It is cultural appropriation if a black person listens to Mozart; this dead white male composer is simply not part of that person’s culture. It is cultural appropriation whenever an Oriental person tunes in to rap music; those songs are simply not part of that person’s culture. It is cultural appropriation every time a Jew eats pork; not only is
“If Chairman Wu were in power when Henry Ford was ruining the blacksmith, horse training and saddle making industries, she would have taxed the latter and subsidized the former. How about when computers took out the typewriter, carbon paper, and correction fluid (Wite-Out) industries?” Madame Chairman Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts,
It is now the year 2525. Equality has finally been attained. Yes, it took quite a while to attain this goal. Why? This is because as we approached it, as we became closer and closer to this ideal, as people became more and more identical, there were fewer and fewer people of genius to do the heavy lifting. And those few who still remained were not
Es apropiación cultural si una persona negra escucha a Mozart; este compositor hombre blanco muerto simplemente no forma parte de la cultura de esa persona. Es apropiación cultural cada vez que un oriental sintoniza música rap; esas canciones sencillamente no forman parte de la cultura de esa persona. Es apropiación cultural cada vez que un judío
«Si la presidenta Wu estuviera en el poder cuando Henry Ford arruinaba las industrias de herrería, entrenamiento de caballos y fabricación de sillas de montar, habría gravado estas últimas y subsidiado las primeras. ¿Y cuando las computadoras acabaron con las industrias de las máquinas de escribir, el papel carbón y el líquido corrector
Estamos en el año 2525. Por fin se ha alcanzado la igualdad. Sí, ha costado bastante alcanzar este objetivo. ¿Por qué? Porque a medida que nos acercábamos a ella, a medida que nos aproximábamos más y más a este ideal, a medida que las personas se volvían más y más idénticas, cada vez había menos personas geniales para hacer el trabajo pesado. Y
Debate entre el Dr. Glenn Drover, de la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la UBC, y el Dr. Walter Block, del Instituto Fraser; 24 de septiembre de 1988.
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