearing braids, but doesn't fire a black person dressing up as green for saint Patrick's day or wearing an item from "white culture" should be seen as plain racist imho
I don't think getting fired for being "White" is a thing. But you can get fired for wing "Blackface" or for doing "Redface", etc.
I know you are obsessing over "Black" folks, but there are plenty of instances of cultural appropriation that people get upset over. And they fight against it until they get the change they seek.
As for your comparison there isn't one. There is no such thing as being a "Green" person. Green is not a race.
Anyone of any make-believe race can be Irish. I don't understand why racists think their belief system is rational. If you embrace race and racism, at least admit it is more akin to religious extremism.
That's the problem, you folks don't understand what you're celebrating on Saint Patrick's day. Irish and irish descendants wear green that day because it was the colour that represented free Ireland and to wear that colour over a hundred years ago was forbidden and would get you killed. It's not just a religious thing, it's a celebration of freedom, both politically and religiously. It's also a day for the people who's ancestors had to escape from Ireland from persecutions and the famine to connect with their roots.
So if you don't know, don't talk.
However people who don't have any connection with that celebrate getting drunk and fighting because "that's what Irish do"...
And honestly, I'm super fine with it, I love it, because I love people from all around the world to celebrate our culture and heritage no matter their background.
What I don't like is that I have to be afraid of doing the same. Afraid because a dad uploaded pictures of his daughter with braids and people destroyed him on twitter. Afraid because a woman went to an African celebration wearing a colourful dress and she was kicked from the place. Afraid because a teenager was knocked down for wearing a sombrero on 5 de Mayo...
If someone tells me they cannot see that double standard, sorry, but they're racist to me.
1. Watch who you are talking to. I don't celebrate St. Patricks Day. I don't really have any Irish friends. Nor do I forbid people from other make-believe "races" from celebrating holidays I honor within my culture. I have had special experiences with folks from different cultures who have invited me to honor their traditions and holidays and no insane freakazoid racist is going to stop me.
2. I never cared what the Irish celebrate or why they celebrate it. I just know they are not Green people. So insinuating that folks are mocking the Irish by wearing green paint is silly, it is disingenuous and stupid. You are literally saying the Irish own the color green and I will consult the Irish for their opinions on such a silly claim. Not some a racist troll on the net.
3. Yes, I am sure that many folks who have no connection to Irish culture celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It does not concern me. I am not Irish. I am just pointing out how insane and stupid your racist assertions are. Because you are only concerned about "Black" people celebrating St. Patrick's Day. So it isn't a day about Irish history, culture and traditions. It is one about the "White" race and only members of the "White" race can celebrate it. That's why Europe is moving away from "White" supremacy. It is an ideology that erases culture uniquness.
4. I don't care if folks got destroyed on twitter. Tell them to get some testicular fortitude. Up until last week, it was legal to fire "Black" people for wearing those same braids. And it still is if they dress in ways to honor their culture and heritage. But you don't see me whining and asking for sympathy from batshit crazy racists.
I kind of figure you guys don't do sympathy. So why do you keep asking for some?
Man there's so many wrong things with all what you said that I don't even know where to begin...
1. I never said my problem is with black people celebrating st Patrick's, you're just bending my words to sound right... I explicitly said I love that is the case. What I hate is that I cannot celebrate their culture (in any way) without being afraid and I gave my reasons why.
2. Irish people don't own green.. AGREE... Same way black people don't own braids...
3. White supremacy in Europe? Man is not 1940 anymore... I know you guys would love it so you can justify your "acts of heroism", but nope... Come to Europe anytime and see for yourself... We don't have any of your stupid American nonsense... That "let's face racism with more racism" that you have there.
Since you love so much being "awake", wake up and see how racist you're being... How much division between races you're creating. You're replacing one type of racism with another instead of removing racism all together.
Anyway, I'm done with you... Not gonna waste more time arguing with a racist. who thinks it's a hero...
1. Yawn. You just did. Your argument hinges on the racist notion that "Black" people can't be Irish. Of course a "Black" person can be Irish. In America, in a lot of places we just can't be "White". But outside of America, we can be a whole lot of different ethnicities. When I get my DNA test completed, I might have some Irish DNA. And I just bet if I get my geneology test completed to find out exactly where that heritage could come from in Ireland, I could go there and be accepted by folks who may be distant relatives. If that ends up being the case, that will be between myself and Irish folks. A troll on the net will not figure in that equation.
2. I never said "Black" people owned braids. That's your argument not mine.
3. So you are pretending you are in Europe. Haha!!!
4. No, I am not a racist. I don't pretend that race exists. I don't pretend I can't be Irish, French, Scottish, Apache, Cherokee, etc. That is your racist insane fruitake position. I know that culture is the only thing that matters when it comes to human groupings. And here you are angry at all "Black" folks everywhere because some obscure "White" person got some mean tweets for wearing braids.
I'm irish you moron haha my fear is that many people here are looking at what idiots are doing over there and taking as an example... I'm afraid that one of the most welcoming countries in the world is going to become divided by races like your country.
No, I'm not angry at black people.. if anything they usually don't care... I'm angry at white heroes who believe dividing and enhancing differences is the key to end racism.
Dude, you can pretend you are Irish. Lying racist trolls pretend to be "Black", Russian, or whatever they can dream up to make their racist arguments seem rational.
But at the end of the day race is a lie. Culture is truth. As for what is going in Ireland again, I will get that information from Irish folks and not cowardly trolls on the net.
