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I am quite overwhelmed.
I've received well over 100 emails plus a blog response from Darien Wolfe concerning "cultural appropriation." For those who keep score, only one was in favor of what I think of as limitation.
I'd especially like to thank the Australians and those from multi-ethnic ancestry for their support.
I must admit to (still) being puzzled by this aspect of political correctness. Without cultural appropriation, our lives would be bland indeed. My dinner, for example, would lack pepper, curry, tomatoes, eggplant, paprika, rice, noodles, potatoes, oranges, bananas, ginger, chocolate, and much more. The language I employ borrowed about 60-70% of its vocabulary. We'd keep sheep and cows and swine, but shed mutton, beef and pork.
Anyway, thank you all.
I received a nasty-gram from someone who accused me of "cultural appropriation" yesterday. I thought I understood the term. I guess not. I have used/alluded to Japanese, Chinese, Indian, NW Pacific US, Old Norse, as well as Australian tales and religions. I hope never to have disrespected any. However, if I get more offensive email, I'll just stop posting. Is it cultural appropriation to eat pizza and not be Italian? Or eat ethnic foods of any sort? I don't wear a dhoti. Nor a serape. This is not a plea for fan mail, I'm just concerned that readers are offended by citations and allusions.
Will be up in a little while. I think I'll "return" to Sam in about two weeks. So ... we'll be abandoning Queensland for NSW.
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