I’ve never understood why anybody gets bent out of shape over “cultural appropriation”. Hell, the entire English language was “culturally appropriated”. Turkish tobacco, Spanish peanuts, Italian pizza sauce, Swiss chocolate, and Irish potatoes were all “appropriated” from the Western Hemisphere. We’ve “appropriated” skiing from Scandinavia, surfing from Polynesia, jazz from Africa, algebra from Arabia, the number zero from India, fireworks from China, and the boomerang from Australia.
And every one of those made our lives richer! If you see a good idea, go ahead and use it! Nobody’s got patents or copyrights on progress.
Bag pipes from the Middle East, noodles from China, gunpowder from China, tooth brush from India and China. Oh and those “Irish” potatoes came from Peru first along with tomatoes and watermelon. Italian pizza though doesn’t have a layer of cheese on it as the US version does. I eat what I like and tell the crazies to go live their life the way they preach it to others.
As usual some people go off the deep in some things. This is one of them. True blacks got short changed when whites took their music an got rich off of it. So I see their point, but then they just went crazy over it to the Nth degree.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago
I no longer eat burritos as I am not Hispanic.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 7 years ago
I don’t care who makes the food, as long as it tastes good.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 7 years ago
I’ve never understood why anybody gets bent out of shape over “cultural appropriation”. Hell, the entire English language was “culturally appropriated”. Turkish tobacco, Spanish peanuts, Italian pizza sauce, Swiss chocolate, and Irish potatoes were all “appropriated” from the Western Hemisphere. We’ve “appropriated” skiing from Scandinavia, surfing from Polynesia, jazz from Africa, algebra from Arabia, the number zero from India, fireworks from China, and the boomerang from Australia.
And every one of those made our lives richer! If you see a good idea, go ahead and use it! Nobody’s got patents or copyrights on progress.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Bag pipes from the Middle East, noodles from China, gunpowder from China, tooth brush from India and China. Oh and those “Irish” potatoes came from Peru first along with tomatoes and watermelon. Italian pizza though doesn’t have a layer of cheese on it as the US version does. I eat what I like and tell the crazies to go live their life the way they preach it to others.
As usual some people go off the deep in some things. This is one of them. True blacks got short changed when whites took their music an got rich off of it. So I see their point, but then they just went crazy over it to the Nth degree.
Daeder over 7 years ago
Gringo culture is very dominant. If we’re not careful, there will be a gringo taco truck on every corner!