Why "Cultural Appropriation" is "WOKE" RACISM...(Stop Gatekeeping "Culture")

[@aquariuswaive]

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[@SquirtlePower809]

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[@joshuacarson6576]

That was Will Wit with Prager U. He did it with a sombrero and a poncho with Mexicans.

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

thank you

[@w3n33dam1racl3]

I said the same thing. Im a black woman and said the same thing like why is it okay for you to wear blonde hair but white women cant get braids? 🤔 they just want something to be offended by.

[@sg5720]

When your an American black - you don’t know ur history besides slavery. That is the problem. It should be a compliment but a lot of American blks don’t understand. 😔

[@reginaford8575]

Same question I asked as a 71 year old black grandma

[@Cornpopjohnson]

The victim mentality is a disease that afflicts all races.

[@w3n33dam1racl3]

@sg5720 Because a most do not read books. If they did most, if none of them, would ever vote for any democrat

[@orcaunoo]

their default is to be offended.

[@MrE1981]

Braids/dreads were being worn by other cultures well before it became an "African" thing. Historical ignorance is rampant and pervasive.

[@avegen1616]

The Vikings for example.

[@kristinegallagher6437]

@@avegen1616 Yes, the Vikings braided not only hair but cloth and metal. There are examples of beautiful braided gold artifacts from the Vikings in museums. Did the Vikings invent braiding? Probably not. I'm sure early humans happened upon braiding as a way to secure their hair.

[@kayoss8787]

The braid is cultural universal and the dreadlock occurs in India sadhu and the polish plait and again anyone that has hair.

[@sg5720]

Your wrong. However many cultures globally wore certain braided hairstyle. Africans made it popular and had a “meaning” for it. Some hairstyles were used as messages and maps, and spiritual guidance. Vikings wore it to keep their hair out their face and for ranking purposes from what I know, and I doubt the two cultures Ever met back then. All o know BOTH cultures wear it but the African culture known for it MOST. We do need to be careful how we speak. We should be human first and foremost and if anyone culture appropriating it is people of color following the WM. 😌🤷🏽‍♀️

[@kayoss8787]

@ oh so because you see no value in other cultures hairstyles because let me guess how much research have you committed to this topic. 0 So the Tibetan women with their 1000 braids is worthless because you don’t know it value and made no effort to. Thankfully your opinion is just that

[@margaretbonanno654]

Forget the hair, these women who are gatekeepers are walking around in European style clothing, living in European style house…they need to get a grip on reality.

[@ianwest1624]

Well said

[@user-bx2wl7we5k]

Anybody can wear whatever. Vikings wore braids, Egyptians wore wigs, even the French wore tightly curled wigs. It’s 2025, it’s your head and body, do whatever in your life that’s make You happy! I represent myself only. 🙏🏽

[@seand67]

Ok

[@lesliewood2348]

Egyptian shave their heads in war wigs because it was so damn hot in the desert

[@jenster29]

​@@lesliewood2348 a wig would make you hotter though 😂

[@melaniemarino7219]

And the bonnet was made for cold climates to keep their head warm

[@monster-cu4gj]

“Cultures are meant to be shared.” Period.

[@ymz.hu.3gyt]

Nope😊

[@monster-cu4gj]

@ymz.hu.3gyt Honest Q: Are you just being facetious or sarcastic? Can’t tell with your smiley face. 😊 If you’re serious, maybe reconsider your position the next time you have an espresso or a taco, or slip into your flip-flops or silk pajamas/robe. 😉 Cheers/ciao/aloha/namaste! 😁

[@ymz.hu.3gyt]

​@@monster-cu4gj I'm being dead serious...

[@alexandriarcollins]

👏🏼👏🏼

[@bromack3]

@@ymz.hu.3gyt Troll

[@BradYaeger]

2 white women from Portland took a vacation to Mexico and while there they had some delicious flour tortillas from a roadside stand . So they asked the lady making them for the recipe and she gladly gave it to them. On returning home they decided to open their own food truck that featured these tortillas . It was a huge hit but soon local activists called them out for "exploiting " this Mexican lady and for being guilty of cultural appropriation . The harassment was too much and they shut down the business. BUT here's the irony . Flour tortillas aren't Mexican . They are Jewish . They come from Jewish immigrants to Mexico that couldn't eat corn meal because it wasn't Kosher so they introduced unleavened bread .

[@DarrenWalley]

Wow, what a great story & I didn't know that. I aren't Jewish, but I admire these very intelligent & culturally rich people. 😁

[@michellebarker8940]

made up racism

[@PBKittyCat]

I never knew that, but it makes a ton of sense! Many of us have family recipes for latkes or potato pancakes with flour that were passed down from our ancestors. They can be savory or sweet.

[@bobsebring2819]

OY VEY!

[@bobsebring2819]

OY VEY!

