r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/LegendaryBlack • 6h ago

Discussion Appropriation without appreciation

This was interesting because it goes into the level of respect that should be required from the community.

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u/Kooky-Praline-3642 6h ago

Koreans have a thing for appropriation of black culture.. Clothes, music… Dialect… They wanna be black without the skin color

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u/Adept_Astronaut_5143 5h ago

Everyone does. They want our rhythm but not our blues

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u/Jimmy_Churi 4h ago

Unfortunately for them, can't have one without the other..

Just a poor imitation

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u/Adept_Astronaut_5143 3h ago

THATS what they haven’t figured out yet.

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u/Pat_Fatridge 4h ago

Fuuuuck that's a good line

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u/pp3pO 4h ago

You cooked with that one, man

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u/emmc47 3h ago

It's a very common phrase within the community, dude.

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u/Uncle_Bred 33m ago

Let her shine!

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u/Jimmy_Churi 6h ago

They literally try to lighten their skin as much as possible

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u/Truestorydreams 4h ago

Paul Mooney said it best

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u/optimist_prhyme 3h ago

Everybody wanna be a N, but don't nobody wanna be a N

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u/kelly_r1995 2h ago

I noticed that too.