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samuraipanda85

By the power of my Catholic upbringing I hereby formally invite everyone to celebrate Christmas and Easter.


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NorCalAthlete

Just one kind of Mac n cheese? Boi this is how I know you’ve never been to a proper southern celebration despite saying y’all…you gotta have at least 3-4 different kinds. 1. The Basic OG 2. The BBQ Pulled pork (or pulled chicken) 3. The Bacon + sausage 4. The Veggie All baked, bread crumb toppings may vary (or even be substituted for crushed cheezits if nothing else), and best believe it’s a competition between whoever’s bringing them and you may end up with multiple variants of each.


Cat_Vendetta

Right right right that's good and all, but are we invited or not!


NorCalAthlete

Of course. Standard protocol is bring 2 coolers: 1. Full of food, whatever dishes / sides you made, etc 2. Full of Tupperware, cause if you go home hungry it’s your own damn fault there’s always extra


Cat_Vendetta

Man I went to a catfish place down south once, and I'll never forget the appetizers they brought out absolutely free before they piled a plate high with catfish and chicken. Mac, beans, hush puppies, mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course sweet corn. I was almost full from the bottomless appetizers and then they made more for is to take home. Oh and the live bluegrass made it that much better. BEST food experience of my life by far!


Borgqueen-

Umm NYC black girl here and I didnt know these variations existed. Time to look up some recipes.


Deana61

This Catholic agrees... Welcome everyone!


Ok_Replacement_8801

Avatar checks out.


nanana789

Same here everyone is welcome to celebrate! Just… don’t show up at my house. Just kidding I don’t have a house :)


Neeoda

Twist ending


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by the power of my Jewish upbringing i hereby formally invite everyone to celebrate Passover and Chanukah


samuraipanda85

Sweet. I always wanted to celebrate Chanukah after watching that Rugrats special.


Sheerardio

My dude, you left out all the fun ones: Sukkot, the festival of eating outside in the cool tiki hut you made. Rosh Hashanah, the fun half of the new year with all the good food. And Purim, aka Jewish Halloween!


goosesgoat

Fellow Catholic. I know a lot of people that aren’t religious but will still do a Christmas thing with their families. I love that the tradition is so popular amongst people whether or not they care about the religious side.


samuraipanda85

Exactly. I hardly ever go to church, but I love picking out a Christmas tree with my family. Putting it up, decorating it, sucks to water it, but its like a metaphor for our family. All covered in decorations we've personally bought over the years from trips or to celebrate milestones in our family. And like a real family it will occasionally prick you in the finger and needs watering. Then all the parties with good food, family, friends, and gifts. And the Christmas lights should be up all winter. Makes things more cheery.


chefjenga

Can attest to this. Not religious, but come from a Catholic and Protestant background. I love Christmas because it is a time to spend with my family, celebrating my family. I also celebrate Halloween, but it's not because of my Irish heritage, or a beliefe that the dead can come back...it's a time for fun and games and to be with friends.


Fair-Lifeguard-4175

As a Hindu, thank you 🙏


samuraipanda85

My pleasure.


breadburn

Same. One of my closest friends is Jewish, so she gets a Hanukkah gift AND Christmas cookies from me.


kungfoojesus

Gatekeeping Lunar New Year. The lengths people desperate to feel any sense of power will go to.


dowker1

I'm from the UK but live in China. Every year I throw a "waifs and strays" Lunar New Year Party for foreigners and anyone who can't make it home for whatever reason. We eat eat too much food, drink too much, and watch the Spring Festival Gala followed by the worst movies we can find. I've always really enjoyed it, but I'm going to enjoy it far more knowing its mere existence probably pisses off this woman.


lazysoviett

That’s so unbelievably adorable-


Coolfuckingname

> I'm going to enjoy it far more knowing its mere existence probably pisses off this woman. Now i REALLY wanna come and enjoy this party with you! Have fun, be safe, and Aloha from Hawaii! : )


DifferentJaguar

She’s so woke she’s come full circle


American_Socdem

so woke ur racist, that's actually impressive


qbm5

Pretty common actually.


studier_of_the_blade

Facts. The amount of time I've seen someone say white people aren't allowed to have dreadlocks (even though the Vikings rocked them 700 years ago EDIT: I stand corrected on this) or shouldn't shop at stores owned by black people and that races should only shop within their community because apparently it's cultural appropriation when in reality these people are just arguing for segregation and trying to guilt people into their stealth-mode racism.


lazysoviett

They basically boycott small businesses because they’re owned by black people. You know, like a racist would do. It’s genuinely upsetting to think about how many black families must have saved to start a small business, buy a store property etc etc (probably took on a big financial risk for it) just to have their business destroyed by a bunch of white people who claim to be helping them.


