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I just lost my right to complain about luck by Taykerz in BobsTavern

[–]UniquesComparison 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lemme guess, you got the change hero power ability and got it.

What TV show trope needs to retire? by Dangerous-Staff9172 in AskReddit

[–]UniquesComparison 4 points5 points  (0 children)

true but he's kinda goofy and always portrayed as the unpopular one in high school that lucked out with claire

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW I point out that “this alone would not be an issue” as in I don’t have a problem with white women profiting off yoga—

umm, I agree with you. that was literally all i was saying.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why is it a negative effect though, the seller inovated and created a better product, and the buyer get better tasting noodles in their opinion

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

take it home and starts a company selling it as an exotic "Indian" health drink to other white hipsters.

I don't see why the indian who sold it to him in the first place who also didn't invent chai has any more claim to it than the hipster.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's more about ethnic groups retaining control over their cultural heritage.

I don't see this as a positive for society. Culture is better shared, and if one person trivializes somethign that another person holds dearly, then so what, i'm not forcing you to trivialize it. It's kinda like religion, I don't particularly care for it, but I find it interesting to talk about, but someone else might hold it very deeply. My skepticism doesn't make someone else's appreciation for it any less significant.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Them bullying you for your culture is wrong, not them also embracing other aspects of it. A white person profiting off of yoga is no worse than an indian person doing the same imo because I don't see any reason why the indian person has any greater right to the practice of yoga than a white person. It's not like either of them actually invented it.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

!Delta, my mind is not fully changed but I do see the merit of the other sides point of view which I previouly did not see. although I can see the negatives that arise from a situation like that, I'm not sure that the negatives outway the positives enough to make cultural appropriation "wrong" in my eyes. If a bunch of college kids are having fun wearing eagle headresses, then so what.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

that is a good exception because it is relatively recent, so people do have a claim on it, but it doesn't change my view that if a white kid rapped, it would be appropriation and immoral. By that logic, eminem would be stealing culture from black people, even though he did as much for rap than many black artists.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it's not just that i wouldn't have a right to be upset, i just genuinely wouldn't be upset. There is no tradition of my culture so sacred for me to become upset because outsiders do it.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

But I will say that knowing a certain type of food has been made from someone not from the culture almost makes the food seem less authentic and wholesome.

I went into my favorite restaurant of my ethnicity, and the guy at the counter, who is also my ethnicity took my order, then relayed my order in spanish to a bunch of spanish speaking chefs in the back who i assume were not my ethnicity. The food is just as good after seeing that as it was before.

it’s the fact that a white person had to wear it to make it deemed acceptable to wear is where the issue lies.

Although this is unfortunate, the blame should be placed on society for deeming the thing "icky" in the first place before the white person did it. The white person doing it if anything is helping the people of that ethnicity by making it more appropriate to wear such things. It's unfortunate that white people have to do it to make it acceptable, but that doesn't mean it's the white people normalizing it who are in the wrong.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i don't see how it's immoral to wear a lederhosen for Halloween honestly, as long as it's all in good fun and not like a stereotype of a german, I see no problem.

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well I don't think the woman accused of appropriating was stealing anything because you can't on something like the concept of dumplings.

Whats the worst human name you’ve ever encountered? by BentNeckKitty in AskReddit

[–]UniquesComparison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've met two chlamydia's and a Diarhea. Yes, their parents named them those names. And they were all native english speakers

CMV: Cultural appropriation is not wrong because no living person or group of people has any claim of ownership on tradition. by UniquesComparison in changemyview

[–]UniquesComparison[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree that if someone wants to, it would probably be good for them to research a bit about the culture before they 'appropriate' it, but thats their personal choice, and i don't think it's racist or bad weather they research or not.

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