I feel like people are being way too obtuse about it so we have to keep simple.
Oh I get it now, it's the DC part that got me confused.
There are videos in this very thread showing her use the "blaccent" as the butt of a joke in skits and scenes. She's using it to be funny. She's mocking black folks. Actually, yes, you can easily assume she did this in bad faith. She still goes by Awkwafina and has never apologized.
I hope she got paid…
Didn't the whole Meghan Markle thing kind of erase the idea that UK's racism was subtle? Lol
Not really, I guess it's pretty clear she used black culture to get ahead. Still watching tho, as I said I was curious.
What the fuck? Yeah idk how anyone could ever say it was subtle at all then. That shit is crazy.
That is a different thing. I won't be upset about anyone watching this movie.
Oh I'm not talking about the movie, I was talking about the videos shared in this thread.
You're not wrong. And it's cringe as hell when people can't or won't acknowledge it.
It's as I said, people don't inherently respect the thought that we have the right to be the purveyors of own culture. They think that we should be grateful people like Awkwafina even bother to look our way.
Start checking people.
Thanks for answering me, I like the way you put it. I can see how respect is the main reason why she is getting called out, since she seems shameless in her disposable use of black culture, I wonder if she believed she could get away with it due to her minority status.
I don't know if it's the remedy, but Nora as a celebrity reaching new peaks of success and fame (a rise from the base of appropriation/mockery) could contribute to collective growth by being publicly introspective and apologizing to set an example for other non-black people participating in uncool appropriation.
That literally would make sense if she talked like that naturally, but she clearly doesn't. It's a caricature.
Someone just learned of the term "culture vulture."
Right. And signs of them being inauthentic is who they surround themselves with. My sis hubby is polish, grew up around hella black people has some black aspects to his persona BUT he's authentic to me where like ALL his groomsmen were black(I didn't even realize the shit till I looked at pictures lol) vs some person who just wears the culture on their sleeve and just turns shit off, doesn't actually embrace shit etc. it's easy as hell to tell who non-white pretty much been around the culture and the ones who are just emulating shit.
A worthwhile thing to check out here may be "cultural melting pot" versus other models.
Apologize for it really. I can't speak for LA but in NYC it's how many of us grew up. To me it's very normal but she's exposed to a much wider audience than what was us stupid teens in Queens and Brooklyn watching her dumb Vines when she first started. She was influenced by the culture around her to varying degrees I'll say since I don't actually know her, and this thread like the last time it happened, is about wanting her to acknowledge it at the very least.
