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Apparently, wearing your own culture’s clothing is a form of cultural appropriation!
wordpress ^ | April 18, 2016 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 04/19/2016 10:26:41 AM PDT by grundle

Apparently, wearing your own culture’s clothing is a form of cultural appropriation!

Social justice warriors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are demanding that two students of Arabic heritage be expelled from the college because they wore Arabic clothing!

Let me repeat: the “offending” students – the students who were accused of “cultural appropriation” – are of Arabic heritage and were wearing Arabic clothing.

Those two students are in the bottom right of the picture, shown below.

The social justice warriors also want everyone else in the picture expelled too.

After being told that the two students wearing Arabic clothing were themselves of Arabic descent, one of the social justice warriors who had demanded their explusion said:

“Although that story might justify on an individual level, it does not justify on a systemic level because when people see it, they don’t know that story. When they see it, they see it as a justification for wearing cultural costumes.”

Four different social justice oragnizations at the college – “Students for Justice in Palestine,” “Black Students for Revolution,” “Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan,” and “Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support” – all joined together to form a brand new social justice organization called “Not Just a Party at UIUC” (NJAP).

Apparently, it never occurred to them that the acronym “NJAP” contains a racial slur.

That they would form a brand new organization in response to some students having a party that consisted of consenting adults is absurd.

That they would demand that everyone who attended the party be expelled is also absurd.

That they would consider it “cultural appropriation” when students wear clothing from their own culture, well, that’s absurd too.

Image from here, used under fair use.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 


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1 posted on 04/19/2016 10:26:41 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

The two ay-rabs will be soon getting an apology, delivered on bended knee. There will be cultural sensitivity sessions for all the non-ay-rabs.


2 posted on 04/19/2016 10:30:00 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: grundle

MLK’s “dream” has been achieved, considering that those who benefit from it remaining unfulfilled must resort to sheer absurdities contravening their alleged goals to insist it hasn’t been achieved.


3 posted on 04/19/2016 10:32:13 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: grundle

I’m half German, but my other half is from the U.K. Does that mean I can’t wear a kilt without offending some SJWs?

It usually offends someone anyway, so I don’t really care.


4 posted on 04/19/2016 10:32:30 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: grundle

I guess they didn’t see the sombrero in the picture or they would have lost it. (Doesn’t anyone just go to class and study anymore?)


5 posted on 04/19/2016 10:35:09 AM PDT by Vic S
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To: grundle
Shoulda built a wall!


6 posted on 04/19/2016 10:38:50 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Disambiguator

Oh jeez not this $hit again.


7 posted on 04/19/2016 10:38:55 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: Disambiguator

No problem with the German/Scottish heritage so long as you maintain a balance.

Pickelhuabe helmet with kilt or Tam-o-shanter with lederhosen.

;>)


8 posted on 04/19/2016 10:40:21 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: grundle

Clearly, what we need is a uniform that is genderless.


9 posted on 04/19/2016 10:42:07 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: Disambiguator
I’m half German, but my other half is from the U.K. Does that mean I can’t wear a kilt without offending some SJWs?

Can you stitch together an outfit that is half kilt and half lederhosen? That would look sharp (and offend them twice as much)!


10 posted on 04/19/2016 10:42:50 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: grundle

I wish I was in college again. I’d start a social justice organization: Clue-by-Fours for Morons.


11 posted on 04/19/2016 10:43:21 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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To: grundle

Antisocial, Unjust Cowards. Their practice has nothing to do with justice, and everything to do with coercion and control. They just want to boss people around.


12 posted on 04/19/2016 10:43:59 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: Disambiguator

You’re probably a Channeler, originating from somewhere in the English Channel.


13 posted on 04/19/2016 10:44:56 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: LydiaLong

Prison uniforms for all!


14 posted on 04/19/2016 10:45:23 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: grundle

Wouldn’t it be cultural appropriation if they wore Western clothes?


15 posted on 04/19/2016 10:47:10 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: grundle; humblegunner; Syncro

So what culture did you appropriate when you chose to name yourself after a Gooch?

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Grundle


16 posted on 04/19/2016 10:49:21 AM PDT by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: grundle

bump


17 posted on 04/19/2016 10:49:49 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Disambiguator

“I’m half German, but my other half is from the U.K. Does that mean I can’t wear a kilt without offending some SJWs?

It usually offends someone anyway, so I don’t really care.”


For maximum offensive impact, dress normally but play the bagpipes and yodel.


18 posted on 04/19/2016 10:50:16 AM PDT by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: grundle
I miss the days when college students knew how to deal with social justice warriors.


19 posted on 04/19/2016 10:54:25 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Disambiguator
I’m half German, but my other half is from the U.K. Does that mean I can’t wear a kilt without offending some SJWs?

Two European cultures, so that's not even on the radar for SJWs.
20 posted on 04/19/2016 10:54:58 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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