#culturalappropriation

[kaneseatheadrest]

Culture Appropriation Is Not Based. A Philosophical Analysis. An Essay by Jalex Aonces

"Based and red pilled"

This term 'red pilled' has been lumped up into the terminology of 'based' as an attempt of Consertive Cultural Appropriation.

This has become an attempt to reappropriate it into a culturally traditional value. And nothing shows this cultural shift of the Conservative party better than this. If I'm understanding Lil Bs intent correctly. Being 'based', to put into words as best as possible, would be defined by values specifically of challenging tradition. And then right wing traditionalists spat their toxic fumes of appropriation all over the term 'based' and exploited it through fascist propaganda, and much like how fascist propaganda has worked historically. Traditionalists like Andrew Tate, and his pee-ons like Sneako, have spread the association of being 'based' to being 'redpilled' to try devalue the power of the word 'based'.

Ofcourse they haven't fully reappropriated the term into the cultural norm. Leftists, like myself, also associate its values on if they are 'based' or not. But, we are using it closer to the original terminology. Because to be a based leftist is to challenge the values that Andrew Tate stands for. Andrew Tate represents anti-feminism, Traditional Nuclear Family Nationalism, Gender Conforming Standards and similar ideologies.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe The Based God is a feminist. The Based God challenges the norm and structures that hold us to the shackles of Traditional sanctities.

The Based God would recognize Trans rights as a human rights issue. And ease their oppression by challenging outdated standards of gender conformity.

Andrew Tate and his defunct little group were NEVER based. They are the polar opposite. But I believe they are exploiting this cultural shift to capture the attention of the impressionable youth to infect their minds with anti-based traditional ideas. Because based by its very nature is counter culture. Its prone to going where the counter culture is. And since liberals are the new cultural standard, Conservatives are the counter culture now. Which has made it easier for them to bastardize counter cultural terms like 'based' to mean the opposite of what it's supposed to mean. This is actual cultural appropriation and I can only hope The Based God approves of my interpretations of it's post-modern ideologies and stands up to this devaluing of a progressive modern term.

It may ruin the aesthetic idea of being 'based' but we need to clearly define it which is inherentally kind of uncool, i know, but knowledge is power and all that bullshit. But unironically though. And terms like 'based' have roots in Post-modern ideas. Like Lil B, while I don't believe he invented the term he atleast presented it to the culture that created the pipeline to how we use the term 'based' now. Much like 'woke' it's another term that presented in classes that have roots in black culture. And it 'Elvis Presleyed' into the way Conservatives use it today. But subsiding the social implications for a moment, we can also gather that 'based' is rooted in this post-modernist internet culture as well as counter culture. Which is why many music critics have taken acknowledgement of how Lil B message is through hip hop, but as a post modern figure Lil B is more Punk Rock. Because his music is classified as a counter cultural caricature made to challenge the idea of traditional hip hop. Lil B symbolically represents the same kind of values of 'challenging tradition' that Punk Rock has at its very essense. And you can see the influence this punk rock essense has, as Lil B is often recognized for being the 'godfather of modern rap' the rap that is more focused on post-modern vibes as opposed to traditional hip-hops more lyrical based qualifiers. Again, this why Lil B was often hated by more old school traditional hip hop heads. Some have since learned to embrace him, especially since he can also prove himself lyrically.  When Lil B gets lyrical I perceive it as especially 'based' as it sends a powerful message. To show the traditional hip hop heads that he can do what they do, and yet Lil B would often choose to do his own thing anything anyways despite traditional norms. That is super fucking punk rock if you ask me.

Lil B got the term 'based' stuck in the zeitgeist through his alter ego, The Based God. The idea of The Based God is, in itself, is a Post-modern figure the term 'based' is already more symbolic than something that can be easily defined. Sounds to me, like the term 'based' could be perceived as 'challenging traditions' if we gather the context of The Based God being a symbolic figure that represents Lil B's core values of challenging tradition. To be 'based' would mean the same thing as 'to be counter culture' and 'anti-establishment'.

Because, to understand what, The Based God, could be defined as in a traditional sense kind of goes against the point of being 'based'. 'Based'  I would say being 'based' is having a healthy trust in your instincts and having faith that your values are providing a progressive lense of nuance to traditional and outdated ideas. Which is where the 'god' imagery comes in. Because, to most religions 'God' is perceived in a more abstract fashion to what some fundamental traditional Christians teach. 

God is usually more symbolic than literal. And God in the post-modern sense is for of an essence or gut feeling. Christian fundamentalists often personify god to relate more abstract and esoteric ideas taught in the bible in a way that people can contextualize and relate to. Humanizing and personifying a symbol. Which is why Lil B communicates with the Based God in more of a post-modern sense. It's more of a representation of the trust Lil B has in his instincts and subconscious knowledge and that the way Lil B presents those values can be absorbed into society in good faith that it promotes a more open mind progressive world.

