From whom in the Black community should Kylie Jenner have sought permission to braid her hair?

[Crazy Eddie]

Yes.



No. But it's probably, in the long run, bad for your children's health.

Women performing in Japanese Kabuki plays... Misappropriation or not?

That's a tricky one, but I think that would fall under "bastardization."

Kinda like the film my cousins affectionately and half-jokingly call "Black Annie." It's not "misappropriation" so much as it is a massive artistic farce.

That is not what I said. That would the OPPOSITE of what I said because I specifically said they liked Duke Ellington. And why are you continuing to talk about the CC when you just said you know nothing about it? This is fascinating.

More fascinating to ME is the fact that white people came to really enjoy Blues -- and probably always had, who could blame them? -- but at a time when it was not yet socially acceptable to openly enjoy "negro music" they got white artists to perform Blues songs and then called it "rock and roll."

Which brings us to THIS

That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

The "black" versions of those songs were already popular with those audiences before Pat Boone hit the scene. It wasn't until white performers came along and gave it society's blessing that the style -- or something like it -- could be marketed for that audience.

And yes, I have met people who claim that the Pat Boone version came out before Little Richard's and/or is the better of the two. I always find this odd because it's a claim usually made by people who aren't actually old enough to remember which song came first and probably didn't hear either of them until the 60s.

 

[Toni]

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That is because you are confusing definitions with rules. AA defined cultural appropriation. Your descriptions could be cultural appropriation or cultural assimilation or nothing at all because they lacked relevant information of intent, etc... For example, it is pretty clear your example of Koreans incorporating Western ideas into weddings is not cultural appropriation. There is no intent of disrespect and Westerners do not seem to care at all about those actions.

There is almost never any intention of disrespect in the cases where people are accused of cultural appropriation. Indeed the cultural items are "appropriated" because the "appropriator" likes them and thinks they look/sound/taste etc good.

But there is often an intention of profit, and often profit without acknowledging the origins or creators of the original.