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(02-26-2020 04:09 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  I ran across this as I was doing some reading this morning. I can only shake my head and groan at the stupidity of this whole idea of 'cultural appropriation.' This example is similar to stories I've read that occurred at other schools and it doesn't really surprise me at all that it has now become an issue at our school.

“A Mockery Of My Culture”: Students Oppose A “Mostly White” Choir For Singing Spirituals as Cultural Appropriation

The short-sightedness of this kind of thinking has me reflecting on all the great parts of our American culture that would not be had previous generations been afflicted with this type of thinking and belief system.

Just my take, but I think that the one sounding uneducated and ignorant is the person complaining about it.

Yeah, let's Balkanize MUSIC now and demand that musicians can only perform songs from their particular group/community, etc.

Stupid is as stupid does......

But if they do only sing music associated with "white" culture, it's a racist exclusion of the culture of people of color.

It's much easier when you realize it's all a political game and fake outrage. It's not stupid; it's political games marketed to the weak minded.

It's just old-school Marxism with a new layer of race or something else to replace the economic basis, which obviously failed. Thank our Italian friend Antonio Gramsci for inspiring this. The Kulaks are always to blame no matter what... even to the point of defeating the USSR and the coming utopia by controlling the masses through "cultural hegemony." This hegemony must be broken at every level, not just liquidating the czar... only then can we reach the end of history and achieve paradise.

https://socialism.com/fs-article/the-pro...evolution/

As long as the choir is perceived to be made up by the Kulaks, even if their parents all voted for Hillary, the choir must be broken.