[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Amongst your own? Sis I am not black

I never said you were Zendaya cleary identifies as Black and is upset by the voilence from whites, yet isn't upset from the violence from backs between blacks despite it making up the majority.

[ryanpittman97]

Originally posted by ImmaSlave4u

I can't get over black people apparently owning braids.

We are look it up, you'll use google for everything (stats, gifs, memes) how about using it to educate yourself before making ignorant comments.

[Titan]

Originally posted by bowdown

Cool

Going out and raising funds for a cause close to issues that POC have to face is probably a better use of your time rather than arguing about who owned something first.

[opruh]

Yas, drag them!

[dedro]

Originally posted by MrHiphy

People saying "it's just braids" or "they can wear whatever they want" or "black people do this too" are missing the entire point. The issue at hand is when white people wear braids, or Bantu knots, or remake the Harlem Shake completely and receive praise and success for something that the black community started. It deals with how white people don't notice things until someone white does it, and then they go on to rename it as if it didn't already have a history of its own.

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

[MrHiphy]

Originally posted by Reza

actually it is.

Okay "sis." Lemme take my ass to bed. I don't have time to argue with teenagers attending Google University.

[Mike91]

This is about as white of a hairstyle as you can get.

[ryanpittman97]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

I never said you were Zendaya cleary identifies as Black and is upset by the voilence from whites, yet isn't upset from the violence from backs between blacks despite it making up the majority.

Where in the article is this even discussed?

[Outlaws]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

NOW TELL THEM and let's see if they stop being annoying, at least a bit.

[Planet Mars]

Cultural appropriation is when someone or some people COPY something considered cultural WITHOUT giving credit to those who originated ot and trying to pass it off as original or their idea.

The reason it's bothersome to the African American community because it happens to frequently with what is ours. And historically so. Because we are a minority it's easy to take what's ours and brand it as original to the majoritively white masses.

Elvis Presley is the perfect example. Look it up and stop being dense. Try to see through OUR eyes for once instead of trying to analyze it through your privilage.

[Titan]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

A great point!

[LoKoPaNdA]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

I never said you were Zendaya cleary identifies as Black and is upset by the voilence from whites, yet isn't upset from the violence from backs between blacks despite it making up the majority.

How is this related to this thread at all?

Gosh yall are something else

[EnoughSaid]

Originally posted by ImmaSlave4u

I can't get over black people apparently owning braids.

Well we do bitch. And I can tell you're a cracker by that weak ass username, what you know about slavery sis? Britney is another dumb bitch that tried it by appropriating urban sounds for that era in time for her cause it was "cool"

Anyway, moral of the story if you wanna wear braids you better be black bitches! Like the Queen of music Mariah who pioneered rap pop collaborations and sacrificed her winning pop/ballad formula and brought urban music to mainstream music at her peak! Selfless black queen

[mdnazn]

Originally posted by Outlaws

NOW TELL THEM and let's see if they stop being annoying, at least a bit.

not surprised to see gaga stans justifying cultural appropriation.

[ryanpittman97]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

Whitney covering a Dolly Parton song is NOT the same as a white artist covering songs like Alright, Formation, and They Don't Care About Us

[Planet Mars]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

Reason #12300 Why it's so hard speaking of these things with white people.

Whitney HOUSTON COVERED dolly's song and made a bigger out of it. That has nothing to do with appropriation. Dolly made the majority of the money and Whitney went out of her way MANY times to thank her. Whitney NEVER tried to pass of IWALY as her OWN song.

Is it so hard for you guys to look at things objectively?

[IBeMe]

sis Gaga is not wearing black braids in that photo
black braids go up to the skull and are braided differently. the braids gaga is sporting in that photo belong to every culture around the world I believe....Indian, Black, White, Native American, North African, Middle Eastern, Chinese (etc..) women have been wearing this type of braid for centuries ....usually they are not sticking up and resting on the shoulders though.

[Outlaws]

Originally posted by mdnazn

not surprised to see gaga stans justifying cultural appropriation.

Not surprised seeing Madonna stans criticizing Lady Gaga stans.

[bowdown]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.

I mean I get that most of you guys are still in high school but you can't possibly think these are actually analogous right? Has the American school system failed to instil critical thinking to such shocking extents?

This has to be trolling, this is easily one of the dumbest comments I've ever read on ATRL and that's saying a lot

[Mike91]

Originally posted by dedro

But this works in reverse too? Whitney Houston made Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You popular & most people don't even know Dolly is the songwriter & the original singer. Is Whitney making profit out of white artists? Is Whitney appropriating country music with RnB genre? People cover songs and are inspired by different styles. It happens all the time & has nothing to do with race.