Where do you stand on "cultural appropriation "?

@Picklebobble2 hmm. Those examples are "iffy" I'm, to begin with.

But I like it when real artists try different styles.

@Picklebobble2 but seriously... if it’s offensive, don’t buy the music.

If the music is good, then go buy it.

Why get your panties in a bunch?

@MistyCee
https://www.thoughtco.com/cultural-appropriation-and-why-iits-wrong-2834561

@JoeyFoxx It's not offensive, it's inappropriate WITHOUT giving credit to the source of your inspiration.

Utter horse shit. “Culture “ isn’t owned and therefore cannot be borrowed or stolen.

If cultural norms are used to manipulate a minority, that’s not cultural appropriation, it’s oppression. Don’t call it something else. Using culture as s shield is simply a tool. That shouldn’t make it wrong on its face.

Most of us end up in some kind of minority and end up being oppressed somehow. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s worse for some then others. But to come up with all of these little ways for us to be offended by each other is utter nonsense.

@Picklebobble2 yeah, I'm just not buying this as a huge pervasive problem. And while some of it is distasteful, there are benefits, like the British reinvigorating Rock music and paying tribute to the old masters.

@Picklebobble2 [quote]It's not offensive, it's inappropriate WITHOUT giving credit to the source of your inspiration.[/quote]

Why is this suddenly a thing? Does every rock musician have to acknowledge Elvis Presley? Should Elvis be a pariah for not more openly acknowledging his inspiration from black musicians?

Should we castigate all of the Japanese American restaurant owners in the 50s and 60s for teaching us all the wrong things about Chinese food?

I mean, seriously. It’s been happening forever.

Instead of getting all wound up about it, maybe we should do a better job at talking to each other.

@JoeyFoxx Or maybe we should just acknowledge the debt owed to others ?
A simple 'Thank you' would probably be enough.

@Picklebobble2 I think all Mick Jagger's money should be dispersed among the African American population of the American south.

please explain what that would look like. Use an example and try to be realistic. @Picklebobble2

@WoodyAq Or again, a simple 'Thank you' might be enough.

@JoeyFoxx of course 'Culture is owned' what a dumb statement !

@WoodyAq Mick Jagger, The Beatles and a whole host of white British musicians have always acknowledged where their inspiration came from. Even at a time when it was unpopular, in white America, for them to do so.

@room101 Even Jamiroquai a guy with no end of ego ! When he recorded his first album featuring a Yiddaki - traditional Aboriginal wind instrument, gave credit to the player; the instrument and the Aboriginal people from whence it came.

If he can do it why not others ?

@Picklebobble2 Nah. I thought taking a drunken piss on his New York Brownstone was going to be enough to satisfy my pique, but now I want to make him pay.

@WoodyAq 😣🤦🏻

@Picklebobble2 Exactly. A lot of my friends are musicians (most of them black) and they take pride in the fact that, not only did British musicians honour the people that inspired them, black American musicians enjoyed far more popularity and success in the UK than they did on their home turf.