# “White girl, take OFF your hoops!” **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200 "2017-03-14T23:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200/121 "2017-03-19T19:50:16Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Syncretism: That which allows one group of humans to adopt beneficial or desirable customs and traits from other groups of humans. > > See also: The introduction of horses to the American southwest and how that fundamentally changed native american societies. > “Hey, that (object/custom/belief/music/etc) is OURS! You can’t use it!” is, in the realm of Human History, a goddamned stupid idea. It’s a stupid idea for very similar reasons inbreeding is a stupid idea. The people that espouse that idea haven’t really thought it through, or if they have they are down right sinister in their goals. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200/122 "2017-03-19T20:08:41Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > What? How about people get on with their own lives and stop being so ridiculous with critiques about what people wear, eat, and listen to? Cultural appropriation is pure nonsense. What culture came up with the concept of cultural appropriation and are you a member of that culture or are you appropriating appropriation? That was exactly my point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200.md?page=6)