We Must Chase Her From The Village

Why is it the Chinese/Japanese/Koreans can do western music so staggeringly well, yet our new friends from the R of P have so little clue about anything western?

Cultural appropriation obsession is a former of puritanism. Puritanism being that nagging fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.

I’m awestruck!

Brilliant!

Who’s appropriating whom?
http://www.samizdata.net/2015/12/samizdata-quote-of-the-day-650/

Excellent, and a very pretty girl.
That Amazon widget is um, strange. The Blindell promotion someone remarked on the other day is still going strong.

Yellow Blues … very cool ….

Most of the commenters here would think, I guess, that the West will decline either through its own inanition as exemplified by the clown quarter of academia, or by hostile action by certain groups who tend to be rather too fond of their camels.
In my view, Ms Lee is the classic example of how the West will actually fall. We will be taken over not by fools or fanatics, but by people who are simply more clever, innovative and talented that we are, and who come from cultures that reward those traits.
Already here in Australia they have captured our symphony orchestras and our home computer repair and maintenance industry. And now that they have outflanked John Lee Hooker, who knows where they will strike next? Its all in Sun Tzu, you know …

Brilliant. But she had a twin helping her 🙂

Cultural appropriation offences would occur if you said you liked kimchi or K-pop, which is not allowed unless you are Korean.
I listen to what used to be Radio Korea International, and they obsess about the rest of the world liking K-pop (horrid music if you ask me) and the rest of the “Korean wave”.

Search youtube for “guzheng”.
e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvQXSkfoUs

Cultural Imperialism is when we force our white patriarchal culture on pure ‘other’ cultures and so we are at fault for forcing it on them. Cultural Appropriation (Misappopriation!) is where we whites steal the vibrant essential unique elements of someone else’s culture, depriving them of their birthright and heritage, and thus we are at fault again.
Oh dear, I foolishly assumed a reciprocal standard. How could I have been so blind, so terribly problematic.

I’ll report to the correction booth. Six hours of heavy scolding should sort me out.

Does a black activist pretending to be a white supremacist on social media count as a form of ‘cultural appropriation’ I wonder?
If a large scale study were to find a significant correlation of identity politics activism and narcissistic personality disorder, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.

I’ll get the pitchforks. We can decide who to run out of the village when I come back.

What if I hate kimchi…
Then you would be a racist, regardless of the reasons why you might dislike kimchi. All aspects of other cultures are valuable and must be respected and honoured – not just tolerated. Your own western patriarchal misogynistic culture is worthless and derivative and is only improved by the introduction of immigrants who must be allowed to practice their own culture and language. After all, Diversity is Strength, whatever the hell that means. It is not sufficient to tolerate other cultures, but their practices must be endorsed and supported by you, otherwise you are a racist.
I hope that answers your question.

Allan, the answer to your question will be obvious when you can answer the question, “How many fingers am I holding up?”. Then, and only then will you be allowed to exit room 101 since you have obviously already started on the double plus good attitude of wanting to obey the party.

Not one single original thing from these appropriators. Once everything has been appropriated and we are all gone then what? A kind of cultural stasis like it was before the white man came along.

Kimchi is a raw pickle of cabbage etc. You don’t cook it.
Oh, it’s not made by cooking, where one can use it as an ingredient in cooking . . .