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my*Wife has a few white friends. Like extra white. Extremely white.

Since we had kids they have made it a point to always call themselves “tia”

Is this that cultural appropriation **** cuz it’s annoying as ****

A) No it's not cultural appropriation.

B) if you don't want them calling themselves "aunt" and "uncle" in any language with regard to your kids tell them so.
 
Honestly, I don't see the big deal with cultural appropriation. If someone appreciates, and/or is enamored by someone's culture enough to try to be like it, then what is the big deal?

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

With all that's going on in the world today, I swear, people get offended way too easily.

For real, there are so much more important things to worry about.
 
Are the brits closer to cheese eating surrender monkey's or to the pillaging Swedes?

Neither. While the mapping displayed a wide diversity from various time periods, it suggested a concentration of early Briton (not to be confused with British) population, predating early Etruscans. These were a people western France, the British Isles, including Eire, whom the Romans called Picts. Today, their gene markers appear in northern Iberia, less so in France, as far east as Hungary. parts of Romania, Bulgaria and Albania, among other trace locales. This is giving support to recent linguistic theories claiming Gaelic is homegrown and exported, dating back prior to Etruscan expansion, which itself predates development and absorption by the Romans by more than 1,500 years. The greatest concentration of the gene patterns are found in Wales, some of the Irish isles, and Pyrenees country in Spain and France.

The diversity of gene and chromosome patterns throughout the isles suggest a far longer centering of sea trade route destinations enjoying the isles. Some are beginning to view gene and chromosomal evidence of greater value than fossilized and other archeological evidence, more dependable, more explicitious. This is leading to greater exploration of the same for flora and other fauna.

I cannot say I understand the mechanics, but I find the theoretical results fascinating.

The Swedes didn't do all that rape and pillaging in the Isles, you are confusing them with the Danes, a separate gene set that shows some assimilation with Swedish influences, well after raiding the isles was no longer fashionable. The Danes being mostly early Germanic and other migratory groups from northern India. More and more genetic evidence is rising to show migrations traveled in both directions across the Russian, central European and Asian steppes, many times over through different eras. Since nomadic and migratory peoples tend not to leave much archeological evidence as we know it, this provides another avenue of learning about mankind and concurrent environmental backdrops, through genetic research.

BTW, no one consumed as much cheese as the early Greeks, Romans, Persians and Turkish peoples. This supports theories of the gene variation allowing humans to consume dairy products made from the milk of other species, originating in the Anatolian region and then spreading in all directions, creating a massive alteration of and for diverse diets.

So much evidence, so many interpretations of evidence, so many theories and speculations differed by later cultural agendas, yet we know so little as truth. Sounds like American politics.
 
Not me. Many from south and central America, the Caribbean, but not directly from Spain.

Here's a tidbit for you, before Rollins and Black Flag, there was another band in the late 60's called Black Flag. But they were named after the bug spray. and were doing heavy metal before there was heavy metal. They lasted about 9 months, caught some underground radio play and disappeared into the obscure oblivion of forgotten bands from Texas. The lead guitarist, Paul Frenke recently made news in Germany. He and a compatriot, living in a German nursing home, escaped and were discovered dancing on stage at German Heavy Metal Festival three days into the festivities. The two escapees demanded of the social service restrainers who were returning them to the nursing home, for more and better beer, where could they cop some lsd not cut with speed, for peyote buttons and mushrooms, man?

I once owned a promo copy of their one and only unreleased album. Truly, it sucked.

Sweet.

Yeah, the Spaniards come over on J-1 Visas and work in the hotels, as well as come over as foreign exchange. And since I'm fluent in Spanish we naturally gravitated towards each other. Same goes for South Americans.
 
I probably shouldn't cause I sound like a freakin' gringo (so sayeth my Spanish wife who is whiter than white as is the rest of her family btw)

So do I but, it's funny and they seem to enjoy themselves immensely when my accent shows.
 
As someone bilingual and half 'white'/half Mexican... it doesn't matter in my family or with friends. My daughter calls my 'extra white' friends tia and I never thought twice about it.

I also saw some white girl got blasted for singing a tribute Selena spanish song in Texas... like lighten up people. There's also some kid from the Netherlands who sings awesome tejano music. Most people appreciate it but some have to try and ruin it by claiming cultural appropriation too.


Most tejano music was greatly influenced by German and Polish music, specifically polkas and waltzes. That's where the accordions came from, along with violins and the yodeling. All those German and Polish immigrants offered a bounty to settle in the northern Mexican provinces, including Texas.

