'Cultural Appropriation'

Seen this term used a few times lately and I don't get it.

This is the latest story I have read and I don't think there's anything wrong with the girl wearing that outfit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43947959

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A high school student's prom pictures have generated a furious debate online after some social media users accused the 18-year-old of "cultural appropriation".

Twitter user Keziah, who is not Chinese, posted pictures of herself wearing a cheongsam, or qipao - a traditional Chinese dress - for her prom.

In a widely-shared response to the pictures, one Twitter user, Jeremy Lam, tweeted: "My culture is not your... prom dress".

The original tweet, and Lam's criticism, have attracted hundreds of thousands of likes, tens of thousands of retweets, and thousands more comments as supporters and critics clashed over the concept of cultural appropriation - the adoption of minority cultures, typically by dominant cultures.

Mr Lam explained on Twitter why he found the photos troubling. He said the qipao began as a formless gown for house cleaning and was turned into a symbol of female empowerment.

"In a time where Asian women were silenced they were able to create not only a piece of art but a symbol of activism," he wrote.

"This piece of clothing embraced femininity, confidence and gender equality through its beautiful, eye-catching appearance.

"The style was then spread throughout Asia as a beautiful garment and sign of women's liberation.

"I'm proud of my culture, including the extreme barriers marginalised people within that culture have had to overcome those obstacles. For it to simply be subject to American consumerism and cater to a white audience is parallel to colonial ideology."

Mr Lam's post clearly struck a chord. By the time of writing it had been liked more than 167,000 times and retweeted close to 40,000 times.

However, after some commenters suggested Keziah should remove the pictures, she refused.

"To everyone causing so much negativity: I mean no disrespect to the Chinese culture," she wrote.

"I'm simply showing my appreciation to their culture. I'm not deleting my post because I've done nothing but show my love for the culture. It's a... dress. And it's beautiful."

As the debate grew, social media users on both sides of the argument weighed in.

In 2016, a video capturing an argument between a young white man with dreadlocks and a young black woman who objected to them garnered more than three million views on YouTube.

 

Can you stop culturally appropriating Liverpool, please?

 

No, get ****ed.

 

Some people just love finding stuff to be offended by.

 

lol...people...idiots

 

I found an old photo at my mum's, of a children's street party just after WWII. All the kids were wearing these Indian headbands with feathers in, which they had obviously all been given. An absolute disgrace I call it, and I hope my mum was suitably ashamed of herself.

 

No more pajamas then.

 

Why the **** is this story currently on the front page of BBC news?
Some twat with about 1,000 twitter followers said something dumb. So what?

 

You just shave those dreads white boy.

 

One of the sillier claims of cultural appropriation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks#Origins

 

Yeah I read that, bonkers.

 

Every ****er ever had them! You're appropriating everyone's culture, you pig!

 

Yet another example of why Twitters servers should be the subject of a tactical strike by one of Trumps MOAB’s

It allows any random, tedious bell end access to an audience of fellow tedious bell ends, scattered around the globe.

 

Think you are being a bit harsh on Pocohontas personally ...

 

As I said on the politics thread, the guy complaining is getting ripped apart for being a racist homophobe, rather amusingly.
He also culturally appropriated his Adidas hat, whose founder was a literal Nazi.
https://twitter.com/jere_bare

And just to refer back to the girl in question:

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Wid.

 

The only problem I have with western women
wearing the cheung saam is they often look
like fei tzu.

 

And dangerous too (there are some "tribes" who will skin
you for doing such things) ...

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that chinese guy obviously has a little man and small penis problems

 

I’m offended by the prick’s tie and punching ability.

 

I'm guessing that she picked the tie to match her dress, a bit. Might be why he's punching above!