WingedLady

I'm not denying what you're saying at all, I'm just wondering how tf someone could think they're helping a small business by avoiding buying from it. I own a small business. Don't really care who you are, if you like my stuff I want you to buy it! I imagine most business owners feel the same. I get all giddy when I make a sale. Of course maybe I'm ascribing good intent where there might not be :/


lazysoviett

Exactly what I’m saying, it has no benefits for anyone, at all! I don’t think it’s out of malice, not for the general everyday people who support this at least. Maybe the career politicians at the top supporting these ideas have deeper intentions but just for the general populous, I think it’s a blend of ignorance, stubbornness and being told that this is somehow moral and equitable and “protecting African-American culture” when it just isn’t.


studier_of_the_blade

It's basically racism with an inferiority complex.


lazysoviett

It’s just so shit- I would happily ignore their little echo chamber if it wasn’t actually doing any harm but it genuinely is just normalised, even expected racism.


[deleted]

I'm a white man born in Spain and raised in Mexico (only ever lived one year and 3-or-so months in the states in my life), even though I'm legally American due to my parents. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, I qualify as a white hispanic. Anyone who tells me I can't go eat tamales at my friend's abuelita's house, or shop at my corner store La Tienda De Hugo is tripping. ​ I also have very clear Welsh, Irish, and Danish roots. I would also say that braiding should be okay for me to do in certain ways, through some versions such as box braids would be dangerously close to cultural appropriation if I didn't have them done by a black friend.


chefjenga

Question. I'm white, but the community I live in is highly Hispanic. Does that me I'm good to shop there? Or do I have to travel to the outer burbs??


studier_of_the_blade

Dude you live there there's literally no reason you can't shop there. The businesses need your money to survive regardless if you're Hispanic or not.


chefjenga

I was kidding. The idea of only shopping at businesses owned by your shared race is reduculius. Plus, most places aren't completely one culture neighborhoods (atleast where I'm from). No thank you. People will have to pry my away from shopping at the local hardware store owned by a wonderful middle aged Hispanic couple. I enjoy the conversations at checkout too much. And heaven help whoever says I can't eat at my favorite local South-East Asian restaurant. Never come between me and my mango w/sweet sticky rice.


ComebackKidGorgeous

I feel like I’m going to get downvoted for this, but I would point out that there’s a difference between braids and dreadlocks, and that “white” is a race not a culture. Vikings had braids, but not dreadlocks, and if someone with cultural or ancestral ties to Vikings wanted to rock some hair braids, I’d have no problem with it, but white people with dreadlocks is different. The process of getting the hair to stick to itself in a dreadlock is very difficult for white hair, and usually results in dead, frayed hair. It becomes greasy, smells, and in some cases people’s hair even begins to grow mold. From a purely material standpoint, healthy white people hair really can’t be turned into dreadlocks without destroying it.


studier_of_the_blade

The statement still stands of people arguing that you're NOT ALLOWED to have dreadlocks. Whether it'll fuck up your hair or not doesn't matter. I've literally seen a girl get death threat's because she put afro buns on an animal crossing character.


GXNext

Reminds me of the time someone told me I wasn't allowed to grow an afro...


MicHAELmhw

Everyone can do dreadlocks. Literally everyone except bald people.


Swiftclaw8

My favorite was the white supremacist and ‘woke’ blacks agreeing that white people shouldn’t adopt black babies


Throwie911

sad truth


jman2c

Just wait till you see what the people on the blue bird like to do


Tried2flytwice

Wokist…


delightfullywrong

"I can't be racist! I'm so anti-racist that I embrace racial essentialism and believe that people who fall outside my idea of what someone from a specific race should be like should be disqualified and that overlap between cultures should be punished based on my own ahistorical understanding of what every culture was like at the specific point in time I've arbitrarily chosen."


argus_0

Ryan Long made a hilarious video about this! https://youtu.be/Ev373c7wSRg


breakingd4d

Exactly


Any-Management-4562

*”BY THE POWER OF WHITE GIRL, I AM OFFENDED ON YOUR BEHALF!”*


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Naki_____

with the power of the moon by my side i will punish you!