[@PAnna615]

I’m African and have never heard of cultural appropriation until I moved to the US.Braids are not a predominantly black,Vikings, Germans, Dutch wore braid for centuries. I’ve never had anyone in Africa complain of this insanity. Only black Americans( some, not all) whine about this nonsense.

[@disgustedbrownsfan]

Well that's because you lived with africans until you got here dumdum

[@bradwood9818]

Yeah, they're called Dutch braids

[@brl0522]

That’s America for ya,, whiny

[@asurrealistworld4412]

It's so stupidly ironic too because American culture itself in fact all the cultures of the nations of the Americas is literally a product of all the cultural exchanges between many various ancestral cultures. America is literally the last place anyone should be against some overly generalized notion of "cultural appropriation".

[@massimilianomencacci2510]

Braids were invented by Romans, they said. News, Romans weren't black.

[@TheEsquireOfSportsFSU]

Oooooooh you gone strike a nerve with this one. The hypocrites and their million and one excuses for never wearing their natural hair gone be on the blame game HEAVY.

[@patty-pat-pat]

my daughters aunts from the USA are visiting where we live in Europe. The first thing they did was STRAIGHTEN my childs hair and send pictures to me of it like its cute. I'm livid.

[@michellebarker8940]

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[@gstevens62]

I’m 62 years old and I remember as I was going through school, we learned in our History classes that America is a melting pot of the many cultures that make up our country. As our country grew, we adopted culture and language from all of the ethnic groups that came here. We learned that the greatness of America was due in large part to the sharing of the best of each cultural group.

[@trouserarmadillo8616]

“Sharing the best of each cultural group” is only possible when the people you’re bringing in are vetted and have value to add to the existing culture. They should also be willing to assimilate, and should value the existing culture.

[@endigosun]

My family has assimilated as far as we’re going to. We follow the laws and give back to society. However, I’m with that group of blacks who believe in self-segregating and that “Integration” has been very destructive to the black community. America is a very TRIBAL nation. So I’ll remain VERY TRIBAL for that reason. White folks tell YOU to “melt in” and assimilate into society, while they REMAIN TRIBAL and take ALL YOUR MONEY back to their tribe. I’m not buying it… and it may just be that it’s an inherent part of CAPITALISM. But at this point, I don’t care…

[@Tusk_Tact]

yeah, thats too idealistic. The shear fact is that we don't have proportional cultural numbers here in the US for that hokey doke vision of yours to actually play out. While I do think that folks make too much ado about nothing with cultural appropriation I also recognize where the minority urge to keep self identity comes from. I happen to live in an area that is overwhelmingly White and affluent (to the 95% percentile). Daily I encounter, not racism, but a lack of awareness. To illustrate my point, my son's elementary school has about 600 kids of which him and maybe 5 other kids are Black. More than once we've had cultural clashes that I do not attribute to malice but none the less exist. This has congealed us handful of Black parents together regardless of class or age of our children and they have verbalized a lot of the same struggles I've experienced. This common situation is present throughout any population with the disparity in cultural populations such as what we have here in the US. For this reason I have to stand in opposition of the rose color tint you attempt to cast on our American situation.

[@gstevens62]

Y’all are completely missing my point. Up until recently, it was commonly understood that our American culture” is a blend of customs, traditions, and practices brought here by people from many different countries. As people lived in proximity to others, they adopted customs and practices that made sense to them or that they wanted to participate in. It was never considered an insult, but rather, an honor for others to adopt elements of your culture. It was part of what cemented us together as Americans. Now we try to segregate ourselves by making our cultural practices exclusive and off limits to others, and we wonder why other groups don’t accept or understand us.

[@GingeRenee]

I’m 39 and i was raised to believe this too. I don’t like to see this gatekeeping and separation happening. It’s weakening us as a country.

[@RawrItsJuul]

If people are so fragile that they can't stand others having a certain hairstyle, if you have the time to even worry about this, you are privileged and have no actual problems in your life.

[@OBEYTHEPYRAMID]

so true.

[@dez6278]

I always say, you can tell when people have no actual problems in their life. They're the ones complaining about this stuff.

[@susanmacmaster5804]

Yes, like Beyonce has naturally blonde, straight hair. 🙄 Give me a break. Love, love your channel!!!

[@Individualati]

Integrate Beyonce's stage act!

[@sindycityvegas4279]

Exactly!!! Never used relaxers, color or blow outs used straighters or curlers!

[@phoenix04919]

Can we also talk about “Cowboy Carter”? If we are talking about cultural appropriation, let’s talk about her making a whole “country” album.

[@Individualati]

@@phoenix04919 👍

[@Mai-sx3yf]

@@phoenix04919 the original cowboys were mostly minorities and it wasn’t seen as cool until white people said it was like most things. Also we helped pioneer country music along with other groups.

