Can someone explain the whole "cultural appropriation" issue to me?

> So you just, disregard any history, nuance, facts, traditions, cultures and cultural customs.... then start judging people on the color of their skin and holding them accountable for anything any of their forefathers did............ Essentially. But it's worth noting that in the eyes of the people who accuse others of it, it's very much a one-way street. No one will say to a Chinese living in America "You can't do X because of your oppression of Vietnamese in your nation's past". It's a dishonor reserved primarily, if not completely, for whites in America. Because "whites" as a class hold "all the power". It's like the argument how black people cannot be racist in America because "racism requires institutional power" (it doesn't, obviously, but that's the argument). Because blacks, latinos, etc are "oppressed minorities" in America, they get all the protection from whites, but that does not work in reverse. Also worth mentioning on one college that has gone particularly far down the insanity road (Evergreen State), some students held a seminar called "Why Asians might just be part of the problem" (of White racism). This was one a day, mind, called a "Day of Absence", a tradition at this school that was based on a play. This past year, they perverted the original tradition (which was designed for blacks to remove themselves from the school and do community work outside the campus, as a way of highlighting their importance and value in the community) to instead _demand_ all whites _remove themselves_ from campus, so as to create a kind of "safe space" for minorities. This was unenforceable, of course, but many students and faculty did acquiesce, and did not show up _solely on the basis of their skin color, under demand from others of a different skin color_. So yeah, shit's fucked. > This is one of the most racist fucking phenomenon's I have ever heard off, how the fuck is this done so blatantly in the open and getting acceptance??? I mean MLK must be turning in his grave..... That's what I say. > How about you keep that kind of lunacy on your side and we won't polder (reclaim land from the sea) the Atlantic. Believe me, if I could throw this, ANITFA, and Neo-Nazis all into the dumpster next to each other, I would. If you're interested in more detail about the Evergreen situation (which I think is important and relevant and happening in many places), I recommend [this podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq4Y87idawk). This man was a professor who became embroiled in controversy there, so he has an insider's look into what was going on at the university and the culture there.