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Originally posted by heavymetal0verr
Let me break it down for y'all:
1) Gaga faced opposition to the BTW Ball in Jakarta, and was forced to cancel the concert because the police wouldn't give her a permit to perform due to the threats from terrorists.
2) Gaga wrote a song called 'Burqa' about this.
3) Gaga is wearing a burqa and possibly hinting that it's the title of the new single.
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Why does she have to use a
burqa as a symbol of oppression? She couldnt make something up? That's my point, at least. It's offensive if she's using it to represent her "oppression" of having to cancel a concert due to intolerance because, again, 99% of americans already think that burqas (and those similar) are evil and that any woman wearing it is being oppressed and needs to be saved when that's not always the case. She'll be reinforcing that thought if she goes that route. It's just stupid on her part imo but we'll see I guess.
Also: cultural appropriation.