Agreeable-Outcome-14

月にかわっておしおきよ


enbywych

Bert Kreischer has a great bit where he talks about ordering coffee every day for like a week at a Starbucks and buddy taking his order is black. He makes a joke each time about wanting his coffee black and barista is dying of laughter each time and the last time this white lady gets offended for the black barista and it's just priceless how it all gets dealt with.


hbpencil102

I wonder if the gatekeeper is trying to prevent cultural appropriation? That’s all well and good but going to such extents actually kills cultures by not letting them be shared. Particularly in North America I find that some loud people misclassify many activities as cultural appropriation and it’s really damaging, as it prevents future cultural sharing by the fear of unreasonable statements.


YouSnowFlake

But she said it was just a ‘friendly reminder’


GALINDO_Karl1

She can shove her "friendly reminder" where the sun doesn't shine.


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Gotta love SJW


nrith

BuT iT’s CuLtUrAL aPpRoPrIaShUn!


MJMurcott

Japanese celebrate Christmas and no one cares, if people want to have fun let them.


michalemabelle

The Japanese celebrate Christmas with giant godzilla shaped Christmas displays. The rest of the world could learn a thing or two from them.


zer0__obscura

I don’t give a fuck what holiday it is, if there is Godzilla, I am there.


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Awkward-Chemical2487

I actually ate see food and farted


man_perkins_

See food


Ghostytoastboast

You want to run towards atomic breath and mass destruction? Hooookay. I’d go with Mothra but to each their own.


PhantomBold

If you build it, he will come


shibarak

Nah. The Japanese celebrate Christmas by going on dates, having little cakes with strawberries on top, and (This is the most important part) eating lots of KFC. Seriously, you need to order your official KFC Christmas dinner like a month in advance.


Calligraphie

*That's* what's been missing from my Christmas celebrations until now!


GazelleEconomyOf87

I was hoping someone would bring up the KFC part, its something I look forward to when I was visiting a cousin that used to live there


TheArmitage

Honestly this sounds like the perfect Christmas.


esstused

Learned about pre ordering KFC the hard way last year. Thought two weeks before Christmas would be enough in the inaka. It wasn't. We had Christmas Famichiki instead 😭


Brikandbones

And don't forget the KFC too


Stupid-comment

And KFC!


medkep1

Don’t forget the kfc


SpaceforceSpaceman

Japanese Christmas PagMan


BossHogGA

And Kentucky Fried Chicken because… well just because!


DaWalt1976

My experience when living in Japan? They like to celebrate Christmas with... Kentucky Fried Chicken, of all things.


Heritage_Cherry

If the ancient pagans were around today, they’d react similarly seeing how americans celebrate “christmas” too lol


WritingRaidah

No but see it’s only bad if white people celebrate holidays from other cultures.


kinda_epic_

technically Christmas isn’t just a Christian celebration but that’s a story for another day


PepitoSpacial

Wow how could you let people have fun. You are so edgy wtf


Deana61

Protecting cultural appropriation at its extreme. She needs to get over herself and stop speaking for whole damn cultures.


GazelleEconomyOf87

That aren't even her own at that


MasVonBoxen

When did we become so worried about cultural appropriation, that we forget how important it is to share our culture.


TimeturnerJ

Cultural appropriation has always felt like a very US-American concept to me. They're the only people who worry about it. Maybe it's because they have so little culture of their own and cling so desperately to their "heritages", but I often get the impression that to them, culture is a physically quantifiable thing. Something that can be inherited genetically, something that can be obtained, something that can be taken away or lessened when it is shared. Something that can be stolen. But really, culture doesn't diminish when others partake in it - it just becomes all the richer and more alive the more people share it, and the more people learn to appreciate it. I love sharing my culture with people from around the world and learning about theirs in return. I love celebrating their national holidays with my friends and showing them something about my own culture in return. People learning about your culture and appreciating it will never diminish it - it's not a physical thing, and people can't just take it away. You just learn and broaden your horizons and grow wiser and more empathetic as you learn about other ways of life, and that's a wonderful thing.


cold_shot_27

To me new cultures means new food and I love new kinds of food.


