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JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

as was always casting white guys as Charlie Chan but making them speak in a fake ‘Chinese guy who talks like white people think Confucious wrote’ way. There was a shit ton of cultural appropriation in Hollywood and there really still is with some cultures.

How is that “cultural appropriation” and not just… racism?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Cultural appropriation is a subset of racism.