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Re:The Concept of “Cultural Appropriation” by dyson_vacuum on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:23PM (#28739804)
I'm a west African who's frequently bemused by the small but very strident minority of African-Americans who get to decide who's "black enough" or not black enough or who gets to appropriate what culture. The whole notion is ridiculous to me. Rappers name themselves after mafiosi, italian handbags and swiss luxury watches. We all wear western style clothes and speak European languages, not to mention writing in Arabic numerals, worshipping middle eastern deities and what not. On the other side I'm always annoyed when I see snarky comments from cultural snobs on youtube when some new classical musician from Asia comes up about how they can't possibly really understand the music because they're not European enough and it's not 'their' music.

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