[@Cathmoytura]

Had a couple women go out of their way to chide me for the culturally appropriating archery. I was out with my bow (I live in a rural area where you can do that in your yard) and they stopped their car to get out and rail at me about the cultural appropriation I was engaged in. They might not have believed what they were saying -- they might have just been trying to get a viral video out of the confrontation. I silently admired their lack of historical and archeological knowledge about archery and the racial stereotyping that stemmed from the ignorance. I considered mentioning that in addition to my obvious Irish/Scottish heritage I'm a quarter Choctaw. But, I figured the best way to keep from becoming a viral video was to stay silent.

[@amberleesunshine]

I’m 42 now but when I was 14 I had braids put in and it looked cute. No one cared in the 90s. At least not in LA. Most of my friends were black and brown because of where I grew up but no one brought any of that up back then. People had chill.

[@Same-l3d]

Nordlings had the same style braids and dreads thousands of years before they ever saw a black person.

[@PrinceEmber323]

Their braids weren’t the same as African braids. Stop the cap

[@sg5720]

My White Russian friend in highschool used to braid up my hair all the time. She was so good. NEVER crossed our mind that she was culture appropriating. I was just happy to see other cultures embrace and like are style as Blk people. I am now learning having a Carribbean background, that American blk people don’t know their history besides slave days still operating from a slave mentality so for them it bothers them. Not their fault, they just have not learned how special they are. My White Russian friend taught me how to braid in so many different ways. Yes she married and handsome blk man from Grenada. 😊😊

[@Avarcirith]

@@PrinceEmber323You do realize that there are so many African cultures with different styles of braids, right? There are most definitely African braids that look very similar to traditional Norse and Celtic braids. Humans are humans. Nobody can control their skin color, including white people. And I say all this as a black woman who frequently wears braids. Get over it.

[@GingeRenee]

@@Avarcirithexactly right.

[@susanmacmaster5804]

I believe Thomas Sowell said that the "redneck" vernacular originated in Britain and came over with the people who settled in Appalachia and was spoken by poor black and white people.

[@Dinker27]

Scottish Fringe, I think.

[@bromack3]

Yep, he said what we call black culture today is actually the behavior of Scots who settled in the South.

[@AmberVivicide]

Yes, it comes from the Highlands of Northern Britian/Scotland Fringe. Most people from that area settled in the South in America. Black people picked up that way of speaking from the people they were surrounded by, worked with and shared communities with...poor white southerners. Same with American music, Blues, Country, Jazz, Gospel, Rock, Bluegrass, Folk and even work songs, spirituals, signal songs, hymns and field hollers all stem from European Folk Music that was played all throughout the South by White southerners who brought their music styles with them. Even the majority of instruments used Violin/Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone, Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Accordion, Pipe and Electric Organ, Trombone, Stand Up (Double) Bass etc...all from Europe.

[@debblouin]

Ah ya beat me! I just posted the same thing! Glad Sowell is getting some credit!

[@stantoine_xperience]

💯💯💯 I posted 3 shorts recently about my frustration with this culture. I been saying this for years and ppl cuss me out and took my “black card” like I gaf 🙄

[@MetalHead-ks9zq]

You’ll find better friends at comic book shops on board game night then with those ghetto thugs

[@Travar1410]

Much love to you. I'm sorry people are the way they are towards you for saying it. Please keep it up though. Again, much love.

[@stantoine_xperience]

@ 💪🏼👍🏼 Appreciate it! 💯

[@ylparker50]

😂😂😂

[@JustaHuman-t8p]

You rock ❤

[@brandondavis7257]

You just keep making amazing content. Keep going bro.

[@LakbobYT]

It's the "Rules for thee, but not for me" mentality that so many black ppl perpetuate daily that drives me wild to my core. Culture is to be shared and appreciated by everyone no matter your skin color

[@DreamKat]

It's actually narcisstic behavior..

[@SSNCM]

Bravo, enjoyed seeing someone actually thinking instead of following.

[@KarynWatts]

In Australia we call it the French braid 😅

[@alexandriarcollins]

I used to get so mad when Non-Blk ppl would wear box braids & other hairstyles when I was “woke.” Now, I couldn’t care less! Imitation is flattery. It warms my heart when ppl ask me questions about my hair & want braids when they see me with box braids.

[@natsohigh5552]

I think it just depends on the face. Regardless of race, some people just look ridiculous with braids. The same goes for wigs.

[@bamaridenour2443]

I just love your heart! I wore beads and braids in high school, over 40 years ago. I just fell in love with the style and ran with it. I lived in the deep south and people made fun of me behind my back. I hope everyone is accepted for who they are and for what they love. Like you said, imitation is the best form of flattery

[@mmacutgirl8]

As a Native I agree with you 100%. I love my Redskins!!!

[@isaiahlasley4668]

Dang, Uncle Tomahawk. Ayeee!

[@PamDei]

I loved the Redskins logo I'm Native also.