The funny thing is with your last post, you destroy you own argument. As you claimed "Black" people were appropriating Irish culture. You cannot appropriate a culture that you are apart of you dumb racist fuck.
Haha you guys always do the same, when you run out of arguments you just make up things to "win" the argument cause it's too late to say you're wrong, or god forbid... That you changed your mind..
I never said such thing.. black people appropriating irish culture? What are you smoking dude? Lol
You can believe or not where I live, I don't give two flying fucks 😂
And yes, race is a thing... If you don't know that you're either ignorant or playing dumb.
Race is a thing but a thing that shouldn't matter. Races look different and have different backgrounds, but that should be shared because after all the history of one race is the history of all humans. That's my opinion.
Read again my comments, I'm not against some celebrating Irish culture... I'm against SOME people being attacked for celebrating or sharing with other cultures.
Just look at this way... I'm in favour of letting everyone do whatever they want no matter the colour of your skin, as long as their intention is not to hurt anybody. You're in favour of allowing only SOME people to celebrate or share SOME cultures. Think who's the racist here 😉
See ya buddy, this was great, I got where I wanted.. I left a racist with the only resource of making up things that I didn't say to defend himself 😂
Nah, I have NOT run out of arguments. You are just a dumb racist fuck troll. That is your beginning, middle and end.
There is nothing else to you.
Of course you said "Black" people were appropriating Irish culture. And you were pissed over a tweet that a "White" person received for posting themselves with some braids. Obviously, twitter cannot contain the entire "Black" race's opinion on folks who wear braids. This video was made years ago. 146,000 views. Read the comments.
Race is a thing for racists. For science it is nonsense. But again, you are just a dumb racist fuck. It isn't like you guys study science.
No, that is not your intention. YOUR INTENTION IS TO HOLD THE ENTIRE MYTHOLOGICAL "BLACK" RACE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF A FEW. IT WOULD BE LIKE ME DISOWNING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALL BECAUSE THEY MAY SHARE THE SKIN COLOR OF SOME COWARDLY RACIST FUCK ON THE INTERNET.
And I won't join your belief system. If I will be a racist, it will only be against you. A cowardly dumb racist fuck troll on the internet.
I could give a fuck what skin color you think you share with other folks.
Culture appropriation is expressing a cultural identification not your own, without the proper respect and without identifying it isn't your own. Cultural appreciation is different. Black people dressing up for saint patty's day isn't cultural appropriation. It's like an equivalant to a white guy listening to rap, but not going so far as to go out of his way to talk with a blaccent, wear braids, and incorporate black culture into his everyday life. It's not going too far.
Why wear braids though? If a girl wears braids, isn't that cultural appreciation? Obviously she's not wearing them to mock a culture, but because she likes them.
How am I contradicting myself? Because I said without the proper respect? Doesn't mean she's actively disrespecting or mocking them, she's taking something as her own that isn't hers without acknowledgement of she isn't apart of it. It's almost like a person dressing up in the marine corps uniform, speaking like a marine, and acting like one. Although you never say you're a marine, you don't actively deny it. You're not showing the respect it deserves. Because that culture was born out of it's own adversity, so you didn't "earn your wings"
Black people don't "own" a hairstyle, especially not one that's been proven from representations it's been around in Europe for thousands of years too.
If you believe the colour of your skin determines what you can wear or not, or if you have to ask "permission" for it, I'm sorry, but you're a racist.
No, saying that the colour of your skin determines what you can or cannot do or if you have to ask for permission does.
Imagine telling a black person that they need to ask white people permission before dying their hair blonde... That would send us a few years back, wouldn't it?
Sorry, but people like you just want to divide people by races even more. Wouldn't it be better if we just all one merge into one and are seen as equals?
@connemara_crocodile anyone can wear and do whatever they want as long as they are giving credit to the culture of origin and showing respect when they do. Sounds to me you like to apply division of races due to disrespect instead of showing respect which is where the real issue begins.
@connemara_crocodile wearing braids isn’t stealing someone’s culture and isn’t cultural appropriation. If that girl were to publish a video online claiming that she ‘just wants to start a trend’ and giving a new name to her braids that has a long history of other people of other cultures that have already been doing it THAT is cultural appropriation.
Which of any of the things I mentioned shows disrespect? Wearing braids? Wearing colourful dresses on African celebrations the same way people from different backgrounds wear green on st paddys day?
It sounds like, as a child running out of arguments, you need to go to the classic "I'm not racist, you are".
Just accept it, what you're saying is racist. Your conditioning people by their colour.
@connemara_crocodile respecting cultural differences includes respecting someone’s color. Turning your head in another direction and pretending color doesn’t exist and thinking this world exists as one color and one color only only contributes to not recognizing societal problems minorities face. I thought you would’ve said All Lives Matter but when it comes to all lives mattering you don’t respect how all lives cultures that are different from your own, including blacks.
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Only when it's White people. Mainly as you people ruined everything for everyone else.
Irish are traditionally Celts, but most were murdered, starved and raped by the White English. Hence it's not seen as "right" by a lot of traditionalists that "Paddy day" is one where the Irish stereotypes are allowed.
Absolutely. I think everyone should wear whatever they want and I don't believe anyone owns any style. If anything I think people having interest in other cultures is always a good thing. But some people think if you're white you cannot wear anything from a different culture. Only if you're white... Which I find quite racist
Cultural appropriation isn't a real thing, it's just some stupid phrase people made up because other people like the same things for different reasons.
As long as you are not doing it to mock a culture I think its fine. I also have a problem with race and gender swaping a historical person. My issue is not other people celebrating a culture its trying to rewrite history
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