#thesummerbeatproject

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Auf wiedersehn Deutschland!!! Ciao Italia! #thesummerbeatproject #equality #love #queer #art #path

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Running #wild in #Frankfurt #travel #queer #thesummerbeatproject #germany (at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof)

[culturalappropriationon]

Is a non-Indian teaching yoga cultural appropriation? Is a non-Caribbean person teaching a Caribbean dance form cultural appropriation? Is it possible to appreciate, celebrate, and spread cultures we are not born into without appropriating them? I pass as white, so does that mean that I am more likely guilty of appropriating a culture?

Is a non-Indian teaching yoga cultural appropriation? Yoga is kind of a messy subject. It doesn’t have be. Check the tag

Is a non-Caribbean person teaching a Caribbean dance form cultural appropriation? I know zero about Caribbean dance, so I can’t answer that.

Is it possible to appreciate, celebrate, and spread cultures we are not born into without appropriating them? Of course! You can always go learn about anything. Once you know more and have talked to more people, you’ll find yourself invited to situations that might be lesser know or less open. 

I pass as white, so does that mean that I am more likely guilty of appropriating a culture? Nah, I don’t think any one can say that. I can’t say on this point that being light skinned, white or any kind of thing you could argue would be automatic privilege some places would make you specifically ignorant or hateful. Its about education and attitude, not skin related things. 

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EU SOU CAPOEIRA... this was the song that played as we danced through Campo Grande in Salvador. After some years of studying African based dances, this was one of the few times in my life that the significance of these dances really penetrated my spirit. Myself, along with 10 or so other dancers in unison danced for about an hour dances reminiscent of dances that came over with the slaves and have evolved into something particularly Afro Brazilian. To me, it doesnt matter that I have not yet been able to trace my lineage back to Africa. This is a huge, important part of me and my culture.