Downlo: It's cute when White people 'discover' things that have been used, eaten, or practiced by non-Whites for thousands of years.

23:25 25th Sep 2011

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Tags: cultural appropriation whiteness lists bioethics
It’s cute when White people ‘discover’ things that have been used, eaten, or practiced by non-Whites for thousands of years.
Just look at all the great stuff that we can all now enjoy thanks to intrepid White people, ya’ll:
- Yoga
- Ayurvedic medicine
- Neem
- Tai Chi
- Acupuncture
- Buddhism
- Green tea
- ‘Chai tea’
- Lentils
- Chia seeds
- Maca
- Quinoa
- African black soap
- Shea butter
- Argan oil
- And much, much, much more!
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  LOLing. Some of these things haven’t gotten to me yet, I don’t even know what they all are. (Probs cause I’m only half...
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  Don’t even get me started on medicine from the Amazonian basin or the genetic material of indigenous people taken under...
27. titlecase said: What unknowablewoman said…Is it just that white people tend to act like they came up with it, or that it’s new and shiny or is it that we’re eating it/doing it at all? Also I thought it said African Black Soup and that sounded really good.
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36. heyfranhey said: lmfaooooooooooooo! I seriously need to know you in real life!!!!
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