Edit: I didn’t actually think I’d need to put this here but unfortunately I think those kinds of people are here
Bigots are not welcome on my post and they are certainly not welcome on my post to co-opt it to spread bigotry
I am progressive myself and support human rights and LGBTQ+ people
Pulling the cultural appropriation card too much perhaps? Especially for cultures they do not understand beyond surface level. Just because someone is wearing something from another culture, it doesn’t mean it’s being appropriated. Obviously negative appropriation exists especially for instances where it is being done for profit. The problem is sometimes some people are reactionary and are too quick to label something as such without looking into it first.
On the not understanding cultures thing I think there was one time if I recall correctly where people got angry at a movie, TV show or media due to some misunderstanding it and assuming it was bigoted
I don’t even know if I’m remembering it correctly or not or if it even happened but the problem of misunderstanding cultures and assuming they are bigoted or are being bigoted is a very real problem
I know there’s like, actual cultural appropriation…but at this point I wish it never entered the cultural conversation at all tbh because I feel like it became weird bioessentialist shit. Like, just actively telling people what they’re allowed to be interested in is based on genetics. Not to mention cases where mixed race people have been assaulted over perceived hair appropriation (the idea that you can tell what race people are by looking at them is monoracist.)
At my most charitable, I think people are forgetting that most people aren’t influencers or public figures?
I left a Discord server I really enjoyed being on because they absolutely lost the plot with cultural appropriation bullshit.
Hold on, why are they even making that accusation for a culture they aren’t part of?
They told someone to not use certain phrases or words because they’re not black enough for example.