Comments on: Is this cultural appropriation? https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:37:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: CapnRusty https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428894 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:37:22 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428894 That video is perfect. Those of us who love (yes “love”) Trump are the warriors in the background, celebrating and dancing with our hero. Far from appropriation, we are sharing in another culture’s expression of its appreciation for bravery.

]]> By: Snow on Pine https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428886 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:27:20 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428886 I happen to think that this video is funny as hell, and I hope that this makes some social justice warrior’s heads explode.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428880 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:54:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428880 From MRM I found my way to some basketball reaction videos (why not?) by a very attractive black woman, calling herself “Allure Vision.”

She has a great video on Larry Bird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zke4NK88yk

Yet another thing about Bird is that blacks accepted him. He was so good, what could anyone say? Besides he didn’t see race, he rejected the Great White Hope mantle, and he even had a trash talking style like Muhammad Ali. They both boasted plenty as psychology and they could both back it up.

It’s gotten a little tricky for whites to voice their appreciation for blacks, but it can still be done and I would sure like to see more of it.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428877 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:06:03 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428877 neo: Indeed!

Yes, I believe it was your post which got me interested in MRM. I’ve watched 20-25 of his youtubes and forgot where I got the idea. Thanks for the tip.

My favorite is his appreciation of Joe Cocker’s cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends”, but it was kinda long and hippieish, so I went with the Righteous Brothers, which not surprisingly seemed like a good idea for this venue.

What do you see when you turn out the light?

]]> By: ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428854 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:13:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428854 You humans have appropriated this Earth which was created by the Divine for the Divine. All of you who have not been paying rent on this place, need to go or we will initiate the Purge soon.

]]> By: n.n https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428833 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:37:21 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428833 Appropriate and gay for the occasion.

]]> By: Alan https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428832 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:30:33 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428832 What’s called “Cultural Appropriation” is USUALLY “Cultural Appreciation”, and should be regarded as such.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428830 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:12:59 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428830 huxley:

Yep. See this.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428828 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:31:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428828 Now that’s a victory dance!

Lately I’ve been watching “reaction videos” which show someone watching a Youtube music video screen-in-screen so you can watch the person and the video together. In particular I like a young black guy whose handle is “ModernRenaissanceMan” or MRM.

MRM is an interesting combination of Christian, motivational speaker, internet entrepreneur, musician and music fan. He’s got a good heart, a sense of humor and a fun range of facial expressions. Because he’s young and black, he doesn’t know much white classic rock, but he’s willing to be pleasantly surprised.

Here’s one where he watches the Righteous Brothers sing “Loving Feeling” for his first time and is delightfully befuddled to see it’s “two white dudes?!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4PdR_ZtEs (skip first minute)

I think MRM is doing a nice bit of racial healing in our divided country.

Unfortunately reaction videos in the other direction — white/black — don’t happen for “appropriation” sort of reasons.

]]> By: Steve57 https://thenewneo.com/2019/03/26/is-this-cultural-appropriation/#comment-2428823 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:28:29 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=85854#comment-2428823 I hope you set up your lights and and tree for one the least famous but well deserved to be remembered last stands in history since Thermopylae.

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Battle_of_Saragarhi

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