help how do i convince my 47 year old white mom that white people wearing kimonos or iggy azaelas lyrical blackface is cultural appropriation/racist
When I lived in Japan, no Japanese people gave a fuck if white people wore a kimono. In fact, the family living above me bought me a yukata because it would ‘look cute on me.’ The only people who actually think that wearing a kimono is cultural appropriation is white people. Japanese people are very aware of their own culture, and don’t mind spreading it. It doesn’t jeopardize anything. Japanese people are VERY happy to share their culture, and living there for two years, I never saw anyone get offended over it. This is just Tumblr brainwashing.
Also, Iggy Azalea isn’t the first white person to rap, so I don’t even know where to start with that one.
Your mom has the right idea. She knew the world before it was so afraid to offend anyone. This whole idea of segregating cultures is shit, and she’s a smart lady to realize it.
At least I can consider this proof that social justice isn’t genetic and that this form of social retardation is a result of conditioning.
japanese people: yeah sure wear a kimono even though you are white, just know what it means and stands for! and just understand that by wearing this, you are paying respect to our culture! so please do so with careful thought!
white people on tumblr: IF U ARE WHITE nEVER WEAR A KIMONO DONT EVEN FUCKING LOOK AT IT !!!! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION 101 IF I CATCH U SMEELING A KIMONO I WILL KILL YOU UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD!!!!!!!! DONT EVEN GO TO JAPAN OR THINK ABOUT JAPAN JUST DIE
A Maiko in a Ceremonial Kimono 1920s by Blue Ruin 1
<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i>
<br />“The maiko [apprentice geisha] and geiko [geisha] have two sets of ceremonial crested kimono one for winter, the other for summer… The maiko’s kimono, which is of winter weight, plus all its accessories, weighs almost twenty kilograms [forty-four pounds], which may be half what she weighs herself, not surprisingly, it takes some time to get accustomed to it.”
From “Geisha: a living tradition” by Kyoko Aihara, first published 1999, pages 63 & 66.
This type of fully-patterned formal kimono is normally associated with a Ryurei-style Tea Ceremony.
actual Japanese people: It’s OK to speak Japanese! It’s OK to wear kimono! You can do that if you’re not Japanese! That makes me proud as a Japanese person!
white people: NO YOU CAN’T WEAR KIMONO IF YOU’RE NOT JAPANESE AND YOU CAN’T SPEAK JAPANESE IF YOU’RE NOT JAPANESE
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doriangraysuggests answered:
Um, I think you miswrote.
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