Vicariously Offended

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Literally no Latin American is going to be bothered
Or annoyed in any way whatsoever if you don typical dresses of their culture.

We love our culture and love it even more when we influence gringos to dress as our ancestors did.

The joy is palpable.

Besides, no one here knows what the deal is with getting offended on behalf of someone else. If anyone has a problem, they speak up their minds.

AwesomeLowlander

There's a far cry between me criticising the CCP for things like the Uyghur genocide and other political issues, and your made up strawman argument. Anybody should be free to criticise any country in the first place, without having to worry about skin colour.

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Yeah this comic is just for snowflakes trying to feel better.

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You'll love this example of using native language. During the meeting where federal officials proposed the creation of an Indian Territory, the Choctaw tribe delegate Rev. Allen Wright suggested naming it “Oklahumma”. In the Choctaw language “okla” means “people” and “humma” means “red.”
As a result, the area would be named Oklahoma Territory, or literally “Territory of the Red People.”

There are some arguments that "Homma" can also be a war title given for not retreating, but within the context of our racial history I don't think that's what they were going for.

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A lot of these types of people are just segregationists in a different tone.

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fetishistic way>

I guess it was only a matter of time before I was called out on what I do with queso.

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Building an attack helicopter and naming it after a group of people who absolutely fucked your shit up seems like a sign of respect to me.

Carl

I don't know why you are getting downvoted, it is the exact same thing as the comic. People on twitter didn't like a women wearing a Chinese dress to prom, while everyone from Asia was supporting her. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-teens-qipao-prom-dress-sparks-cultural-appropriation-row-on-twitter

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You're speaking english on the internet. Not only are you white, you are American and Male by default.

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Just not a football team I guess.

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Like how WB quietly shelved Speedy Gonzalez and the Latin community was like "No, fuck you. He was OUR GUY, we had representation! Now his cousin, the lazy slow one... yeah that shit can go."

AwesomeLowlander

I'm from a time where it was accepted there were no girls on the internet. Only kids and FBI agents. So yes, I'm male

(Reference for those who don't get it)

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Keep saying it, you're only offending reactionaries and tankies - and it is not even their goal to be happy, as near as anyone can tell.

AwesomeLowlander

Oh yeah, I've been banned multiple times for being Chinese yet racist against China. I plan to keep being racist by that particular definition.

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Besides, no one here knows what the deal is with getting offended on behalf of someone else. If anyone has a problem, they speak up their minds.

I can explain. In theory the person who SHOULD be offended is a member of a minority and speaking their mind would open them to backlash from the majority so they say nothing. Its mental gymnastics that let's a member of the majority "be a hero" for a minority even if that person doesn't exist. But who cares about that as long as the white lady can think she is a good guy.

Its stupid and is not really about the appropriated culture.

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And then of course, they named the main university’s mascots/fight song/etc after the “Boomers” and “Sooners” - people so eager to steal indigenous land that they couldn’t bother waiting for the government to make it legal.

There was a group that tried to get them to change it, but culture wars crowd absolutely pissed and shit themselves - they were already pissed after the chemistry building stopped being named after a Klan member.

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I think discussions on the qipao are more concerned with it be sexualized/treated as a fetish costume. It’s formal wear.

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This is one thing ive never understood about "cultural appropriation." If someone is partaking in your nations/cultures traditions, apperal, food, etc. Why is that a bad thing? Wouldnt people want their traditions known and shared and experienced by many?

Idk im just a white guy who loves dia de los muertos

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It seems like literally every Chinese person I’ve talked to is absolutely delighted when a westerner is interested in Chinese culture. I remember being assigned a trip to a buffet for a high school Chinese class, and my atonal 你好 got about as much praise as a baby sputtering out “da-da” for the first time. I posted some calligraphy on 小红书 a couple days ago and I am getting gassed up for it.

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I remember seeing a child have a japanese themed birthday. Some white person was giving off to her parents for cultural appropriation while Japanese people were flattered