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White Comic Banned from Comedy Nights Due to ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Dreadlocks
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Posted on 01/17/2019 11:36:11 AM PST by Cubs Fan

White comedian Zach Poitras was banned from participating in comedy events in Montreal, Canada, after organisers claimed his dreadlock hairstyle was inappropriate.

Poitras was originally supposed to appear at two comedy nights taking place at the Coop Les Récoltes bar, located in Montreal’s famous Quartier Latin area, but was rejected by the organisers, who wrote on Facebook that his dreadlock hairstyle violated their discrimination rules, Montreal newspaper Le Devoir reports.

“We will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment within our spaces,” the organisers wrote, and added that cultural appropriation, in their view, was when “someone from a dominant culture appropriates symbols, clothing or hairstyles that come from historically dominated cultures.”

The bar, which also serves as a co-op run by the Public Interest Research Group (GRIP) of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), argued that the comedian may not be racist himself but that his hairstyle acts as a “vehicle” for racism.

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21 posted on 01/17/2019 12:46:15 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Yaelle

If they try to get me to stop eating Mexican food, I’m going to war


22 posted on 01/17/2019 12:52:14 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: Red Badger
I guess he can’t eat watermelon or fried chicken either...............

And no more taco Tuesdays for you.

23 posted on 01/17/2019 1:10:02 PM PST by usurper ( version)
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Actually I was making a point that they are Self-Stereotyping themselves.

If ONLY BLACKS CAN HAVE Dred-locks and Corn Rows, then only blacks can eat fried chicken or watermelon................


24 posted on 01/17/2019 1:15:21 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Cubs Fan

Funny how black women who straighten their hair aren’t called out for cultural appropriation.


25 posted on 01/17/2019 1:35:01 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . ")
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26 posted on 01/17/2019 1:50:50 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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27 posted on 01/17/2019 3:08:17 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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These people are marginalizing themselves.


28 posted on 01/17/2019 3:13:22 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Wouldn’t wanna perform at a place with rules such as this anyway. They would be censoring your act as well and waiting for any potentially insensitive remark in your act. It’d be like walking on eggshells, which is far from ideal for a comedian.


29 posted on 01/17/2019 3:32:19 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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The “Vichy” is alive and well in Montreal/Quebec and anything French in Canada, except the Marxism that is alive in Trudeau and his followers, including the old NDP.


30 posted on 01/17/2019 3:32:47 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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