is this 2013

The racist Halloween costumes based on stereotypes are always cringe.

Lol this s*** weird

Yeeaah Black Americans doing the whole Greek s*** is always weird af to me. Like I get African countries like Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya (Then called Cyrene), and Algeria (Then called Numidia) had close connections with Greece and Rome back in antiquity and that's how/why Black Greek frats justify their existence. But the whole thing is just corny as f***.

When did appreciation become appropriation

It never did, @op Some people engaged in (and continue to) disingenuously adopting elements from other cultures, so some other people noticed and called out the phenomenon. then a HANDFUL of nutjobs decided to to just shotgun label everything cultural appropriation. Then reactionaries said "See! See? These are the norm, not the exception!".

I mean it would have been cool if the letters were actually properly used tbh. If you Anglicize what it says, instead of Homecoming you get Ithmscthming But I do get it that it’s cause they’re advertising to an English speaking audience. Worse examples is how a lot of white trash types like getting “Latin” tattoos that misuse the Greek alphabet too, cause at that point they’re simply butchering it for no reason other than a false sense of pride

why the hell do i still check life szn

When did appreciation become appropriation

When appropriation tried to dress itself up as appreciation stupid

Dont make arguments in bad faith. A lot of people take or misuse cultural identities for a profit without giving due credit

In my personal experience, the overwhelming majority of people are eager to share their culture with others so I never understood why people felt the need to take it and profit off making a mockery off things that were foreign to them

ktt2.com/i-love-this-hoodie-but-it-feels-like-it-uses-arabic-as-an-aesthetic-32495407

This thread is a perfect example
S*** is called the “arab spring capsule” like bro that is not appreciation whatsoever

There’s a huge difference between appreciation and appropriation jackass

There is virtually no difference between appreciation and appropriation as far as how it is discussed publicly

??? Elaborate ???

In my opinion if you’re a fan of something that’s not your culture and u enjoy it immerse yourself with the people in the culture and maybe take part in it there’s no problem that appreciation

If you just see something cool from a culture and you just take it come in and try and change it or mimic it with no relation to it that’s appropriation

Wu Tang Clan

Wu tang clan is def appropriation

They don’t know any Asian niggas

Do i personally thing they did it in a negative manner no but I’m not Asian that’s up to them to decide

Yeah I mean they seem to understand all that eastern spirituality stuff so it doesn't seem like negative appropriation. Who knows

That’s not socialism that social democracy which is just woke capitalism

I said a combination not socialism.

Yea this what I’m saying

Like they are big fans of Asian culture like in an appreciation way

But they don’t personally hang around Asian people so they’re kind of stealing there s***

I would be saying it’s weird if the same was done for black culture

But idk racism in our country makes it more convoluted for us

There is no such thing as a combination. Either you have a capitalist economy or a socialist one

Or you compromise. It’s not black and white lol.