I DONT UNDERSTAND MATE HELP ME OUT
(CONTEXT) So someone said Bangchan from skz did cultural appropriation because he was wearing cornrows.
One girl said that she didn't agree with why he was getting hate and that people need to chill and leave it up to the black people to decide. Well here's my response.
(BEFORE U GET INTO IT PLEASE DONT LEAVE ANY HATE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND I DONT WANT ANYONE GETTING ATTACKED. IF YOU FEEL LIKE I SAID SOMETHING WRONG, EDUCATE ME INSTEAD OF ANGRY YELLING AT ME THROUGH THE COMMENTS. k carry on)
I'm a black woman and honestly, I AGREE. I'm not saying this because he's cute or because I'm a fan. I'm saying this because it deserves to be said. First and foremost, let me put y'all on something real quick. Rice water. Black people love it, white people love it, everyone loves it. It was from the Yao women in China. It was their culture and still is. Are people that use it Appropriating them? I use it. Should I be canceled? No. Can I not use it? It's just to grow my hair. ALSO! Hairstyles like the one Chan is wearing in the picture is something we call a protective style. The amount of bleach and dye that has gone into their hair and people think they don't need a style to maintain their hair so it doesn't break? (no tea no shade). I do not see a reason that other people cannot embrace culture from others. Not to mention another example that isn't cosmetic. Language. Language is a part of culture. I'll use the creole language. Creole was a language used to make sure the French couldn't understand what Haitians were saying to get out of slavery. If someone in modern times were to want to learn that language, could they? Or would it be cultural appropriation? Can you not learn a language because it sounds nice? Can you not wear a hairstyle because it looks nice? I'm sorry for the rant. But I sincerely don't understand why people get so triggered. Everyone uses something from another culture sometime in their life. Music, dance, hair, language, whatever, they all came from a culture at some point in time.
Wait what? What’s wrong with people wearing cornrows. It’s like 12 am and my brain cannot process shit so tell me if I’m just being dumb or if I actually have a point.
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07 10,2020
¯_(ツ)_/¯ Can't Argue With That You Have A Great Point
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07 10,2020
People are under the impression that something that originated with a certain group of peoples should only be used by those people. Cornrows and other hairstyles prevalent in the black community as well.
I’m a black guy myself and I completely disagree with this. Cultures are essentially many different cultures melted together. It’s impossible......
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07 10,2020
ok see you made a valid point here, and yes culture is meant to be appreciated and shared. but appropriation in when someone is mocking or using a certain aspect of a culture to fulfill their own desires. like if a white girls says the n word and wears cornrows, or if a girl is racist towards asians but wear chopsticks in their hair or have space b......
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07 10,2020
But I think it is more about utilizing the hair styles and clothing styles to mimmic and profit out of black culture? I don't really remember this issue's details, in particular, but most of the CA issues in kpop is that they mimmic the culture to look "swag" and hip hop-ish, and 99% of the time they do that only when the music's genre is hip hop, ......
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07 10,2020
Chan is honestly a nice person I don't think he wore that hairstyle for bad intentions. I personally have no problem with people wearing things from my own culture as long as they respect it.
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07 10,2020
i don't even follow kPOP because of how little regard it has for most of the cultures it "borrows" from. But somehow even I heard about this scandal. There's a reddit response that eloquently summarizes the whole issue and why for the most part it is "cultural appropriation". And also the constant need to police whether people should or should not ......
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07 10,2020
Wow thanks to everyone for the feedback. I really thought I was going to get hate but people were genuine and informed me on certain topics I haven't thought of. Others agreed with me so thanks guysssssssssss. I love this site.
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07 10,2020
From what i understood this i just have one thing to say...even though a handful of people do this specific thing, doesnt mean its alright for another handful of ppl to do another specific thing (since you were using this method of support to back yourself up) for example, many people say its alright for non asian people to decorate their hair cho......
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07 10,2020
I agree with you, I really don't understand what is so wrong with wearing cornrows
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07 10,2020
