It’s beyond silly. Where did this so-called appropriation start and where did it start?
I visited Taos Pueblo yesterday. There are outdoor adobe ovens used to make bread. The tour guide told us that these didn’t exist before the Spanish come. Is that appropriation? Should they tear those down? And if I decided to build one in my backyard, exactly who am I appropriating from? When we were leaving, a young man passed us- he was probably 8 years old or so. He was riding a bicycle, wearing jeans and tennis shoes and a Batman ball cap, and was carrying a plastic bag of snacks. In fact, I didn’t see a single soul wearing moccasins or buckskin. Are they all appropriating European culture and should we demand that they stop? They are more than happy to sell you their jewelry, artwork, and so forth, including the bread baked in the appropriated ovens. They don’t seem to mind it at all if we wear the jewelry or display their artwork in our homes.
The thing is, as someone else said, people have been borrowing from one another from time immemorial. I don’t think most people care one way or another. As with most of the current nonsense, it’s really only a small group of the professional malcontents that are raising all the ruckus.
I think it’s outrageous that a woman who apparently devoted her life to authentic Mexican cuisine is being criticized. I suppose they’ll go after Julia Child next, since she wasn’t French. I’m getting very very tired of the ridiculousness.
They don’t seem to mind it at all if we wear the jewelry or display their artwork in our homes.
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And they will accept certificates bearing images of old, dead white oppressors.
However if you display it in your business the woke will come screaming for your head.
Ask the owners of that lezzie bar in Seattle. I think it was Seattle. Might have been Portland.
I laughed and laughed.
And did not care.