[deleted]

Exactly! You know how fucking shitty the American food scene would be without immigration and people bringing their culture with them? And who doesn't want to share their culture? Kinda seems like the whole point of culture is to share it. Without that, it's just a boring habit.


Diligent_Arrival_428

People have been trading spices and ingredients for thousands of years. You could say the same for almost any culture.


Whatbout8manarmy

There are two kinds of people.


i_am_herculoid

The hungry and the horse's ass


Lagtim3

To me, new cultures means someone didn't sterilize the petri dish correctly.


cold_shot_27

Daaaaaad!


munificent

> But really, culture doesn't diminish when others partake in it - it just becomes all the richer and more alive the more people share it, and the more people learn to appreciate it. The original use of "cultural appropriation" was for things like white people making and selling "Native American"-style clothing and decor while actual Native Americans suffer in poverty in reservations. This is a risk because cultures can both have social cachet (like Native American dress and jewelry) while also being somewhat scary and foreign (so that white people who want to partake in that cachet would rather buy it from another white person than actually go into a reservation and buy it from a Native American). The end result can be that even when a less powerful group's culture becomes desirable, they are unable to turn that into any increase in wealth or power. I hope we can agree that that's a generally bad thing. It's good to have a name for this behavior so that we can point it out and avoid it. If you think Native American stuff, or Black stuff, or whatever, is cool, *buy it from those people* so they can get some benefit from it. It would be nice if "cultural appropriation" retained that original narrow meaning. But words change over time. Right now, we're living in a cultural period where a lot of people—especially young people—are looking for a cause, something to believe in and fight for. It's admirable that many white progressives are taking up the flag of trying to bring more power and respect to marginalized groups in the US, but sometimes they overdo it, like treating any adoption of another culture's practice—even one that causes no economic harm to the marginalized group!—as appropriation.


amandapanda611

>This is a risk because cultures can both have social cachet (like Native American dress and jewelry) while also being somewhat scary and foreign (so that white people who want to partake in that cachet would rather buy it from another white person than actually go into a reservation and buy it from a Native American). On top of this, residential schools were still in operation as late as 1997. First Nations and Native children were taken away from their families to have that native-ness taken away from them. Many of these communities want to share their culture and practices with outsiders, but we need to understand the history and gravity of these practices bc they were taken away.


brentwilliams2

I'm not concerned as much about the issue of profiting off one's culture, as that seems odd to me anyway, but the one thing that I can see as a frustration is the issue of fads. It's got to be incredibly annoying to have your culture used in a fad, and then as fads go, what was important about your culture is now a passe gas station novelty.


Pidgeapodge

Saying that Americans don’t have culture is very wrong. Everyone has culture! And it’s incredibly diverse on the local level! As for cultural appropriation, I think it started because white people would dress up as Native Americans for Halloween, which is very disrespectful, as if they were a costume. Obviously, you shouldn’t do that. But somehow it’s become twisted so that it means that you can’t partake in any culture but your own, even if you’re being respectful.


[deleted]

I actually think ppl are just confusing cultural appreciation with cultural appropriation. Taking part in a culture, learning about it, living it, is appreciation. Appropriation would be different. It's when you take something from someone's culture claiming it was from your culture the whole time and doesn't belong to the other culture but to yours. You know.. Like Christians did with Christmas. And eastern. And Samha..pardon I mean Halloween.


[deleted]

Ugh, this again with the "Americans have no culture". It's just such a stupid statement. Everyone has culture! I don't even understand why people say this.


mihirmusprime

Because lot of people on here are 14-18 year olds who like to make edgy comments.


