Jonathan Pie’s Rant On Cultural Appropriation

Blimey, how did this statement of truth get past the BBC Inquisition?

I am Indian, if I see a American women wearing a Saree or eating briyani or doing Yogasana, it will make me happy that my culture is spreading, I don't understand why anybody should cry about it.

“Stealing” the best bits from other cultures is how society advances, cultural collaboration.

I'm Italian and I'm always angry when people eat fake Italian food, not because it's cultural appropriation, but because they are being scammed and are missing the true thing. I want my culture to spread as much as possible, steal it as much as you want. If you cook your own lasagne at home, I'm a happy Italian man.

They did read 1984. They thought it was an instruction manual.

I agree with him but the irony that this has been published the bbc is pretty hilarious

It's my experience that if you dress in another people's traditional clothing, the near universal reaction is flattery. I'm Scottish and if I saw foreigners dressed in a kilt, I'd want to shake their hands buy them a drink!

God, I like this fella. A voice of sanity.

It's funny but at the same time annoying because it's true

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes. To distort it into an act of theft is disgusting. When I, a white American, was in Thailand and I told the locals that I was there to study meditation, a core Buddhist practice, they were DELIGHTED...and rightfully so. It was a statement by me that these people had figured out and preserved a valuable area of knowledge that my people didn't understand at all. It was a huge COMPLIMENT, and they understood that. Cultural appropriation is the biggest NON-issue of all time.

Back in the early 80s and growing up in a multicultural city, we had black and Indian friends, loved UB40, The Beat, The Specials. We wore Trilby hats and Rasta scarves and black, asian and white fans all danced together at the gigs. It would never in a million years have occurred to us that we were 'culturally appropriating ' anything. It was one big party, and if anyone had conmented about the colour of a person's skin or their ethnicity we would have been genuinely confused. I really despair at the current message that is being rammed in our faces, and all it will do in the end is create division where there used to be unity. It is brutal and sad.

amazing how telling the truth in 2020 has magically become a form of comedy!

Jonathan pie is my favourite leftist, I don't agree with him on everything he says but he nails it on the snowflake lunacy that as been coming out of the regressive left.

It's not stealing, they still have their culture.

Hasn’t anyone heard the phase, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’?

Can we have a moment of silence for the guy at bbc who posted this and got sent to the gulag.

I had my culture appropriated once... gits just broke in and nicked it from the lab!

Japan has been appropriating other cultures for decades, they're masters at it. And nobody whines about it.

I’m German but live in the U.K. and it makes me so happy to see Oktoberfest popping up here and there! Love to see that our culture is being appreciated, not appropriated

As a black person I find the concept of 'cultural appropriation' itself infuriatingly insulting. Who the F*CK decided to make themselves the arbiter of what I am and am not offended by?!! You're welcome to every part of my culture. It's cool as f and that's not me being biased because I'm a snobby North London vegan cyclist who studies Theravada Buddhism and who uses Received Pronunciation ... But Jamaican food is the best tasting food on the planet and proper Reggae music amazing. I loved 'Informer' by Snow, Vanilla Ice was actually a decent rapper, I knew Eminem would be a game-changer and I wasn't at all bothered when I found out Rick Astley was white. Plus, half the classic Jungle tunes were made by white people as anyone who went raving in the early 90's knows. As far as looks, in this day and age, it's pure aesthetics. Black people want to be lighter, white people want to be darker ... Crack on, I say.