Even is she wasn’t half Indian it shouldn’t be offensive. She’s literally marrying a Indian man. Why are people trying to segregate things

@highl1keplanes

3 жыл бұрын

"Woke" ppl on social media think they know it all 🙄

@PanickedPluto

3 жыл бұрын

Right? Like I’m white but my bf is a brown skinned Mexican and we plan on doing every celebration in our life in a traditional Mexican way. His whole family accepts me and his mom is always buying me clothes that are more in style with Mexicans and their culture. She loves when I’m apart of their culture. They actually find it offensive if I don’t want to participate in their culture. I’d be dammed if someone said I’m cultural appropriating when a whole Mexican family asked me to participate

@fromspace7

3 жыл бұрын

@@PanickedPluto that's because it's only in America that "cultural appropriation" is a thing. the rest of the world have never even heard of it.

@PanickedPluto

3 жыл бұрын

@@fromspace7 facts! My bf can’t understand others who complain about cultural appropriation. I got told I was cultural appropriating because I got a clay sugar skull to paint. Well my bfs mom sure does love having that painted sugar skull in her living room and doesn’t think it’s cultural appropriation!

@keamisullivan3289

3 жыл бұрын

@@fromspace7 in America people of color are punished for our cultural attributes while often people not from that culture are celebrated for it. It’s not just a made up concept or people being overly sensitive it’s a real issue. If I can get hired for wearing braids but Kim Kardashian is celebrated for it that’s a systematic problem. Most people will call us sensitive without really understanding our racist history or the ways in which it still affects our society today. Just like any other issues, people get it wrong and there are gray areas. But it’s definitely a thing.

Even if she wasn't part Indian, there's a big difference between appropriation and appreciation.

@SobrietyandSolace

4 жыл бұрын

It's a bit much to wear someone else's national dress for your religious ceremony though.

@kmaguire7161

4 жыл бұрын

@@greenmoss4842 Yeah but the benefit she got was feeling beautiful for her wedding day. It isn't like she is some rich white celebrity profiting off an Indian clothing line she created.

@aayushigupta1136

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenmoss4842 umm no. As an Indian, I wouldn't be offended if a non-Indian wore an Indian dress. Don't see why people who are not Indian should be offended.

@TheJuiceor

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenmoss4842 No it would not. If a person adores someone culture what is offensive in that?I spoke with several people of different cultures ,none of them care about that ,on the contrary, they would love it. I am Armenian and I would love if someone wore traditional Armenian outfit. This is a term that needs to go. It's a bullshit term that only exists in US

@alexheron7691

3 жыл бұрын

My sister is white and married an Indian and wore full Indian dress on their wedding day as requested by HIS family

And she's marrying an Indian man like she's already merging with the culture through marital ceremony. Like where is the BrAins

@complainer406

3 жыл бұрын

She said he's mixed race too. Why would his Indian-ness matter more than hers?

@nicholasyong7051

3 жыл бұрын

@@complainer406 no that's not what I meant cuz I f you have read my comment, I started with "and" meaning I made a previous comments which I said that she clearly looks brown. Secondly, some ppl still think that just because you're marrying someone of a different ethnicity still means you can't be involved in their culture, which is absolute bs.

@complainer406

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasyong7051 This is KZread, nobody can see your other comments.

@abireadz

3 жыл бұрын

@Jillian A if no one else can see other comments, than how did you see the comment??? Where is the logic my friend?

@nicholasyong7051

3 жыл бұрын

@@complainer406 in which KZread can you not see my other comments?

Yeah I’m sorry people need to stop “defending” other cultures. I would bet money it wasn’t Indian people claiming that it was appropriation.. Plus no one has the right to say that to someone they don’t even know personally. Ridiculous.

@aquirkymooncake1988

3 жыл бұрын

Morgana Rich THANK YOU ,,FINALLY SOMEONE . I HATE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION edit - im an indian btw and i hv no prblm wtsoevr .

@starmaster9105

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly it’s usually white ppl that do this shit and I’m half white I look white so it’s not hating on white ppl I just notice usually mostly white ppl say this stuff

@SpiritualityiskeyDevi

3 жыл бұрын

Indian here no problem if you wear lehenga. Just wear it properly and pay the culture respect. No problem if someone wears lehenga or dress designs it with others' to make dresses as long as they acknowledge it.

@anya5893

3 жыл бұрын

We Indians love when people follow our culture, wear our clothes, eat our food, etc. A lot of foreign tourists wear Indian clothes when they visit the country and we really appreciate it. Once I was watching a video of a vloger who was visiting India. While shopping he asked his guide if local people will get offended if he wears Indian clothes. Back then I found his question really weird because I had no idea that Americans turn small things like this into “cultural appropriation”.

