Yes, and the current hysteria over “cultural appropriation” is a good example of political correctness gone mad because the morons promulgating this nonsense don’t understand the legitimate original reasons for it. It’s not even about “culture” necessarily, but about the fact that various nations, cultures, religions, and institutions may have symbols that are valued and revered in some special way, and their frivolous use as decoration by ignoramuses is disrespectful and inappropriate. This is legitimately offensive and should be discouraged. Any other meaning attached to “cultural appropriation” is bullshit, as indeed it is most of the time.
Grownups are talking. Shut the fuck up and go play in traffic.
Intersectionalist.
Funny, in that NYT article, people in Asia found the whole thing amusing and can’t understand why people would be so upset over her wearing the dress. Quite the opposite. (And I’d say considering they live in Asia, as opposed to being Asian-American, the culture is much closer to them than it is to Lam)
Once, just for once in your life, will you shut the fuck up?
No, “his heart wasn’t in the right place”. He was harassing a teenager simply for wearing a prom dress. Period. When other Asians said he was wrong, he hand waved them away, saying, “you don’t get to speak for all Asians!” Well, neither does he.
This isn’t one of those times. This was a girl wearing a dress she found in a vintage shop. It wasn’t mockery, or theft. She bought a dress she thought was pretty (it was). Simple as that.
I’ll call you an idiot, because one SHOULD ignore people who make jackasses out of themselves, rather than continue to defend them even when you know they’re wrong.
Oh boo hoo. Why should I give a shit what some random jagoff says on Twitter, especially when said jagoff has no problem dropping the n-word, (among other things!) and then turns around and offers excuses when called on it. Fuck him.
And nobody EVER gave a shit about anybody. Except when it’s something petty like this. There’s a million things more wrong with the world than some girl wearing a dress from another culture. And that is why I have no desire to come together with asshats like this guy.
FFS, just shut up.
Hey, thanks for posting that link! Those are gorgeous!
Man, you post in every fucking pit thread, don’t you. Making friends left and right.
Actually, BigT was talking about me when he says the person with their heart in the right place because he is trying to bring back up our disagreement over the parsing of a comment about a commercial in this thread 9 days ago (starting with post 73.)
I have a beautiful silk dress that I purchased, in America, from a shop run by Asian people. It’s a shade too small, so I don’t actually wear it at the moment. Very similar in style to the dress worn to prom.
The people who profited by THAT transaction were Asian. If I do wear it out I may very well attract attention from people who feel my dress is CA, and that “Americans are appropriating and profiting by” that dress.
So who would be right in that case?
Ah, then I apologize. For THAT. The rest of my post stands, however.
Thank god I got rid of that Nehru jacket I had in the 60s. I could have been attacked by a mob of enraged Hindus. I guess my son, who is a black belt in his particular martial arts discipline, is also in big trouble for wearing his gi.
Ah, I didn’t run you off far enough 'eh Willard Derpnoodle?
I am mildly concerned every so often that my lily white children may some day be the object of this sort of crap and haven’t really told them it’s a “thing” yet, in case I freak them out.
However, when we do have the discussion I’m going to tell them that any such complaint should be responded to in Mandarin. Which they could totally do.
[quote=“Whiskey_Dickens, post:46, topic:813462”]
Man, you post in every fucking pit thread, don’t you. Making friends left and right.[/QUOTE
That is seriously funny to me;)!
Jesus, stalker much?
He’s taking martial arts?! Colonizer!
The first time I heard the term “cultural appropriation,” it was describing people taking something sacred or otherwise held in high esteem from one culture and using it frivolously or for crass commercialism. Examples would include appropriating vision quests (or fakey facsimiles of) or headdresses from Indigenous American cultures. To me that seems totally reasonable to be avoid begin flippant about things that others have deep feelings about.
I’m on the fence about things like in the OP. I don’t want to be dismissive because, well, I *don’t *know what it’s like to be part of a non-dominant culture. On the other hand, within fashion, arts, music, food, etc., there’s such a rich history of blending and being inspired by different cultures. Surely we don’t want to say you’re only allowed to participate in creative disciplines of your own culture? That seems to sow divisions among people: that you can admire other cultures from afar but don’t dare get too close lest you “appropriate.”
Just wanted to get my thoughts out there because this is a topic I really do try to listen to others on, but there are definitely people who take it to an unhelpful place. I freely admit I’m talking out of my ass. 
nm. Living Well & Penfeather covered it already.
That’s very nice of you. No, you aren’t talking out of your ass, and making an effort to walk a mile in someone’s [del]moccasins[/del] shoes is something we should all do, but I will try to [del]mansplain[/del] clarify this for you: The girl in the dress did nothing wrong, young Mr Lam is a troll, and BigT, with whom I often agree, is being an idiot. Relax. Those are three simple facts you can accept with a clear conscience. 
I’m Asian, Chinese, to be exact, and I give zero fucks about a white girl wearing a traditional Chinese dress. The Jeremy guy response about that his culture is not the white person’s prom dress is totally fucking stupid.
It fact, this whole non-issue really pisses me off. I totally dig white chick’s wearing Chinese dresses.
Sent from my C6916 using Tapatalk
Stay away from our women devil!
