“The idea that culture can be stolen is bogus—” it can be, it actively is VERY often and you’re a moron at best and a racist at worst for doubling down on this mentality at the expense of POC, hope this helps!
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And the thing is, given racism/orientalism is deeply ingrained into a lot of western culture I don't even think it inherently makes someone evil to *not realise* they're engaging in something of this nature or that it's insensitive.
But simply *caring enough* to hear advice is often all it takes.
The issue here is that a person of colour voiced discomfort toward an insensitive outfit and basically got told "how dare you tell me what to do, I am going to do what I want".
A lot of people are more upset at being told to think rather than feeling ashamed at their racism and wanting to do better.
So many people don't seem to realize that a simple "oh I'm sorry I didn't know" for some of this stuff would go a long way instead of doubling down on being racist 🙃
to think that thats bogus is actually insane because the stealing of and colonization Of Places And Culture is like one of the first things you learn in childhood history classes...? like at this point its not nuance its just blatantly a racist ass lie
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But simply *caring enough* to hear advice is often all it takes.
A lot of people are more upset at being told to think rather than feeling ashamed at their racism and wanting to do better.
(I know it's a joke but it also isn't)