So i've been picking up on some forum threads and news articles about this phenomenon in the last 2 years and I am just baffled by it. White people with dreadlocks being expelled..... I've seen the articles where wearing a kimono is being seen as imperialistic towards Japanese..( I think that actually caused me permanent brain damage) and today I saw the whole Martin - Lin idiocracy......
I luckily haven't encountered this phenomenon in The Netherlands or Europe (yet). In our lowlaying dikeloving country "cultural appropriation" is generally seen as something very positive. It's mostly appreciated by minorities and majorities alike and seen as openess, cultural interest, an enrichment, understanding and promoting/ cultural intergration. Most minorities even see it as some kind of validation, "belonging" when cultural phenomenons get popular and embraced by the general population. Like the Surinames and Indonesians are actually proud of their foods (which are basically seen as about as Dutch as boerenkool these days) wearing a typical cultural garment will most likely get you into a nice conversation with said minority about the garment, their culture and country instead of anything hostile.
I know race is much less an issue in western Europe compared to the US, but sometimes your cultural trends jump the pond and pop up in a "light" version over here. I'm just trying to wrap my head around why this can possibly be seen as something negative.
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............ yeah that sounds really familiar, my 93yo grandmother has a lot of stories about those kind of people!
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.....
And yeah it's helpfull. Not for my bloodpressure but it clarifies, somewhat..... like dressing in other cultural garmants has been a sign of motherfucking respect since like forever for christ sakes.
I liked Lin's response in general, very classy, smart and correct. but seriously the Chinese are an oppressed minority????...... 20% of global pop and the Chinese where never colonised by the west, they rather did this exact same thing to others (ask a Vietnamese who he hates most, and it won't be the French or Yanks)
The goddamn Japanese even rewrote the motherfucking book on Imperialism, slavery and general fucking crimes against humanity... They more Chinese in 8 years then white men in the entirety of history...... by far for christ sakes. Everyone is always pointing towards "Ze Germans" but the Imperial Japanese forces killed an estimated 4-7 million civilians all by themselves. Their goddamn general tactic in occupied territory was starvation, decimating, demotivation and then Japanese cultural indoctrination..... I mean the nukes where horrid all by themselves (nobody ever mentions the firebombings) but it wasn't like the Jap's weren't severely asking for it.
Telling others what not to wear, Isn't this in essence fascist?
How about you keep that kind of lunacy on your side and we won't polder (reclaim land from the sea) the Atlantic.