[@DreamKat]

But black Americans claim to be the natives! 🤔

[@annukkakiviranta4356]

Hello from Finland! This is really good channel. Love it❤

[@juanitaemerson7827]

Hello. I am a white, irish, 50yr old, mother trying to raise 2 boys into men in this crazy world. I could not be further from your "demographic" but i just found you today and i just want to say that i think you are brilliant, so wise, and just talk a whole lot of good sense! Its heartening to know there are still voices like yours on the cess pit that is the internet. Well done! 👌

[@stacyejohnson6618]

Centuries before anyone other than natives knew about America, Ancient Egyptians & Vikings were wearing braids. Most cultures WITH HAIR braided at one point or another. NOBODY OWNS BRAIDS! So ridiculous!

[@ChristChickAutistic]

I'm early GenX, so I've been on this big blue marble for a minute or two, and I remember the first time I saw a woman with cornrows and it was a white woman, Bo Derek, in the film 10 with Dudley Moore. I'm also a cosmetologist who knows a lot of hair history and sorry for the haters, but braids, wigs, extensions, have all been very popular the world over for thousands of years and no one culture "owns" any hairstyle. When I was a kid I always heard the old adage "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," I guess these folks griping never heard that, lol! 😂 Oh, as a Southerner, here's another thing about the accent, it originally comes from the Irish and Scots that settled here in large numbers in the late 1700s-early 1800s. So the "ebonics" accent is originally from Scotland and Ireland, lolololol!😂😂😂😂

[@aluk2408]

Irony: Being accused of cultural appropriation by a non-westerner wearing western clothing.

[@rac736]

I was thinking of this over Christmas in a broader context. People claiming Jesus was a Palestinian Muslim. No. Stop appropriating and stealing others history and stories. Jesus was a Jew from Judea.

[@abel6846]

Islam was established about 650 AD, so how the hell do these people figure that he was a muslim? People are dumb!

[@PBKittyCat]

Thank you!! It’s so frustrating to see our history and identities constantly rewritten.

[@DreamKat]

Yes, but black(African Americans)people actually claim that he was black,but he was a middle eastern.. why can't African Americans understand that middle east is not Africa.. I don't get it..

[@Mac_DNH]

Jesus was from Egypt.

[@DreamKat]

@Mac_DNH No he wasn't ,he was from Nazareth, Israel...stoopid.

[@CatherineKlause]

If you go by this way of thinking,black people can't be in ballet, symphony orchestras, play tennis,or be country music artists. A culture shouldn't limit what interests and excitement a person finds in the world.

[@canadagoof]

Or non-Chinese couldn't have guns (gunpowder), and blacks couldn't be named Tyrone (Irish name) 🤦‍♂️

[@lindajackson2059]

I agree started all these sports that black men especially getting rich off of 🙄

[@Tia-Louisa]

You've missed the point...

[@phoenix04919]

I don’t hear anyone screaming cultural appropriation about Beyoncé’s “country” album!

[@JosiahDavis-t5r]

@@CatherineKlause black people invited country music

[@dez6278]

The southern draw, Appalachian came from Irish who immigrated. Some braids were from Scandinavian women. Who ever thinks "I want to create something to help mankind, but only people with my skin color can use it"?

[@DreamKat]

Even Scandinavian men wore braids,the Vikings..

[@taliesinhalliday]

Roman writers described the Vikings as having rope-like hair (dreadlocks) and braids. white people had this hair style before they even met any Africans.

[@DreamKat]

Yes ,if I don't brush my hair for one week I'll develop dreads as well..

[@krischambers9021]

So diversity is essential; why? How is it that black people are claiming braid? Vikings wore braids centuries ago, but the black populace never had blonde hair

[@ange0712]

Did you see how upset people were when Hailey Bieber wore dark brown lip liner? People were livid - it was insanity...

[@dizfunctionaldes]

Someone needs to tell them we were all walking wearing dark brown lip liner back in the late 90's early 00's. White, black, hispanic, asian everyone at my really bad public middle school was rocking that 😂😂😂

[@tonyabarry8544]

@@dizfunctionaldesI want to say everything one has been wearing that since the 70s

[@dizfunctionaldes]

@tonyabarry8544 that is very true I forgot it was a repeated trend! Fashion always circles round and round. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a trend decades before as well.

[@ange0712]

@@dizfunctionaldes Yeah - I remember the trend it was definitely popular

[@DreamKat]

Absolutely crazy, narcisstic behavior..

[@jamesreed6634]

Ancient Greek statues from 600 B.C. are wearing braids.

[@michellebarker8940]

yep. .braids have been around a long time

[@russellwestbrook8747]

Among other things, Greeks adopted and modeled their civilization after Africans.

[@jamesreed6634]

@@russellwestbrook8747 yeah but you have no evidence.

[@russellwestbrook8747]

@@jamesreed6634 genetically, Greeks are more closer to sub-saharan africans than Mediterranean

[@jamesreed6634]

@@russellwestbrook8747 Prove it.

[@Balz5280]

This is such a great problem to point out. I never knew this was happening. Nor did I take the time to care. Now, after this, I care even less😭😂

[@iamjimb]

Approximately 1000 years ago: "Ragnar, that priest you captured in our last raid, he knows his letters right? Fetch him here we've received a scroll from a distant land" "What does it read, slave?" "It says 'On behalf of the the peoples of Africa, please stop braiding your hair. That's cultural appropriation' "

[@bjb8807]

Thank you for the TRUTH!

[@ericakirkman7055]

So many ancient cultures wore braids. From vikings to africans, to native americans, to japanese, and many more. When did braids become something culturally unique to black people?

[@jenster29]

Main character syndrome

[@klbland2]

Great content!!!

[@SquirtlePower809]

As a professor that has studied and actually completed research on cultural appropriation-- I'm sooooo frustrated at how bastardized the concept has become. ANY RACE or culture can appropriate!! The bigger problem is not understanding the difference between appropriation and appreciation! Appropriation is VERY SPECIFIC!! But the liberal woke nonsense has poisoned everyone! Culture is literally meant to be shared and transferred.

[@JennaJanexxx]

“Stop Gatekeeping Culture” I already like You. ☀️

[@HalJikaKick]

Wokeness gives mean people a shield to be mean and cruel armored in false virtue.

[@joylindadichamounix]

I am white and make African Peanut Soup every Kwanzaa! Thank you for the video & Happy New Year to you!

[@lindajackson2059]

😂😂😂

[@joylindadichamounix]

@@lindajackson2059 You want some? ;)

[@jenster29]

That's hilarious haha .. kwanza is some modern made up bullshit 😂

[@joylindadichamounix]

@@jenster29 But my soup is great!

[@steveyj3002]

Yeah buying the hair of other cultures alone would prevent you from commenting on culture appropriation

[@DreamKat]

You nailed it..

[@DavidC-m4h]

When Destiny’s Child started getting famous I always thought Kelly Rowland was much much Prettier than Beyoncé. I also thought she had a Better Voice. It confounded me that everyone was tripping all over themselves praising Beyoncé and kinda putting Kelly Roland in the background. Don’t get me wrong Beyoncé is beautiful and talented but I couldn’t take my eyes off of Kelly Rowland.

[@_LilacRoses]

You are absolutely correct

[@AmberVivicide]

Same with American music, Blues, Country, Jazz, Gospel, Rock, Bluegrass, Folk and even work songs, spirituals, signal songs, hymns and field hollers all stem from European Folk Music that was played all throughout the South by White southerners who brought their music styles with them when they immigrated here. Even the majority of instruments used Violin/Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone, Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Accordion, Pipe and Electric Organ, Trombone, Stand Up (Double) Bass etc...all from Europe. Yet we are constantly told we "stole black music" as if they weren't greatly influenced by European music and instruments. American music is a culmination of cultures...no one "stole" anything from anyone.

[@dews3340]

Good morning 🌄. Just sharing in Palm Springs CA, legally armed Jeremiah babe is tired of this stuff too, he reported last night, there are 150,000 children on the streets of America. Like him or not he is spot on................ Stay healthy and safe everyone

[@shirleygriffin7672]

And many many of these children are black. Boom and boom child free by choice

[@joylindadichamounix]

I am in Big Bear. Hello, Palm Springs!

[@juliehartsock5866]

You really need to be a host on the View. ❤

[@ScottPhillip-qg7lm]

Funny how SOME black people are complaining about CULTURAL APPROPRIATION while wearing european style clothes and living in european style houses 😂 .

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

yes usa is mainly english,irish , french, german, built

[@asurrealistworld4412]

@@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n And then some Italian philosopher argued that Americans (of any race) are more culturally African in expression than we are European.

[@kymulina1499]

Also, gatekeeping hoop earrings. Hoop earrings are just for certain cultures.

[@MrJones-qk4nh]

Personally, idk why, but I've always thought huge hoops look ridiculous on anyone. In 10th grade I had a huge crush on this girl. One day she came to school with them and it irked me 😂 its superficial , but yeah, ever since then....

[@ericmckenny6748]

Hooped earrings and acrylics look great on black women.

[@JustaHuman-t8p]

Clearly they weren’t around in the 90’s. EVERYONE was wearing large hoops and slicked back hairstyles in the early 90’s. That was the style. The rewriting of history is almost more annoying than the policing of personal style.

[@jenster29]

​@@ericmckenny6748😂😂😂

[@sg5720]

Just subscribed cause as an Aquarius too- you make alot of sense. AD brought this channel to my attention. 💯😊

[@FLASH4CUS]

You are now the official gatekeeper for cultural exchange. To progress as a society, we need to embrace the best aspects of any culture while discarding those elements that hold us back. This gatekeeper should be bypassed as we adopt what works best for us.

[@iquesnell]

Woke is going out of favor.

[@Hand_Of_Doom333]

Just found your channel and I’m already loving your personality ❤️

[@slytheringingerwitch]

We share culture. That's how life works.