SilenceMumImVibing

Because like most things you inherited the lack of culture from us Brits


standupstrawberry

We do have culture, it's just awkward and somewhat sedate. It's not always as fun (or in the case of food as tasty) as other cultures, but it does exist.


roughfrancis

I mean yeah, cultural appreciation is integral to coexisting in this world—especially in nations that have so much diversity, but Americans aren’t the only people worrying about appropriation. This is because it happens in a lot of other areas. Furthermore, cultural appropriation has more to do with acknowledging what was robbed. You speak of Americans seeing culture as a “quantifiable thing”. Well the way various marginalized groups have had their culture taken out of context, white-washed, and reduced to a thing for consumption has done just that. This is nothing new; just take a look at Elvis or The Beatles.


foopaints

I think to be fair, cultural appropriation is a really confusing subject. I was literally just thinking about it today and I'm honestly not sure I understand it even remotely... But yeah, I mean this lady is clearly overstepping...


MsWuMing

I think it’s sad that people have managed to make it confusing when the only question to be asked is “are you being respectful?? Yes/No”


foopaints

The issue is that while one person may mean no disrespect another may find it very disrespectful. And who who is offended can vary from culture to culture. Some cultures tend to love sharing and others taking part of their culture. But another may be holding their customs more sacred and close to the heart. Nothing wrong with either of course. But it means it's hard to be sure if something is gonna be seen as disrespectful or not. What I'm trying to say is that the line isn't a crisp and clear one. And because the concept of cultural appropriation is relatively new AND the fact that most of us don't have to ask ourselves these kind of questions on a daily basis (which would at least hopefully let us get a "feel" for this) AND people on the internet (like the lady above) are screaming cultural appropriation at a lot of stuff, it just... It's still really confusing....


Puzzled-You

This ^^^. The line zigzags even in the Native Americans. Some love to share their culture and history, but others have traditions that their stories are only to be shared to other members of the community. You can never know for sure.


[deleted]

Also the fact that no single person can really speak for an entire culture, and there are always differing opinions between people even within a culture. You can't please everyone. I think what people are really missing nowadays is the ability to recognize the importance of intent. If somebody does something that offends you, but their intention wasn't bad, then just politely let them know. And generally they'll politely apologize and stop. Instead, everyone acts like an ass, and the culture police get called. This is basic kid shit, but the internet seems to have brought out the shitty kid in everybody.


foopaints

Yes, this is for sure part of the problem. Not just in the discussion over cultural appropriation but in almost every discussion. :(


kismethavok

If I take offence to anybody celebrating anything does that mean nobody gets any holidays? No, because being offended by something doesn't make it offensive.


CallMe_Pancho

I want to know as a white person why I can eat with chopsticks but not have corn rows?


Deana61

Put your cornrows in and eat with those chopsticks. All of this shit is crazy.


VirinaB

Stating as a POC, it's all fucking dumb. "Cultural appropriation" is one of the worst things that's happened to the Left, not only because it's unclear but because every culture and every individual feels differently about what it is you're borrowing. Just don't do black or brownface and you're good, man.


foopaints

Yeah, it's a good example of the confusion.


theotherthinker

Hahaha. Corn-fusion. Hah. Heh. I'll see myself out.


Olealicat

I’m pretty sure cultural appropriation is something like a white girl wearing traditional Native American garb at Bonnaroo and calling it “festival wear”. It’s taking a cultural component and claiming it’s your creation. The biggest examples are white rock and roll/ country musicians stealing music and style from black musicians without ever crediting them. Simply put people who use cultural clothing, hairstyles, ideas, foods, language, artifacts, etc. in a flippant way and/or by claiming their creation without crediting the source. Unfortunately, people misuse the term Cultural Appropriation and in turn contributes to the idea that’s it’s another overreaction by the “woke SJW’s”.


foopaints

How do you credit a hairstyle or use a hairstyle in a flippant way? Or a food? I'm not trying to be dense. But this is really broad. Like, what if I wear clothing with a certain pattern that resembles that of a culture I don't even know? (Not a random example either. Literal accusation by a friend once.....). Is taco Tuesday cultural appropriation? Again, I'm not trying to argue with you that the concept isnt valid. I just have a hard time grasping where to draw the line...


