Daryl Hall has a message for critics crying cultural appropriation: “Shut the f*ck up”. Daryl Hall of Hall and Oats and his interviewer don't understand the concept of social context and that music doesn't exist in a vaccume divorced from other social contexts.

The basis of the critique is the power dynamics behind the supposed cultural exchange, in all aspects, and can be more damning depending on the degree. There''s also different "kinds", I suppose.

For examples, white people abusing headdresses. First things first, it's a ceremonial item that carries a ton of weight and significance. People are using it to look even goofier on Molly. After that, one has to recognize the power dynamics behind White American/American Indian relationships, and the fact that the cultural significance is diminished as it's increasingly associated with some festival shit. Then, there's the economic factor, where at least if American Indians were begrudgingly selling it, it'd be providing money to an American Indian, and likely with pressure or by altruism or by other, the American Indian community.

So basically your culture is being disrespected by the same people who've been systematically fucking you over for millennia.

Then there's often a hypocritical perception aspect.

I'm getting winded so I'll just use a classic example of Kylie Jenner wearing cornrows that are often a point of mockery for black folk and being treated as if it were something new and innovative. Now, some people neglect people would also talk shit about it, but the critique still applies within the fashion world which is notorious for dismissing black hairstyles on black women. The same applies to Justin Timberlake's goofy ass cornrows phase tbh.

I lost my track of thought, so I'll hit music, which I'll call getting further mileage.

This one is basically the idea that white musicians doing heavily black influenced or just straight up traditionally black music, will tend to get much further mileage on it on account of being more palatable. There's also the hypocritical perception aspect.

Jungle Music becomes alright if enough(or the right)artists are white, to make it snarkily short.

Obviously, real life and history are exceedingly more complex than that, but that doubly so applies to any foo foo "color is blind" argument.

As a sidenote, I would say that not enough emphasis is placed on fans and advertisers. In my experience, the artists can and do name the black artists that influence them. It doesn't stop them getting defensive when this topic arrives, but I've found many do recognize their influences. So, the artists don't get a pass from me, but I think it should be noted that plenty don't act as if they created the genre. However, when advertised, their apparent innovation is amped up, and their audiences tend to amp it up even further.

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