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L Luckydesigns Tiki Socialite Costa Mesa Joined: Sep 15, 2002 Posts: 2374	L Luckydesigns Posted posted on Mon, Jun 5, 2017 9:23 AM I was talking with Adrian ("PolynesianPop"), this weekend after recording an episode for his podcast, relating to him that I used to see a tee shirt in the fashion boutiques in LA which had a modern picture of two Japanese greasers with their hair up, wearing leather jackets, and leaning on some big American motorbikes... The caption read, "Japan does America better." It then occurred to me, the amount of cultural appropriation that is done by people other than Americans by dressing 'rockabilly.' Rockabilly is an inherently American creation, birthed out of the South and merging hillbilly music with rock 'n roll. And you know what I said to Adrian? When I see something like that, I'm flattered. I'm flattered that someone from another country enjoys something that came from OUR culture so much that they want to dress it, perform music from it, live it. People who get exasperated about cultural appropriation are primarily looking for a fight so that they can feel morally superior to others.

I was talking with Adrian ("PolynesianPop"), this weekend after recording an episode for his podcast, relating to him that I used to see a tee shirt in the fashion boutiques in LA which had a modern picture of two Japanese greasers with their hair up, wearing leather jackets, and leaning on some big American motorbikes... The caption read, "Japan does America better."

It then occurred to me, the amount of cultural appropriation that is done by people other than Americans by dressing 'rockabilly.' Rockabilly is an inherently American creation, birthed out of the South and merging hillbilly music with rock 'n roll. And you know what I said to Adrian? When I see something like that, I'm flattered. I'm flattered that someone from another country enjoys something that came from OUR culture so much that they want to dress it, perform music from it, live it.

People who get exasperated about cultural appropriation are primarily looking for a fight so that they can feel morally superior to others.

Post #776678 by Luckydesigns on Mon, Jun 5, 2017 9:23 AM