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Victoria’s Secret Accused of Cultural Appropriation, Designing ‘Racist Lingerie’
Breitbart ^ | 12/2/2016 | Jerome Hudson

Posted on 12/02/2016 9:11:32 AM PST by bkopto

Womenswear brand Victoria’s Secret has been accused of cultural appropriation and of designing “racist” lingerie by a lifestyle editor at Cosmopolitan magazine.

In an article, Helin Jung, executive lifestyle editor at the outlet, criticized what she called the “sexist, patriarchal, mostly white corporation” for its “brazen” perpetuation of “what is clearly cultural appropriation.”

Jung’s biggest point of contention, apparently, is that while Victoria’s Secret’s appears to celebrate the world’s multicultural beauty through design and fashion, it is actually engaging in the “exploitation of these cultural references.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: fashion; multiculturalism
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Too many feathery “wings” implying “angels”, which is “Christian”.


21 posted on 12/02/2016 9:39:07 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: bkopto
"Cultural Appropriation" is racist for one reason, and one reason only:

The Democrat party wants to change the narrative from their long history of real horrible white on black racism which finally died out in the mid-60s or so. It included supporting slavery, using the KKK as their violent thug wing, lynching black men without a trial, and Jim Crow laws, as well as many other nasty racist things. Now that white on black racism is abhorrent to everyone, the Democrat party needs to absolve themselves. They do this by simple projection. They now claim that there was a "switch" and now the Republicans are the racist party. The problem is that Republicans are not racist. So in order to claim they are, they have to make up ludicrous theories as to what racism is, such as voter ID laws and "cultural appropriation", or disagreeing with a black politician who is a Democrat (although they consider disagreeing with a black politician who is Republican more than ok).

At the same time, the Democrat party has encouraged and benefited by a new kind of racism against whites. Its manifest in growing absurd idea that whites should feel guilty for the past sins of their race...unless of course they denounce those sins by leaving the Republican party which was innocent and joining the Democrat party that was actually guilty of those sins.

They now have a new violent racist wing, called Black Lives Matter. This group is black on white racist, and pushes a debunked narrative that police officers are shooting poor black kids out of racism, and it encourages the black racists to "fight back" much like the KKK encouraged white racists to in the old days. Sadly, under Democrat control impoverished inner city neighborhoods where many blacks live has become a sea of hopelessness and hatred and blame of others.

The Democrat party has rejected the old racism and bigotries of the past, and have forged a future of a new kind of racism and bigotry....they are so very "progressive" that way.

22 posted on 12/02/2016 9:40:42 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: BitWielder1

Funny, the SJWs don’t demand that all those Mexicans employed in NYC making pizza be fired for cultural appropriation. And BTW they make a damned good pizza as any regular at Grimaldis in Garden City or Umbertos in New Hyde Park will tell you. And the black guys working the kitchen at P F Changs making Hunan Chicken, they should be fired to.


23 posted on 12/02/2016 9:41:32 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Calvin Locke

LOL Fallen Angels


24 posted on 12/02/2016 9:41:46 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: D Rider

Ah, a teachable moment ... you can try a Google search and eliminate the middle man - me :)


25 posted on 12/02/2016 9:42:03 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: bkopto

Go to the article for their headline Getty Image.

I say, “Ole!”.


26 posted on 12/02/2016 9:46:41 AM PST by AZLiberty (A is now A once again.)
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To: oh8eleven

The one in the green in the middle...no, wait...


27 posted on 12/02/2016 9:52:50 AM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: bkopto

Obviously, then, Victoria’s Secret should henceforth only hire white girls.
Meanwhile, white people should stop patronizing Chinese, Mexican, and soul food restaurants.
I’ma gonna go outside right now and burn all my Temptations records.
The PC police will be so proud.


28 posted on 12/02/2016 9:54:48 AM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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To: All

My only complaint is that almost all of their models are too damn skinny.


29 posted on 12/02/2016 10:03:05 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Maverick68

Now my wife, she’s a sturdy gal...


30 posted on 12/02/2016 10:08:24 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Well...bye.)
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To: oh8eleven

They can appropriate my “culture” any time.


31 posted on 12/02/2016 10:12:35 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: bkopto

Uh, there ARE rules in this place, you know.


32 posted on 12/02/2016 10:13:00 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Az Joe

you proved the evidence... it was good.


33 posted on 12/02/2016 10:15:44 AM PST by ncfool ( We are in the United Socialist State of aMeriKa. The USSA. Sheeple of aMeriKa)
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To: Az Joe

Cute ones but they could use a sammich or two.


34 posted on 12/02/2016 10:37:50 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

“Until every black woman wears her hair in a natural ‘fro”

And wearing shirts. Or bra’s

Or living in a house not made of grass and sticks. Or wearing shoes.... cars...

Damn! People be appropriating the s*** out of our culture!


35 posted on 12/02/2016 10:51:18 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: bkopto
???? Was that latin? I seriously could not make out what she was talking about? Like some other language only the alt left speak.
36 posted on 12/02/2016 10:55:27 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: bkopto

“appropriation” is just commie talk for anti-assimilation. (iow anti-melting pot)


37 posted on 12/02/2016 10:57:13 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: oh8eleven

They appropriated the 70s


38 posted on 12/02/2016 11:07:41 AM PST by Organic Panic (Gentrification in America. Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: oh8eleven

Ridiculous but not remotely “racist.”

Interestingly, Cosmo has pulled the article from its site: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/a8384630/why-cant-victorias-secret-stop-designing-racist-lingerie/


39 posted on 12/02/2016 11:09:57 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
You can still see it in Google's cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:38fd78--3TQJ:www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a8384630/why-cant-victorias-secret-stop-designing-racist-lingerie

Why don't any of these nuts go to other countries and protest the use of jeans and cowboy hats as cultural appropriation. And throw in incandescent lights.

40 posted on 12/02/2016 11:41:26 AM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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