US soprano, offended by blackface, pulls out of Italy opera

'I stated that in Europe cultural appropriation barely exists, especially not in the way it does in the USA.'

It doesn't exist if you decide to ignore anyone you might offend. Hate to break it to you but it definitely exists. You don't have to care, but that's up to you to decide.

If it doesn't matter to you that's your prerogative But using the idea that it's all to resist American cultural exports or that it's just a privileged woke American thing denies other countries and cultures their agency. You want to piss off a bunch of people at least know who is offended. I wouldn't mess with the Rastafarians personally. my dad was banned from Jamaica for a while for getting mixed up some Rastas in the 70's. They don't forget

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