I have never seen that happen, they cool with anything. It’s the west/twitter ppl that might make it a problem but they generally don’t. You can wear their cultural clothes and go to festivals and no one will have a problem with it.

Their aren’t necessarily “famous gatekeepers” but in terms of like music for example, country labels will block certain artists that doesn’t fit the “look” of a country artist or someone who they think is just using their culture for fame.

All black people don’t have the same culture though.

Fair point tbh. I try to include twitter people with irl people since twitter users are real people but you got a point. A lot of that does only happen on twitter for the most part.

We do have gate keepers: they're called The Boule. Listen, if you don't abide by the Boule or align yourself with their ideals, they'll leave you in Africa just like they did W.E.B. DuBois.

Your black voices including Farrakhan are Free Masons. They belong to the game.

The problem is, there aren't any 'honest' Black Gatekeepers. One that is about preservation and pushing forward core and traditional black values. Whatever those values and traditions are, it isn't being vocalized nor a point of emphasis.

What's sad is that there is a Boule in every major black metropolitan area. Your HS councilors, educators, news anchors, entrepreneurs are all gate keepers. You'll be surprised when you move up the ranks in an unorthodox way how many of these people are keeping tabs on you. They'll keep you out of deals, out of sorts if you don't 'check in' and follow 'their' program.

There are gatekeepers. Learn about your local Boule and Black Freemason Hall. It's an 'elite' form of gangbangin. If you don't check in with them when u make a move, u know the rest.

Shoutout to these Niggas in the video cause they seem to be saying some interesting stuff, but man these accents are hilarious

I just saw some Kpop choreo on the news or some s***, and I’m like they tryna pop/lock/twerk, etc.

They were doing all the s*** Meg the Stallion or Cardi B would do.

But if you black and over there, they prolly get scared or move away

This wtf I mean, go to 0:50

Kpop makes me mad as f*** about that and i aint even black

Yeah yo I’m sick of everybody and their momma being invited to the cookout for just doing basic s***

True but I’m assuming they mean AA culture in US

Not necessarily
Most Japanese people are fine with allat, it’s just the old fashioned xenophobic people that just generally hate non Japanese people in general that have a problem

Most cultures like it when other people participate and embrace it. "Cultural appropriation" is only an issue in the west, you won't see Japanese people crying because Scarlet Johannson wore a kimono to the Met Gala or some s***. Go to Japan and just count how many foreigners are wearing traditional japanese clothes taking photos in temples and s***, they really don't care.

There's only an issue if someone is disrespecting the culture.

Take the whole Logan Paul in Japan fiasco for instance. That’s a perfect example of how to not treat other cultures cause people were rightfully upset about it.

anime and stuff though

i think theres actually a lot of cultural appropriation of what japan has going on

Definitely, but this is just how things are now. Everything is accessible to everyone, so every culture can now be experienced by everyone around the world. That has pros and cons

What is an example of other communities gatekeeping? Other than through language

(which you can argue that black people can do all over the world, just not African-Americans)

To be fair people only cared about this cuz of the dead body in the forest thing, had he just filmed the vlog without that, I doubt their would be that much backlash.

Depends on when and where really.

For example there is no doubt that Korean and Japanese streetwear bite from African American culture, but the same can be said with Korean fashion being the wave now (or when the japanese style bomber jackets were the wave in Atlanta a few years ago), yet you don't really see a lot of comments about culture vulturing or appropriation.

Maybe not worldwide backlash but in Japan it would have still made an impact.