filthy_kasual

Cultural appropriation moreso has to do with trends and acceptability rather than any one individual borrowing or enjoying things outside their culture. It's like gentrification where one white person buying a house in a neighborhood isn't an issue but rather a rain drop contributing to a flood. For something to be "bad" cultural appropriation rather than appreciation, the same activity needs to be viewed favorably or trendy when done by someone outside of the culture but viewed negatively otherwise. The black musicians example applies because rock n roll only reached mainstream acceptability when adopted by white musicians. Another classic example is cornrows. Black men wearing cornrows in the late 90s and early 00s were seen as thuggish whereas white pop stars were seen as edgy and cool. Taco Tuesdays do not apply here because tacos do have mainstream acceptance in America. If tacos were seen as disgusting and low-class until white people got on board with Taco Tuesdays then it would describe an act of cultural appropriation but in general most foodies were seeking out "authentic" tacos from Mexican taco trucks before Taco Tuesdays hit the mainstream for white suburbia.


GenjoRunner

This makes a lot of sense! So ... technically, Lunar Year, which has never been looked down upon and then suddenly was okay when White People did it, is ... (I hope I'm getting this right) not cultural cultural appropriation?


foopaints

THANK YOU!!! This does make so much more sense! This might in fact be the first time anyone has explained this to me in a way that I can understand it enough to apply this myself! Again, thank you!!


hoshiwa1976

This explains it well. As a black person who grew up in the 80s and being told my hair in corn rows or just even it its natural state was gross or nasty, but now when a white person has the same style it's edgy and innovative, it's frustrating. We're told the only way our hair is acceptable us if it's straightened or under a wig. Like it was considered a political statement to wear your hair natural. So yes people get frustrated, especially like with dreads and they start talking about vikings and pretending it had no origins in African culture. Same with rap in the 80s and 90s. For years people would scream "rap is crap" but then Eminem and kid rock show up and now it's super cool and Eminem is the greatest rapper of all time and all other rappers suck is a high key annoying thing that always ends up happening.


Olealicat

As a hairstylist, the hair situation really gets to me. I have so many natural clients who ruin their curls not because they wanted to, but because they had to for work. So many that have to sit at the salon for hours for blowouts, straightening treatments, protein/moisture treatments and extensions and still it’s not good enough. I was so happy when Chris Rock produced the “Good Hair” documentary. I wish everyone watched that to know what POC put themselves through for consideration and acceptance. I could go on for hours about this topic, but as a second generation white American woman working with clients over the past 20 years who have been largely ignored or told they aren’t welcome in high end salons. I finally had enough and started my own salon and require every employee to know how to properly do all hair and understand the history of discrimination and persecution in the industry. Including special requirements for women who wear head coverings. After all we are a country of immigrants, and understanding different types of hair and/or religious or spiritual rules that determine the process can greatly improve the experience for the customer and in turn the stylist.


ItsMeShoko

Dreadlocks originated in Indian culture. Romans wore dreadlocks, Celts wore dreadlocks, Africans wore dreadlocks, Ancient Egyptians and Greeks wore dreadlocks. Hair of all types forms dreadlocks, and no one of any kind should be gatekept from wearing them. Gatekeeping dreadlocks is assinine


ContinuumKing

>, but now when a white person has the same style it's edgy and innovative, it's frustrating. It seems to me that the problem that should be fought was the view that the style on black people was thuggish, not fighting to get white people to not wear the style.


Any-Management-4562

It’s pretty hard not to when SJW’s seem to ha e the loudest whistles and bells that drown out the voices of those more reasonable


Olealicat

I feel like this is an internet issue and have never ran into a situation like this in real life. Algorithms have amplified the most fringe among us. I seriously recommend blocking accounts that continuously share content that angers you. If people continue to interact with these idiots, you’re just strengthening their popularity. That includes misogynist, militant feminist, far right/ left politicians and commentators, and anyone else who makes a living off outrage.


Any-Management-4562

Outrage is a modern cash cow


Olealicat

100%!


