Do Black people fuel racial divide by being overly sensitive to non-white people showing interest in their culture?

[LarryWheels]

I constantly see many cases online over the years of non-white celebrities and social media personalities needing to apologize to black people and the so called "woke" mob for showing interest in black culture. Simple things like white people wanting to try out cornrows is met with New York time articles telling them they should not do so.

Even using AA vernacular is met with backlash by the black community with many people shamming the non-black person into an apology and telling them to speak their natural voice. How insulting is that to assume that it's not their natural voice or the way they speak? Do we assume that a black person that speaks eloquently, without using AA vernaculars, is trying to mimic a white person? Do we shame them from speaking this way and tell them to go back to speaking in AA dialect?

A perfect example of this can be found with this girl named Tray Soe, who was accused of faking the way she talked.

Halloween is also off the table as white people wanting to dress up as their favorite character, that just so happens to be black, is met with backlash as well. For example, Julianne Hough stated that she is a huge fan of the show "Orange is the New Black" and wanted to dress up as her favorite character What ensued from this was a long list of articles and people online calling her a racist and claiming she was mocking black people.

The point of all these many examples is that if showing interest in black culture is met with all these backlashes then a lot of non-black people will be deterred in showing interest in black culture. It's the sharing of culture among races that helps break down racial divide and tension. By putting restrictions that X, Y, Z is off limit for non-blacks, you are merely reminding people that there is a clear difference between blacks and non-blacks which in turn helps keep racism alive.

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[RavVid]

I agree with you. There are number of things that rapidly migrate between cultures. Let me make a non exclusive list

Really good holidays/festivals, good food, dance/music, some vernacular/accents, some forms of personal adornment (didn't what corn rows are till now - thanks).

I'm about as distant as is possible from African Americans but I I am guilty of purloining some - mostly because I like the sound of them and it adds emphasis to what I say. Guilty of Irishisms too.

It is a bit silly to be precious though I can understand a smaller group wanting to preserve it is distinguishing features.

[DrPepper12]

Lib here. This cultural appropriation nonsense is just that. More Dem suicidal PC bullshit.

[FreyaRed]

Your question would have any sense if there stand 'non-black' instead "non-white".
By the way as white person you just react about complains of other ethnics solely on anecdotal level

[Anonymous]

They are overly sensitive in general. There's a reason a certain type of fatigue is gaining traction, and why Carnival cruises changed their policies.

[KostasKouvalis]

They should take it as a compliment, especially since they're alwsys copying US

[seeyounexttuesday]

Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing