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In reply to the discussion: What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)I don't necessarily completely agree with this young woman, she is young, and she is also sensitive to the issue of cultural appropriation, which is a true historical issue. Whites have been appropriating the culture of blacks for a long time. Dreads is simply one more example in a historically long line.
The real issue, in my mind, is that DU always blows up over any perceived limitation on the freedom of it's members to do whatever the hell they want, be it to be free to own arsenals of guns, use massive amounts of drugs, or seek out porn wherever it can be found. This attitude extends to cultural appropriation.
If one might look at it from the viewpoint of a relatively powerless ethnic group in society whose creative genius is essentially stolen by the dominant culture, one might understand this young woman's viewpoint. It is a common African-American viewpoint.
After all, white people did not invent jazz or blues or rock 'n roll or hip-hop.