Commentary: My nephew tried to school me on cultural appropriation. It didn't end well.

Chicago Tribune ^ | Jack VanNoord

[chajin]

Wait till the barrio finds out Tres Equis beer is the result of German brewers in Mexico.

Also why norteño music always includes an accordion.

[metmom]

Hysterical article.

[freedumb2003]

If you read to the end you will see:

“This article is related to: Canoeing and Kayaking”

LOLOL!!!

I love the whole thing. I wish it was real :)

[freedumb2003]

>>Also why norteño music always includes an accordion.<<

Accordion heck, some regions in Mexico the music sounds like Bavarian Oom-pa-pa music, with tuba prominently setting the bass line.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

“Cultural appropriation” might be a valid accusation for something like a middle-aged white woman paying $3,000 to be trained as a Native American “shaman” during a three-day course, but in most cases it’s absolute BS.

It is BS then too.

Appropriation is defined as "the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission."

Cultures have no owners, only followers. And you can not "take" it because it is not physical.

You can suppress a culture, you can not appropriate a culture. It is just not possible.

There is no such thing a "religious appropriation" either. And yes, that is the next thing coming down the line.

[Kirkwood]

Was humor appropriated from your ancestors?

[dinodino]

The article would have been perfect at half the length. The joke ran too long, that’s all. Comedy is all about timing.

[Drew68]

Stupid article. No way it’s a true story.

I don't think anyone expected it was.

[Da Coyote]

My simple answer to these dorks is if they are not European, give up electricity, all advanced math (yes there are a few exceptions), medicine, etc

In other words, go back to your third world country and sit your illiterate Obamahole there and rot.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

For a good part of my life I have attempted cultural appropriation. I have attempted to have all of the female species regardless of their culture.
At least one of each.

Worked out pretty well.

Don’t let the First lady see this post...

5.56mm

[Retvet]

Colleges no longer educate. The indoctrinate. This was Khrushchev’s plan it is progressing. He is burying us from the grave.

[HotHunt]

I did both, getting my degree first and then going on active duty for 20 years in the Air Force and then retired.

By far, the military training, discipline, motivation and dedication, have been much more helpful to me in my life than my business degree has been.

If I had it to do over again and could only do one or the other, I'd join the armed forces for at least a tour or two.

[Ozark Tom]

Germans and other assorted Europeans settled in the mid-country.

[Skooz]

At 19, I was all ready to go into the Navy. Had the physical, took the tests, only needed to sign on the dotted line.

But, on my initial application I stated that I had asthma as a kid. Because of that, I needed dispensation from my congresscritter for a waiver to be allowed to join.

I never got around to that. Years went by and I went to college, instead.

[Perseverando]

Isn’t speaking English cultural appropriation from .... the British?

[Tax-chick]

Cute column. Hopefully readers will be inspired.

[publius911]

Stupid article. No way it’s a true story.

Of course it's not true

But I love the parody.

[WMarshal]

“Stupid article. No way it’s a true story.”

Bless your heart! The story and its point was beyond your grasp.

[WMarshal]

I wish i had gone into the military instead of college.

I second that notion. The only reason I avoided military service is that I had such a shit relationship with my father and his 'my way or the highway' attitude that I felt that I might end up in Leavenworth.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery......