Posted on 06/15/2017 11:09:16 AM PDT by davikkm
United Nations Wants to Outlaw “Cultural Appropriation” Worldwide
Matt Miller Jun 15th, 2017 12:37 pm 20 Comments
The UN wants to expand intellectual property regulations to include cultural entities and concepts, such as clothing, dances, arts, medicines, etc. The UN’s efforts would allow for legal action to be taken by minority groups against those who supposedly steal or monetize a piece of their culture.
The United Nations has been making efforts to outlaw “cultural appropriation” for over fifteen years. Via CBC:
Delegates from 189 countries, including Canada, are in Geneva this week as part of a specialized international committee within the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency.
Since it began in 2001, the committee has been working on creating and finishing three pieces of international law that would expand intellectual-property regulations to protect things like Indigenous designs, dances, words and traditional medicines.
The meeting takes place as concern grows worldwide about the rights of cultures to control their own materials. In the U.S. this week, designer Tory Burch agreed to change the description of one of her coats for women after Romanians protested that it had been described as African-inspired when it actually appropriated a traditional Romanian garment.”
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Guess I can’t sell tires anymore, I didn’t invent the wheel. Maybe I could work at the UN making pizzas, I know I have some Italian in me. Come on UN, I’ll even wash my hands (wink, wink—fingers crossed).
So if I let a taco fart in the elevator, am I appropriating Latino culture?
In the bigger picture of time, it is clear mankind is not capable of governing themselves. A percentage won’t rest until the govern everyone. At some point, differences and/or debts will be resolved with blood and then a period of peace will follow.
<< The UN’s efforts would allow for legal action to be taken by minority groups against those who supposedly steal or monetize a piece of their culture. >>
White people are a distinct minority in the world, but somehow I don’t think the UN has them in mind here. ....except to punish them for their existence and success with lawsuits.
Eat it, OK, make it and sell it, not OK.
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