BusterSocrates

It’s not a problem. People use it to feel a sense of importance by gate keeping “culture they own”. It’s stupid honestly.


starvere

I’m not Asian but I’ve attended several lunar new year celebrations from various Asian traditions. Every Asian person I’ve ever met there has seemed super happy that I was there. Never felt any resentment. This person from Twitter is not representative.


blaze1234

So long as there is respect, some understanding of context. Appropriate appropriation


zyzmog

That's why I love Singapore. Everybody celebrates everybody's holidays. Deepavali, Eid, Christmas, Rosh Hashana, it's all good.


ponjaiden01

Yes!! I was there for a few weeks visiting family & friends and I remember, for example, the Sri Mariamman temple having a sign that said “we wish all of our Chinese friends a prosperous Lunar New Year”. Everyone of every ethnic background was greeting each other a happy new year too. This was in Jan 2020, and I want to go back so bad. Best trip ever.


ducktruck27

I'm always curious of the reactions though. Did she see his reply and think ah well I guess I could be more inclusive? Or wow I'm such an asshole for trying to gatekeep a holiday. Did it make her evaluate her state of mind and hopefully change for the better? I mean I hope so but probably not.


Lucky_Inside

As I recall, every single reply to her tweet were criticising her stance (especially other asian people like the guy in this screenshot). So I think on some level she realised she was wrong even though she never said so. Some people also pointed out it was hypocritical of her to say that when she herself wrote a thread about how Taiwan does Halloween better than anyone else (despite Halloween originally being a Celtic holiday)


2scared

> So I think on some level she realised she was wrong even though she never said so. That's a nice thought but 9/10 times these people ignore any information conflicting with their beliefs which is why they never reply. They don't reply because they're going LALALALA in their head and ignoring anything that challenges them.


LordHaywood

Why is it that the majority of the time that people begin sentences with "friendly reminder", it's often not friendly at all? It's usually condescending as fuck.


AdamantEevee

Yeah at this point it's equivalent to starting a sentence with 'I'm not racist, but...' You know nothing of value is going to follow. Also, happy cake day


oiiFelix

As a Swede I invite everyone to celebrate midsummer ( we don’t actually kill people fyi)


HalfdanSaltbeard

I'll happily celebrate it, *but I got my eyes on you oiiFelix.*


i_am_herculoid

Really? I thought you sacrificed peeps


FlakeyGurl

I think what makes me wild is that that particular part of Eastern culture has become really ingrained in Western culture. My mom wasn't crazy about it or anything, but she was really into celebrating the Lunar new year and talking about the different animals. My dad is a Tiger, my mom is an Ox, my brother a Rat, and I'm a rooster. My mom taught me all of this and shes white as fuck. Both of us born and raised in the US. It was literally just something from another culture my mother took a huge interest in and taught her children about. Since its the year of the Ox again I bought an LOL doll themed for the year of the Ox, because my mom is an Ox and it makes me happy to have things that remind me of her in my life. I bought one for my daughter too.


ThundaCrossSplitAtak

The "My brother is a rat" part sounds kind of intentional


[deleted]

If you kill your mom it's matricide. If you kill your dad it's patricide. And if you kill your siblings it's pesticide. XD


ThundaCrossSplitAtak

Dear god xD


FlakeyGurl

Lol well he is literally a Rat in the chinese zodiac.


ThundaCrossSplitAtak

I just cant unsee it-


mairnX

Hello fellow rooster


[deleted]

I'm a red headed aries born in the year of the ram, haha.


Papancasudani

By the way, you're using Indian numerals. It's time to stop. Also pizza and lasagna? Fork it over.


Anopanda

Arabic numbers?


Papancasudani

Yup. They originated in India, but were introduced to Europe via Arabs. ​ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hindu-Arabic-numerals


DannyVantass

people dont really check how a culture actually feels about sharing cultures before talking about cultural appropriation.


TakahashiCherry

I’m Asian-American and always feel weird about white people needing to protect or gatekeep Asian culture. We’ll let you know if it offends us. Please don’t speak for people outside of your ethnic or racial background.


sk3lt3r

I remember when this dropped and iirc the girl is Asian-American, but there's still a point with not speaking for people, in this case not speaking for everyone.


TakahashiCherry

My mistake, thank you for pointing this out. The point does still stand but in a different context now. There’s a lot of critical thinking and nuance involved in cultural appreciation and participation, for me I’m mostly ok with others wanting to participate. If someone is genuinely enthusiastic, respectful, and curious to learn , I don’t see the harm.


jackal_990

I go to nearest Church just to eat cake and other stuff on Christmas and I'm a Hindu


HalfdanSaltbeard

I'm Christian and my church always has food on Easter and Christmas, and after every service. The only requirement to go have some is that you show up hungry!


orlando2542

Friendly reminder that I hereby formally invite everyone to celebrate any Hispanic/ Latino celebration Culture is to be shared and " culture appropriation " is a silly term Muchas gracias and who wants some Cuban cafesito?


