Tried to fit this in the tags but it wasnāt happening.
Thank you for putting this into words because I havenāt been able to figure out how to say āno, cultural appropriation is not fake, but also idk what happened in the last few years but it seems like woke white people completely took over the conversationā
When I used to plan luxury events, I worked a ton of Indian weddings, Pakistani weddings, and in general a bunch of Muslim/Islamic/Hindu weddings of varying levels of faith. That meant wearing hair coverings, sometimes all day, sometimes just for the ceremonies (if youāre under the Mandap or at the Mehndi or Heena ceremony, you wear a hair covering. If itās during or after the Baraat, you wear a hair covering, but again, sometimes you just wear it all day depending on the family. A lot of families provide hair coverings of their color choice to anyone who is working the wedding, or any wedding guests who wouldnāt own one). You know who was giving me dirty looks on the days I wore my covering? Woke white people.
Two of my all time favorite brides were both Indian brides that I was lucky enough to work with for all three days of their weddings. We bonded a lot and, idk sometimes itās just āIām working for youā and sometimes itās āwe are going to be best friends by the time your wedding is overā. These brides were the latter. The first bride chose a Bindi for me on her third day because she said it matched my eyes. The second bride had her hair stylist undo my bun and braid some of her jasmine into my hair, and then also chose a Bindi for me. I was so touched that she wanted me to wear these things that were specifically chosen for her wedding even though I wasnāt family. Her whole family was so sweet/excited about it, and again, guess who was giving me weird looks all day? Guess who approached me to talk about cultural appropriation as if I hadnāt been in this industry for years? Two woke white people. Like, Iām not putting on a bindi and fake āsexy sareeā as a Halloween costume. I was given a really sweet gift by two women on one of the most special days of their lives.
Something me and my girlfriend say all the time: American āleftistsā are running in circles so tight theyāre biting their own tails off and ending up right back where they started.
Get so into trans ideology that we end up right back with hardcore traditionalist gender norms.
Get so into the concept of cultural appropriation that we end up right back to people giving dirty looks for any culture-sharing
Get so into the concept of womens sexual and body liberation that we end up back to women being purchasable sex objects, and makeup and non-functional clothing being a good and empowering thing
Get so into the concept of "Karens" that it no longer means "a boomer white woman throwing a very generation-specific tantrum and abusing her privilege", and is now just another word for "bitch" and a way to tell any woman with any opinion you don't agree with to shut up.