So
if you read any Canadian newspapers at all, you’re aware of the cultural
appropriation arguments going on, with certain persons claiming that white
writers, especially those in mainstream media,
cannot be sensitive enough to write about issues involving indigenous
people. The suggestion from some is that unless you’re part of the oppressed
group, you just don’t have enough understanding and empathy to really
appreciate what it means to be oppressed. Or to truly understand the problem. The claim is that cultural appropriation is happening so much and so
often that as long as we tolerate it, we encourage it.
Hmmm. I disagree. This is Canada. People are
still allowed to think their own thoughts and form their own opinions. William
Shakespeare wrote about Jews living in Venice and witches in Scotland. So maybe
we should ban Shakespeare too. These people with their faux outrage are just talk, talk, talk. They have no credibility. You don't survive in this world by sitting around pointing fingers and blaming everyone else.
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