Utah girl wore a "Chinese dress" to her prom and is branded a racist? Does this make sense?

nbskis wrote:

No one was up in arms about this aside from the right wing conspiracists trying to prove a point grounded in no sense of reality.

Major news organizations in liberal circles picked up this story and chose to present that concerns of the people calling her racists as at least partially legitimate.

This is what has made the current 'left' so hard to associate with. They absolutely refuse to condemn people in their own 'group' or provide adequate pushback on this nonsense. The everyday person sees this and thinks it is idiotic, but for some reason the talking heads will actively discuss these stories but refuse to make simple statements like:

"She did nothing wrong"

Woke wrote:

nbskis wrote:

No one was up in arms about this aside from the right wing conspiracists trying to prove a point grounded in no sense of reality.

Major news organizations in liberal circles picked up this story and chose to present that concerns of the people calling her racists as at least partially legitimate.

This is what has made the current 'left' so hard to associate with. They absolutely refuse to condemn people in their own 'group' or provide adequate pushback on this nonsense. The everyday person sees this and thinks it is idiotic, but for some reason the talking heads will actively discuss these stories but refuse to make simple statements like:

"She did nothing wrong"

+1.

Although it would be great if they went further to also say that the guy who called her out was wrong and should apologize for his stupidity.

I appropriated Chinese Culture by having Panda Express for lunch.

On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry

Sailing on my way back here

I fell in love with a slit eyed lady

By the light of an eastern moon

Shangai Lil never used the pill

She claimed that it just ain't natural

She took me up on deck and bit my neck

Oh people I was glad I found her

Oh yeah I was glad I found her

I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me

I sincerely thought I was so complete

Look how wrong you can be

The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe

They wouldn't give you the time of day

But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet

God I was glad I found her

And if they had the words I could tell to you

To help you on the way down the road

I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats

'cause it's all been said before

Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off

You didn't have to come here anyway

So remember, every picture tells a story don't it

The same few people (and let's face it there were not a lot of people siding with the guy claiming cultural appropriation) who are screaming cultural appropriation are probably the same people who want essentially open borders and think the US should be a melting pot.

One of the biggest downsides to social media is that one idiot like that gets a bigger platform than he deserves.

nbskis wrote:

No one was up in arms about this aside from the right wing conspiracists trying to prove a point grounded in no sense of reality.

There was one person who was up in arms...

Also this is not the first case. Two women in Portland wanted to start a burrito food truck. They got grief because they are white. I have news for people: cooks and chefs "steal" from one another. Also few of us have ever had an original idea--even then it likely derived from someone else's idea.