too often when white people say they want to celebrate another culture it is self-serving. they want to “celebrate” a culture by taking from it, however authentic or unauthentic, to make themselves look spiritual/accepting/accepted/etc. too often…
1. How do you figure?
2. I’d love to see those.
3. Well, I don’t know about that. Is, for example, Americans appropriating Irish culture racist? Are white people able to be racist against white people? Is it self-loathing appropriation? What even makes appropriation racist?
1.) it is more harmful when a person from an oppressive group insults a person from an oppressed group than it is for a person from and oppressed group to insult a person from an oppressive group or person from another oppressed group. When a white person promotes racist stereotypes against X race they are also promoting the dehumanization of that group. When a group is viewed as subhuman violence and oppression against that group is inevitable. White people are the oppressive power. And because they are a power structure those who they oppress have less power; making their actions less harmful.
2. ) My blog is one of those blogs; that messages people about cultural appropriation; however, mine is just one out of very many. I am not going to list those sites because I doubt you will go those sites in an attempt to learn but to abuse; and I will not facilitate that. If you had actually researched cultural appropriation on tumblr you would have found their sites anyways.
3. ) White on white discrimination is not racism. White people can experience discrimination and/or prejudice but they do not experience racism. Irish cultures can be appropriated; which would be an act of prejudice. Appropriation is racist because it takes an entire race and/or culture and turning it into one racist stereotype. To racially stereotype a race is racist; and the disrespect one would have to hold for that race to actually commit appropriation is racist.
1. I think it’s ignorant to make a blanket statement like “white people are oppressive.” White people can be oppressive and they can be oppressed. Privilege and oppression aren’t just these blanket labels you can put on a group. For example, women are not traditionally thought of as privileged but can have female privilege.
2. “I can totally show you, but I won’t.” Boy, you sure convinced me.
3. White people can experience racism. Tumblr likes to to change the definition of racism so they can exclude white people. But that doesn’t change things. Racial prejudice is equally bad no matter who it’s directed at.
"Appropriation is racist because it takes an entire race and/or culture and turning it into one racist stereotype."
Well, that’s not true. I could go around wearing samurai armor and that would probably be appropriation. But nobody honestly thinks that Japanese people are like that. You are confusing appropriation and stereotypes. Sometimes they can be linked, but they are separate concepts.
There is too much to explain especially with someone who deflects are much as you do.
There is no such thing as female privilege.
White people the oppressive power.
You need to do a lot of research before you attempt to discuss racism and cultural appropriation. You aren’t even close to the level I would want someone who I am having a discussion with to be on. Go research. Good luck.