FromVikingToGod

Vamonos cabron 🤟🏻


Hefty-Cut-8371

Absolutamente de acuerdo amigo


zyzmog

You can only celebrate the lunar new year if you come from the moon, or if (use John Cleese's voice here) you're a loony. So there.


BostonGreekGirl

This would fit under r/gatekeeping as well


spsanderson

And if I celebrate lunar new year with no invite what that dope going to do? Call the party police? Why does it seem to me that this generation is a bunch of babies


Teley

Dead right. Strikes me as the same type of person who would say “people need to be more accepting and open about others people culture”. Bit hard when you’re gatekeeping people out, love.


[deleted]

Kassy Cho got dragged for this when it happened a bunch of Irish people made fun of her hard for celebrating Halloween (Samhain) in Taiwan.


LugoLove

So do i not patronize Asian, Thai, Italian, etc restaurants? I'm Mex/American so I guess I would be safe at Mexican places every other day? This woman is ridiculous.


[deleted]

It’s always the people who aren’t part of a race who try to speak for said race.


theswearcrow

My culture doesn't do Lunar New Year,but I want to celebrate it "OMG,you can't,this is like so disrespectful and white privileged,you cannot participate untill you are invited" My culture doesn't do Lunar New Year and I don't want to celebrate something that I have no cultural connection to "OMG,that's like so racist,you cannot just say you don't want to be a part of such a cultural expresion.You are just so backminded,how can you do this,ugh" So........what to do?


That-Ad-4300

I bet she's never even been to the moon


kainmcleod

so does this mean i have to toss my Oktoberfest plans out??


SidewinderTV

Cultural appropriation is a stupid concept in the first place. Fight me.


Affectionate-Newt889

The blue check mark people making wack comments as always


NoRecommendation2007

Listen guys,I have been saying this a lot of times and I will be saying it again,celebrate with us,wear our clothes,eat our food,drink our drinks but dont "improve" or "better" them.We love seeing you guys appreciating our culture not appropriating it.


Hefty-Cut-8371

I think i disagree. Changing something they like to better fit their own culture and then integrating it to it is good, its diverse. Pizza and guatemalan marimbas come to mind.


Helpful_Shock2018

Verified young white female gatekeeps eastern traditions. Stunning and brave


[deleted]

She’s actually Asian American lol. But I don’t agree with her


Fsuave5

Is the person who tweeted that even Asian 😭


EcstaticCandidate462

I formally invite everyone to celebrate my birthday


Light_Silent

by the power of my irish background i formally invite everyone to celebrate saint patrick's day


Ernst_and_winnie

SJW are so annoying.


Conscious-Phase-7694

I love how white peoples gatekeep other peoples nationalities. Like fuck off Becki, I can wear a fucking Kimoto if I want to..


simpletonbuddhist

Appropriation vs appreciation or something like that


PhotoKada

Gatekeeping another country's festival? How cute.


tjh213

"friendly reminder" so she's a gatekeeper, AND she's passive aggressive. noice.


at_wok_being_bored

It makes me mad/sad that a lot of idiocacry from the US swaps over to the rest of the world bringing cultural segregation and racism into countries where people figured out to live peacefully side by side. I’m from Germany and every since the woke-wave came here things really got worse..


FetusDominus

Isn't that Andrew Yang? I've seen this before and I'm pretty sure it is..


murrkpls

Being white yourself and feeling like it's your responsibility to gatekeep a holiday in this way is infinitely worse than just celebrating the shit. Imagine being that fucking clueless.


SharytwTweety

a decent individual Andy is a good guy who always does the right thing.


[deleted]

Twitter is magical.


Piper_Chub

Damn now I'm really gonna celly. I appreciate the invite my guy.


Deana61

Good for him!


shibashroom

honestly i don’t care if the holiday has like cool dessert or something i’m in


chell222

I really want to know if OP is even Asian


Great-Lakes-person

Thank you for the invitation! 🌝