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Originally Posted by Ashasx
18 year old white girl going to prom wearing a traditional Chinese dress. Bullied and being called a racist for "appropriating" another culture.
Just one example that's all over the internet and even mainstream Canadian news right now. I can't actually believe I need to defend that claim because calling people racists without proof is the bread and butter of the left right now.
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Well, the proof would be in the fact that she, a white person, wore a traditional Chinese dress. Doing so can be a sign of cultural appropriation, which is a symptom of system racism.
So again, it’s not as those there’s “no evidence.” There is evidence, it’s right in front of your face. What you mean to say is that terms like racism are used based on evidence that may, in the end, not actually support that conclusion.
Me? I think she was fine to where the dress. I liked her reasoning for it and she stood behind it. But I can also see the evidence some people took as it being a gesture influenced by racism.
To claim that people just walking around calling others racists for no damn reason is false. Evidence that doesn’t convince you =/= no evidence, and you should definitely be aware of the difference.