[@gglen6574]

That was some meaningful eye contact at the end there. Nice message, promotion of self-esteem will reduce the opportunity for manipulation

[@aswithinsowithout]

Hey wow! Video was great, but your music at the end!! So happy I stayed until the end for that wonderful treat. ❤

[@Bizagro]

To be offended is a choice

[@agentorange3774]

Yes… I can’t stand the over emphasis on feelings today. For one other peoples subjective feelings in that moment aren’t your problem. Also, reacting on emotion is how people get hurt. Rarely does anyone lose their lives after someone assessed the situation logically then came back to act. It’s mostly irrational emotional responses.

[@shirlebryant9427]

True.

[@LouisGedo]

Truth

[@omarra6781]

I'm always so happy to find people who are knowledgeable and honest. What a relief in today's society.

[@zacharycayer3234]

But Beyonce can pretend for an album she country

[@jaminelson579]

AMEN!

[@brl0522]

It’s a complete double standard.. my hair , my business,, idgaf

[@ForeverMe543]

It's funny you bring up these things cause I just saw a similar video where an African woman talked about bonnets and how bonnets originated in Europe so they are a white invention used by white people, so it is black people who appropriated it if anything. But gate keeping is insane.

[@eggplant000]

in eastern europe african twists and box braids are very popular right now, women of different ethnicities there get them- mostly slavic, and its totally cultural appreciation, plus it creates side hustles/jobs for braiders who are studying there as international students (usually there for medical schools from africa)

[@OBEYTHEPYRAMID]

I mean...this "cultural appropriation" thing is mainly an American thing...Most people in the rest of the world don't follow those crazy ideas...

[@ac1don_chees335]

Coloured South African here - immediate sub.

[@jenna702native]

The 1st i seen cornrolls was on Bo Derek in the movie 10 back in the lates 70s earlt 80s ... wore my hair like that so many times as a kid, i was like 7 or 8. Extentions came out, and its wrap. Braids are a part of a lot of peoples culture. But then again i remember when being a hater was a bad thing.

[@mattcauthon1755]

World didn't have potatoes until they found the Americans eating it.

[@LeLinda-rh7rx]

Glad ur speaking on this. I cant even rock braids without someone making comments or being offended because I'm Puerto Rican. Mind u my family is 22% Indigenous Boricua Taino, 24% Spaniard European and 54% all African DNA but I'm cultural appropriating if I rock braids cause im light skinned. Indigenous people were rocking braids too.

[@AliceHolbrooke-lc4ty]

That's part of what's so crazy, some of these people are all about saving and preserving indigenous culture, yet they claim cultural appropriation about something that was very much practiced by the natives of this land as if the African American/Black culture birthed the whole idea. I mean, one of the many reasons braids of all kinds are so multicultural is people didn't shower like we do today, or go to salons, ergo it's practical...for warriors, caretakers, et al. All their crying about this only shows their extreme ignorance.

[@DreamKat]

You can wear whatever you want, don't let the narc crazy racists put you down...

[@Serif77-uf5pr]

Having a Victim Complex robs you of Agency. Slow Resounding Clap.

[@rudeone5883]

Cultures are meant to be shared indeed. It leads to wonderful things. Let’s take music. The Blues originated in the Mississippi delta, but has over the decades evolved in many musical genres. And still those original iconic blues licks are often recognizable in contemporary guitar playing. The Blues itself also remains alive and well, and in it’s core is something everybody can relate to in one way or another.

[@GaryGoldbaugh]

I'm of German ancestry....so shouldn''t I be "offended" by Beyonce's or Joy Reid's blonde hair?

[@Adam-y2u6p]

It’s easy as a loser with no aspirations to blame your lack of success on others thus you go out of your way to find something to be offended by to perpetuate the narrative.

[@gailscrypto1536]

EXACTLY!! i always wondered why it was ok for black women to change their hair to white styles, but braids were wrong on white women???!!!!

[@dianeedwards9451]

Two years ago I bought an African beaded necklace….. from Africa… I got home and wore it… someone called me out about cultural appropriation! WTH…

[@Leamichellefan2244]

I’m going to submit you a question, sir and I hope you don’t mind, what do you think of the current trend of taking white characters from iconic fairytales that have looked a certain way for goodness only knows how long at this point and changing them to black in the case of the little mermaid or brown in the case of Snow White?, I would really like to know what you think about that especially Snow White, considering the fact that she was literally given her name because her skin was white as snow I would really love to hear your take on that and I hope This is in the same vain as the topic of cultural appropriation because that’s what I’m getting at because the little mermaid is danish and Snow White is German.

