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Yes, ‘Australian sushi’ exists. Get over it, argues Adam Liaw
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From what I've heard, plenty of black folks are mad about white people with dreadlocks because black people have been penalised for having locs for so long and along comes the dominant culture saying "actually that's cool and we're gonna make it cool, but you still look like shit".
Same with the fox eye trend that non Asians did for a bit, when Asian kids were forever bullied for having eyes like that.
Cultural sharing? Excellent. Cultural appropriation where one culture is plundered for anything of value and that culture is also denied acceptance for having those same characteristics? Not so good.
I understand that, but the people who were mad about those things were the fringe, most people didn't give a shit.
From what I remember, dreadlocks are a Caribbean thing, but the African-American population had adopted them.
There's a case to be made, based on what you're saying, that there's no issue because the African-American population weren't being oppressive.
However, Identity Politics is the most boring game in town. To judge who is culturally appropriating and who isn't is to assume a persons entire history based on the colour of their skin, which is, you know..