Cultural Appropriation and new Hair Update

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Or you could be trying to ignore the culture and claim it as your own. Have you ever had that annoyance when someone copies your style at school and then pretends they came up with it first? I brought a book into school once and everyone was reading the blurb. The next week, everyone had the book and they were saying I copied them. I was livid

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While I had these feelings when I was a kid, this in my opinion, isn’t really mature.

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It’s not really mature to claim you invented something you didnt

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Well claiming something as your invention without it being a truth is a totally different thing, than using some culture without knowing about it, therefore not using right terminology.

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But if you know it, it’s a small thing to acknowledge it and help other people to know it too!

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Heck, I like the shape of Kippahs but you won’t see me wearing it just because I like it. I don’t know much about Kippahs.

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Well, I personally think you can, if you like it.

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Yes. If you want to. If you don’t, or find it unfit in some situation, or forget, I don’t see it as a big deal.

I feel like we’re going circles…

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If you know it’s part of a culture and you ignore it, that’s when it becomes appropriation.

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Lol. Traditionally, a yarmulke is worn only by men. There’s like…a couple weird progressive ideas where women wear them, too. It is a sign of…hm…“reverence” for God in the Jewish religion. ^^

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and this is where we disagree.

I honestly enjoyed our conversation, but I think I said everything I could, and also heard everything there is to say from your POV.

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“Keeping the head covered at all times has mystical significance, and for this reason some people cover their heads twice — a hat over a kippah, or a tallit (prayer shawl) over a kippah —while praying.”

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“Agree with your POV” yet said you don’t agree once they gave you a whole lot of information and education on their side.

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I just hope you’re gonna call them Bantu knots now you know the real name. But use them by all means! I’m not in charge of you. I just like allies who help us to educate other people on our cultural significance instead of ignoring it like they don’t think were worth recognition.

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I don’t consider your religious or spiritual views as a legit points for this conversation for me personally, sorry.

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I think she’s right though. You can’t assume it’s an accident any more than you can assume it’s not an accident. Neither is a legit point.

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I listened. I tried to understand where they are coming from. I don’t have to agree with it, if I just can’t.

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How was what she said even that???

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No one is unable to agree. It’s confirmation bias

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In what sense what she said it was religious?

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