[@lindajackson2059]

You are right I said that to a friend of mind and she said that’s different. We black people act like children in denial

[@Dinker27]

@@Leamichellefan2244 Personally, I'm not a fan of what Disney has done in that regard, and I am black. I do mermaiding as a hobby, and I saw so many people attacked for having a contrary opinion; it was accepted to call such people racist--the ones pointing out that there was a trend to blackwash ginger characters or non-black characters as a double-standard. Both statements are true. I don't think it's racist to say that at all, and I've seen much more in my nerdy side of things. The actress playing Snow White seems to have a very open contempt for the role she played going by what she said in earlier interviews with her. Every word was poison until Disney told her to reign it in. I couldn't imagine taking a character from any of Eric Jerome Dickey's work and washing them another way for "representation", so why should what's going on with Snow White be acceptable? It's a double-standard to me. For one thing, Disney could have put their resources behind original properties featuring classical African myths as they've done with other stories from different cultures. The Mulan remake was a shitshow for other reasons that weren’t because of Mulan being a Chinese woman. I think it says more about a person if they need a fictional character to be the same as them in order to relate to them. I saw little girls cheering with "she's black like me! :0!" when the trailers dropped. It's concerning to me for a couple of reasons. We're teaching people that skin color is an indicator of being able to relate to someone and is a very important factor someone's characteristics. This is fundamentally against what the Civil Rights Movement was against, as it's just racism. But even more troubling, I think it sets those of the "people my skin color=same thought as me" is that...if someone who shares your skin color have different hobbies, ideas or experiences than you, We already see how black people who just happen to be nerds/geeks get treated. We're considered "white", "oreos" and treated as though we're race traitors. But then there's a subset of black people who demand that media that's got a primary demographic where Africain/black are an extreme minority start catering to "black bodies" and will advocate for raceswapping as way to "correct a wrong" where there was none. You can look at the anime DanDanDan controversy with one of the lead voice actors as an example. As a result of examples like this from much further back in time, a lot of people are starting to look at black people as whole in fandom spaces and think...a lot of bad shit. That we're incapable of making our own media and have to vandalize other people's culture in order to make our weddings feel better, that black people are entitled, and a lot of other notions that are setting race relations back. While I fear for the future in that regard, all I can do is be myself as a way to hope act as a buffer against those sentiments. The entitled idiots don't speak for me, though they like to say that. 😑

[@Diamondmine212]

There is no such thing has cultural appropriation, especially in this fast moving world. Everything is shared ,clothing, hair,culture,language, food. Those that scream about it often turn out to be hypocrites.

[@fixer1972]

It's actually been a thing for many decades. I remember hearing about cultural appropriation in the 90s, and you are correct there is zero difference. The part I've never been able to understand is how it is hateful to "appropriate culture", seems to me that it is respectful nobody appropriates a culture they do not like. The braids come from the Vikings just as a sidenote.

[@jourisoujiro7965]

The real issue with some of our Black women is that most of them were told and taught what a certain "Standard of Beauty" was growing up and eventually that carried over into their adulthoods. Yes some of these different color wigs and weaves that they wear can be absolutely ridiculous at times but at the same time, What have they been looking at that made them think that was considered to be Beautiful? It's literally the same when it comes to how our Black people deal with Colorism, Featurism, and Texturism...It all started somewhere and eventually altered their way of thinking. Now if we was talking about "Assimilation", Then that would be totally different because most of our people do that in order to get a job or to fit in with certain groups of people. But "Appropriation" is something in my option that runs deeper than just simply "Copying" someone's culture. I think what upsets some of our Black people is that when other races Copy (Appropriate) something that Black people get disrespected and called derogatory names for NATURALLY HAVING "Kinky hair, Braids, Locs" then it's normally referred to being or looking Ghetto, Ratchet, Ect. But when other races of people rock the exact same looks that our people get disrespected for then it's praised. That's the double standard they are tired of seeing and this is why our people keep trying to Gatekeep our culture.

[@twoshea749]

Tomatoes are from South America- Italian cuisine didn’t include tomato sauce until the 1600’s😂

[@CRAIGTEMPLATEXCHRIST]

4:12 PREACH BROTHER!!!

[@tapasprinsen]

Queen B making a country album 😂 Listen people, we are all just silly humans❤ Love and peace to all!

[@andyforbes5553]

Early humans all over the world would braid each other's hair or paint and tattoo each other's hair while sitting around the fire at night building social bonds. It's that simple.

[@Motle009]

You are correct horses are not native America. They were brought here from Europe and Asia. There are many species of animals that were brought from the old world such as pheasants, and pretty much all our domestics species. Also invasive species such brown rats, house mouse, starlings, house sparrows, and the list goes on. Some accidentally got here. Love your point customs and ways of living come from different tribes and cultures and pass from one to the next overtime.

