Joe Bagadonuts
Well-Known Member
I wasn't aware that he tweeted what you claim, but even if he had it sounds like a statement of support. But the real issue is, it sounds like you're setting up a no-win situation for JT to me. What's he supposed to do?the author is arguing that it's unfair how black culture can be used by white people for advancement of financial power & status, while not bringing to light the issues that black people fight in contemporary America. As summarized in this quote:
No one really gave a **** about JT borrowing off of black music. Umm, every contemporary American musician probably borrows off of black music in one way or another.
But then when you make statements like "we're all one race" you're basically implying that there are no race-specific problems in America, which is why so many black people found his tweets hugely problematic. That's the heart of the issue.
Does it offend you that people other than Caucasian males from Utah utilize television (either by watching it or by being broadcast over it)? After all, it was invented by someone in that category. From my perspective "cultural appropriation" is a ridiculous concept.Technology and ideas become part of the public domain once they are shared. Our society is a melting pot of good ideas from all sorts of cultures that have become so intertwined that nobody could ever hope to unravel them and figure out which ones they should be allowed to use because of group identification and which ones they shouldn't. Cultural appropriation enables people to define anybody's behavior as wrong, no matter what that behavior is.