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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I think it's easy to see why that bilboard is offensive. If they were dressed up as rappers with some tacky rhyme as their message it would be patent cultural appropriation. A no brainer. This isn't hard. But it also doesnt mean everyone will find it offensive.
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Ima need some help here.
Without just repeating the ad, what could be offensive? I’m asking, because I seriously can’t see that logic. I mean, unless the argument is any reference, portrayal, or use of cultural, racial, or vocational imagery is automatically appropriation; a notion I vehemently disagree with and think would be a huge step backwards.
Let’s get one thing real clear: Rap music cannot be ‘culturally appropriated’ by some ticky-tack whack advert rhyme.
‘Dressed up as rappers’? I’m assuming you meant to say like a gangster, because rap styles pretty damn diverse and Urban and Street wear is pretty hip these days. Not that the people in the ad in question were dressed up in anything other than regular business clothes.