[@kuroeltheog]

There’s an ethnic Nordic minority called the Saami (yes, white people have different sub-ethnicities and cultures, shocking). The Finnish and Norwegian Saami people have a traditional headwear called the Four Winds hat. In Finland, they sell these hats to tourists. When this whole “cultural appropriation” nonsense began, tourists refused to purchase these hats because they feared it being culturally insensitive to wear them. This was financially devastating to the manufacturers of those hats. I hope the virtue signalers are happy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m a descendant of Saami (many generations removed). I can imagine wokesters having a meltdown of even me wearing the hat because I don’t look Saami enough. 🤦‍♀️ All of this is stupid. As a Finn, I’d be OVERJOYED if someone was interested in my culture enough to wear our traditional clothes, cook our food or translate iskelmä songs for international audiences. Introducing my culture to others and letting everyone enjoy the fun, quirky, beautiful and meaningful aspects of my culture.

[@kayoss8787]

They live in the Sapmi Scandinavian Arctic but are not Nordic by origin or ethnically. They original cane from north east Asia and traveled through to Hungary Russia finland. They actually came after the Vikings but BOTH ARE INDIGENOUS. Absolutely culture does not live in a museum. You can see the evolution of the entire journey and history in the evolution of their clothes and shaman practices. The Hungarian are currently trying to regrow their pagan roots and should really look to the Sami as they share linguistic roots. Look at Sofia Jannok and wimmi etc who do modern joik with electronica edm.

[@kuroeltheog]

@ Saami people are not technically Scandinavian. They are indigenous to Finnish Lapland (along with Northernmost Sweden and Norway) and Finland is not part of Scandinavia, never has been. (Neither is Russia.) Fennoscandia might be what you meant. Regarding languages, you're right that there's a connection through the Uralic language family. Finnish and Hungarian are closely related Finno-Ugric languages, while Northern Saami (the most widely spoken Saami language) belongs to a different branch of the Uralic family tree. I think it's wonderful that Hungarians are reconnecting with their pagan roots - I wish much success with your preservation efforts.

[@jyripeltola5904]

@@kuroeltheog Finnish and Hungarian aren't closely related, they separated like 10 000years ago, there are no common words, but sentences are constructed similarily. Finnish and Estonian are more closely related. Its funny how Finns and Estonians can't really understand eachothers languages, but I saw a video of Siberian Finnish being spoken and the comment section was full of Finns and Estonians both saying that they understood almost everything said in that video.

[@kayoss8787]

@ WRONG foo foo no they are indigenous to the arctic circle from Russia to Norway. But indigenous dies not mean original or first it means they are culturally under threat and are not recent to the area. Finland is part of Scandinavia but linguistically related to Hungarians and Sami and cultural unique. The Sami origins are NORTHEAST ASIA. The Finn’s and Hungarians who they passed through also have higher percentage genetic of this group.

[@kayoss8787]

@ “The Saami of Scandinavia and Russia: Great Strides Towards Self-Determination Since World War II,” Cultural Survival, March 1994. This article provides an excellent overview and history of the Sami in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Russia. This is why this article doesn’t say Saami of Scandinavia and Finland and Russia…

[@kazza3282]

You sir, talk a lot of sense.

[@annemiller8227]

Someone mentioned Tomas Sowell. He explained that it's been proven that eubonics ORIGINALLY came from Britain and was picked up by poor Southerners

[@StoryHealer]

There's an episode of a great Australian TV show called Utopia, which is a pretty hard hitting parody of a lot of the wokeness and political correctness that has infiltrated corporate and government sectors. A complaint was made against a (white female) office worker for wearing a Mexican Sombrero and Poncho to a Mexican themed New Years party. Everyone was up in arms, so offended, so outraged. When Members of the Mexican community were asked to make comment, they said they had no issue with it, and thought it was pretty cool. Someone in the show made the comment - Well, they just don't know how to be properly offended. Says it all, really, It is 99% of the time, white woke mob who get offended on these issues. Love your work Aquarius Waive.

[@theredheadwiththread1275]

It's not just white people but it's mostly white people, especially from the US. This cultural gatekeeping nonsense started in the US and, sadly, has slowly infected the rest of the world.

[@synexthebarbarian8006]

Culture of Scammers and Hypocrites

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

Exactly

[@heatherfeather333]

Beautiful!

[@elizabethmckirdy1294]

It’s absolutely true I’ve never in my 44 years of life seen soo many people fighting to keep racism alive. God created us as one race THE HUMAN RACE

[@RealCaptainAwesome]

Honestly I love it when Africans make these videos because more often than not they're super based and aren't afraid to speak the truth.

[@Jynxtz]

Salvador Dali said those who imitate nothing create nothing

[@zeegeeecs]

Absolutely- inspiration comes from other sources

[@grumpycrumbles7360]

It's important to know how muslims arabized every culture they colonized!!

[@innertruth6915]

Facts!!!

[@ToddWhite-gu5ig]

The Apache were at the bottom of the Totem pole when it came to being warriors and pretty much every tribe shit on them. Then around the 1500's the Apache came across wild horses from the Spanish Conquistadors and missionaries. With being the only people with horses the Apache quickly became the most powerful tribe in there area. And of course they remembered how the other tribes oppressed them and basically got revenge..

[@ijagenheim]

Problem only exists as long as you address it.