Posted on 04/22/2016 7:26:19 PM PDT by markomalley
A simple musical performance at Brown University became a source of tremendous controversy Thursday night after student protesters denounced it for having Hindu chants sung by a white woman.
Carrie Grossman, a 2000 Brown graduate, performed in “An Evening of Devotional Music,” which organizers touted as an “intimate evening of inquiry, music and meditation.” Grossman’s performance was a kirtan, a form of traditional chanting that originates in the Indian subcontinent.
But to some students, it was actually an intimate evening of gruesome cultural appropriation, because Grossman had the temerity to sing chants from India despite being white.
“How does your whiteness impact how you engage with these cultures?” a student asked Grossman prior to her performance, according to The Brown Daily Herald. Another denounced her for “disturbing and appropriative language” on her website.
Eventually, Grossman’s performance began, but the protesters in the audience continued to shout out questions, which caused attendees who actually wanted to hear the performance to turn around and tell them to be quiet. Students were induced to move outside after announcing they would hold their own competing kirtan (notably, a photo of the protesters suggested only a handful were ethnically Indian).
After the production, the Herald said, Grossman came out to meet with protesters, where she was berated for not understanding the harm of her actions. When Grossman tried to say she had no intention of offending Indians by using their music, she was told that wasn’t enough.
“You saying that it wasn’t intended to be harmful doesn’t make it an apology,” student Aanchal Saraf said. Later, Grossman was told that she could at least atone for her crime by “[using] your privilege to make structural change.”
I don’t know if it really is the most liberal. That is what I have read. It is also where Chelsea matriculated.
Probably a lot more well known lefties too.
Man, you really didn’t comprehend the article.
Fair is fair. Time to remove all KFC and McDonald’s from foreign countries.
One would suspect it is. Also, writing about other cultures also could be considered racist.
While many of the SJWs are Buddhist, without a hint of irony.
Explain it to me. Use small words.
OK, what does SJW stand for?
Um, the event was titled: “An intimate evening of inquiry, music and meditation.”
With scant few exceptions, American education is in the absolute pits right now. They call themselves educators! They demand the highest of salaries, accommodations and tenured security. Really? Educators you say?
What do they produce of value? How do they better society? Sadly for us all, they don’t.
They turn out masses that are as unrefined and militant as they are ignorant by most any academic standard. Critical thinking, reason, logic and civics are the curriculum content of the past.
The results speak for themselves.
This is really getting insane.
We obviously have to do away with math, because math is racist. We use numbers derived from symbols the Arabs created. The concept of zero is something we stole from the Hindus. We can’t use Roman numerals because the Romans were European imperialists. We can’t even use Greek symbols because the really learned people tell us that the ancient Greeks stole everything from the Egyptians.
Half of these students could not find Egypt or Arabia or Greece on map, but they know everything and want to judge and censor everything.
Social Justice Warriors
These Indians/Chinese/Pakis etc need to stop using light bulbs and watches and autos and bicycles and eyeglasses and on and on and on. These things are all appropriations of White American/European cultures where they were invented.
Dearest Brown Chuckleheads,
AMERICA SAY RELAX! Resistance is futile. Prepare to be appropriated!
Social Justice Warrior.
I’m going to bet these “Indian” students were not dressed in their cultural garb, but rather in western attire. Maybe the tender snowflakes should stop insensitively appropriating white culture.
Racist idiot leftists.
Thanks that is a good one to remember. I am sure I will come across it again.
To them I say: klaatu barada nikto Don’t destroy the earth.
People have adopted things from other cultures throughout history. And it is a matter of individual liberty that one can do so in any way that is not illegal. These SJWs are Fascists.
Makes me sick. My kids are moreno and pure patriot. They really have no concern over race crap. They can pass for white or brown at will.
Ironically, a lot of WASPS nowadays have been brought up to loathe their own British origin culture and traditions.
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