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Originally Posted by ScaringChildren
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Halloween is a European Pagan holiday.
Non-whites are culturally appropriating if they celebrate.
Gotta make em live by their own rules.
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You can't culturally appropriate if you're in a hegemonic position of power and authority, and you use your influence to control who has a voice in our culture. The essence of cultural appropriation isn't just taking it, but commercializing it and using it to benefit yourself over the people who created it. When disenfranchised minorities participate in Halloween, they aren't benefiting from the commercialization because they aren't stakeholders.
At least that's what my wife would say about that, and about racism. It's awful but she's dynamite in the sack so I deal with it.