 
Most tejano music was greatly influenced by German and Polish music, specifically polkas and waltzes. That's where the accordions came from, along with violins and the yodeling. All those German and Polish immigrants offered a bounty to settle in the northern Mexican provinces, including Texas.



When I first met my in-laws I took them to a Polish festival and they were astonished like "It's sounds just Mexican music!" I'm like yup that's polka for you.
 
When I first met my in-laws I took them to a Polish festival and they were astonished like "It's sounds just Mexican music!" I'm like yup that's polka for you.

IMHO it is my belief that art builds on art, and little is more impressive than cross germination of cultural crossovers resulting with something new and different, yet the same.

The British military of the East Indian Company were shocked to hear the music of bagpipes being played in the mountains and valleys of northern India upon their arrival. At first they thought other British or Scottish troops had arrived before them, until they realized they didn't recognize the melodies or the accompanying percussion.

 
my*Wife has a few white friends. Like extra white. Extremely white.

Since we had kids they have made it a point to always call themselves “tia”

Is this that cultural appropriation **** cuz it’s annoying as ****

How is someone EXTRA or EXTREMELY white?
This sounds more of a racial issue with you rather than them.
It seems EXTRA and EXTREMELY white people bother you.
 
How is someone EXTRA or EXTREMELY white?
This sounds more of a racial issue with you rather than them.
It seems EXTRA and EXTREMELY white people bother you.

Can you really be racist towards your own race? Lol...
 
When I first met my in-laws I took them to a Polish festival and they were astonished like "It's sounds just Mexican music!" I'm like yup that's polka for you.

Cool story bruh
 
my*Wife has a few white friends. Like extra white. Extremely white.

Since we had kids they have made it a point to always call themselves “tia”

Is this that cultural appropriation **** cuz it’s annoying as ****

Who cares. What does it matter?
 
My son calls his grandmothers "grandmum". Could that be considered cultural appropriation since "mum" is generally a British thing, not an American thing? (I have no idea where he came up with that term for his grandmothers, especially since he still calls me "mom".)
 
my*Wife has a few white friends. Like extra white. Extremely white.

Since we had kids they have made it a point to always call themselves “tia”

Is this that cultural appropriation **** cuz it’s annoying as ****

I'm pale as ****, and I don't call myself or anyone "Tia".
 
Who cares. What does it matter?

It matters and it doesn’t. From what I have read there is a justifiable core rationale for the sense of appropriation, which, naturally produces some silly complaints on the one hand from the culture that feels ripped off, which naturally produces some pretending-not-to-understand counter complaints from the other side. There may have been some justification for Boston naming its baseball team the Braves, if they were referring to the folks dressed like Indians at the tea party, but that’s a far cry from the idiotic chant and chop that appeared in Atlanta years later.

Black people invented jazz, (tho some New Orleans Italians claimed they did back in the day). Did Dave Brubeck steal the culture? No more than certain Spanish flamenco songs rip off Arabic chants. Someone complained a while ago about college folks dressed up as Mexican revolutionaries with big hats for some costume party. Check out the pictures of Villa and Zapata. Even more, when Mexico hosted the World Cup in modern times, their logo was a boy with a soccer ball wearing, you guessed it, a big hat.

The issue is complex. Which naturally means it will produce simplistic arguments. Go figure.
 
It matters and it doesn’t. From what I have read there is a justifiable core rationale for the sense of appropriation, which, naturally produces some silly complaints on the one hand from the culture that feels ripped off, which naturally produces some pretending-not-to-understand counter complaints from the other side. There may have been some justification for Boston naming its baseball team the Braves, if they were referring to the folks dressed like Indians at the tea party, but that’s a far cry from the idiotic chant and chop that appeared in Atlanta years later.

Black people invented jazz, (tho some New Orleans Italians claimed they did back in the day). Did Dave Brubeck steal the culture? No more than certain Spanish flamenco songs rip off Arabic chants. Someone complained a while ago about college folks dressed up as Mexican revolutionaries with big hats for some costume party. Check out the pictures of Villa and Zapata. Even more, when Mexico hosted the World Cup in modern times, their logo was a boy with a soccer ball wearing, you guessed it, a big hat.

The issue is complex. Which naturally means it will produce simplistic arguments. Go figure.

It is not complex, because there is no issue. It does not affect anyone.
 
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