Here comes a fancy quote I'm hoping sticks. Lil B, feel free to turn this philosophical nugget into a song. I wont even ask for writing credit:

God is whatever power you choose to surrender your instincts to.

It may be simple enough but important to remember. If you channel the power that faith in a traditional idea of God has over fundamental Christians into having faith in yourself and your own instincts... well that would be based.

[elusivedaydream]

Cultural appropriation has been, until recently, a *neutral* phrase used in anthropology to describe a natural process whereby cultural practices are transferred from one culture and integrated into another. It is completely normal and healthy for people to be inspired and reproduce what they see another group of people doing.

Things that may be a problem could be: Claiming authenticity when modifying, not fully understanding, not having enough experience, etc.

Doing a practice solely for the purpose of profit or a gimmick while ignoring tradition or having an inability to grasp the meaning of the practice.

Generally speaking, people shouting "cultural appropriation! Not ok!" Just seem to enjoy finding things wrong with everyone else around them. Here in the US, people often forget that our country is known as "the great melting pot" and whatever "culture" we have is appropriated from elsewhere.

[homura507]

This is not Dior silhouette, this is Chinese Mamianqun. Well-preserved Ming and Qing Mamianqun can be seen in many museum collections. As Chinese, I ask @Dior to respect my culture and STOP steal our traditional things.

[greenivydusk]

Why Cultural Appropriation and Dark Academia/Any Kind of Academia Core is Related Deeply?

Stealing Hellenism: The Erasure Of Greeks By NeoPagans (greekcitytimes.com)

While I do fancy many of these amazingm oodboards based on sculpture art admiring photography, please do think about how it affects and impacts the Greeks. Their culture belongs to them, and what the British Museum does from years to years is UNACCEPTABLE! I am a huge retro fanatic but not at all costs...

[undergroundusa]

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[luxshine]

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[newstattoos]

  Whether you appreciate them or not, most people would agree tattooing is an art form. Original artistic works, such as paintings, engravings, and drawings, are protected under the Canadian Copyright Act. It is reasonable to assume the courts will, when the time comes, extend the same protection to tattoos — U.S. courts have held that co...

[nicholasandriani]

The Revolutionary Act of Minor Feelings. Cathy Park Hong Challenges You to Confront Your Complicity in Oppression and Reclaim Your Humanity

This book broke me in ways I hadn’t expected. Poets have a tendency to do this. I can’t help but enter their world on tiptoes as I dance around their words p, only to eventually collide with a fragile moment that shakes me awake from my complicity in upholding the systems that be. Minor Feelings is no exception and remains one of the most challenging books I’ve encountered to this day. Minor…

[angelasymposium]

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow, Sunday 26th of March, at 6 pm UK time to attend the Roundtable on Cultural Appropriation with three amazing scholars in the field. Set the reminder and participate in the event by clicking on this link. https://www.youtube.com/live/T2BLxiESX4U?feature=share #culturalappropriation #culturalappreciation #appropriation #indigenousreligions https://www.instagram.com/p/CqORStILNfi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[miyasanchez7]

Cultural appropriation is picking apart one cultural aspect that isn’t theirs and mimicking them without consent from the origins. Things like aesthetics, traditional practices, artifacts/items, etc., are often prone to such disrespectful acts. It is done purely for selfish reasons, profit, clout, or the shallowest reasons other than liking them. You can learn more about Black people’s struggles through the book “American’t: The Corporate Plantation” by King Bell...

[delicatetheoristanarchist]

Ya'll. This is not new news. Gwen has been appropriating for YEARS. she started in a Ska band. She had a troupe of Asian/Asian American that didn't speak. A wildly racist music video that was later taken down after outcry.

[smallamounts87]

TW: Sexual Assault 

I am a Black African American woman.  As I am awaiting arrest for non-peacefully responding to the racism of a white feminist, arielle london, who is involved in cause work, here are more photos to share with some black media outlets, & some black journalists, after I am killed by the FBI. Additional video recordings of direct messages indicating that I was in fact raped with coercion by musician charles hamilton, can be found here : https://at.tumblr.com/smallamounts87/trigger-warning-sexual-assault/hmlxexut7zxn

The US Institute of Diplomacy & Human Rights, in Washington DC, can be contacted at 888-4USIDHR (888-487-4347) and info@usidhr.org , about the anti-Black racism of their trainee arielle london, & so this can be reported. The staff member who trained her, is isabelle vladoiu.

[fluidsberlin]

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[undergroundusa]

Cultural Appropriation By Any Other Name… "I wanted to touch on a hypocrisy everyone is letting slide. It may sound insignificant to you at first, but the more you contemplate the double standard, the more you see that one demographic is getting pushed around, and has been pushed around since the 1960s…"

https://www.undergroundusa.com/p/cultural-appropriation-by-any-other

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