@myriampro4973

3 жыл бұрын

@@anya5893 Americans and sometimes English get offended by stupid things. A futball player in the English league, Edindon Cavani, he get a suspension because he twitted in Spanish to a fellow Uruguayan, and used a normal word in Spanish that sounded like the N-word in English.

I feel like most people complaining about something being “cultural appropriation” are not even people of that culture

@gdeosara

5 жыл бұрын

that's so true, I'm Guyanese and I think its great when people celebrate our culture too

@Chapa24.

5 жыл бұрын

True 🤣

@rochelle6323

5 жыл бұрын

@@gdeosara Thats their point, you are a part of the culture and you accept it; op believe those complaining arent a part of the culture like you

@thesupreme7815

5 жыл бұрын

@Shivan Anirudhra black face is completely different than wearing a dress. The cultural equivalent would be her darkening her skin to appear more Indian or adopting an accent she doesn't have to mock Indians

@prinnywinny9013

5 жыл бұрын

Its always like that lmfao🤣

She's half-indian, she's appropriating her own culture.. People are so extra nowadays smh.

@maryperry6573

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody has a problem about everything, especially when it doesn't involve them🙄

@zxyxzy0

4 жыл бұрын

Yas Yas yet in another video she doesn’t. Pain to be half Indian and just says her parents are Caribbean and that her mum is mixed race. Caribbean firstly isn’t a race

@CherryBlossomBlyue

4 жыл бұрын

I think people just like to scream Cultural appropriation at everything. Like her last name is Indian come on people context clues

@ari-jv

4 жыл бұрын

@atasha wright jhene aiko is 1/3 white 1/3 black and 1/3 asian

@ari-jv

4 жыл бұрын

You cant appropriate your own culture. Its appreciating it

I'm Indian and this is honestly bs. As a world we should share out cultures because what's the point of being a diverse planet if we can't share it? All the haters are literally just mad you looked better in their clothes.

@thethmooteresa

3 жыл бұрын

YESSS absolutely, international friendshipday----- appreciating all cultures ♡♡♡ and sharing

@chanmarr8118

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking it’s fine as long as it’s not a mockery of the culture. People are too sensitive nowadays.

@alanajoseph1215

3 жыл бұрын

@Matsotello Molefe You don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything and there's no such thing as cultural appropriation. This might offend some people but I even think it's fine for people who aren't black to do braids and dreads. As long as they aren't mocking the culture then it's fine. We should all be able to embrace each others cultures.

@alanajoseph1215

3 жыл бұрын

@@chanmarr8118 I agree 💯

@oikujhygt5483

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanajoseph1215 yep i totally agree (I’m black) if it’s your hair you do what you want

Not even Nick Jonas got this treatment when he got married and he’s visibly white

@shail6878

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yes

@floof_croissant

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking

@YasminMahnaz

3 жыл бұрын

That's cause..peiyanka is India.. she talks walks.... Hindu Indian... can't and won't shut up about being Indian Hindu and pppl won't stop asking what she is or ballyhood movies. This girl........ don't look Indian... looks more African... depending on day hair.. makeup up and dress. Her sister look black also.. claiming she thinks she more Indian looking. Anyway they both married into black ppl.... even if it's mix black. They look black alot. And relate to black ppl. Weird how that works.... but to keep up image for parents u dress Indian... but not into Indian ish mixed ppl...weird. ps. U don't have to look your race either. It ain't making u less than. It's just shock cause no know much and they siblings don't claim it

@XtinaLucia

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think any of this should matter to other people. She did it for herself bc that’s how she wanted to look in her wedding. Period. She doesn’t have to write a report documenting all the times she wore traditional clothes.

@mariaangelica2499

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

Your heritage. Your dress. Your husband. Your wedding. Period. 😊

@zinzibam4126

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@futasupastah

5 жыл бұрын

Mon Mac Periodt!

@CALLMEMONDAY_

5 жыл бұрын

Yessssssss!

@mommyonabudget3124

5 жыл бұрын

Girl yes me and my boyfriend joke and talk about our wedding day. I told him I want a popcorn machine and pizza. He was like OK if that makes u happy.

@brittanysteward13

5 жыл бұрын

Mon Mac exactly perfectly said!

No Indian person I've ever known gets offended by a non Indian person wears traditional Indian clothing. We love it! Edit - This is just about wearing Indian clothing. It is not a denial of existence of cultural appropriation.

@ManPursueExcellence

4 жыл бұрын

Aishwarya Tyagi But her parents have Indian in them though 😂

@RoastedSaltedPeanut

4 жыл бұрын

@@ManPursueExcellence oh yeah but even if she wasn't. Most Indians dont take part in this policing, we just appreciate people supporting our businesses

@ManPursueExcellence

4 жыл бұрын

Aishwarya Tyagi Yeah, I hear that. It’s free advertising too 😂.

@americancreole6299

4 жыл бұрын

She is 50% East Indian so that IS her culture! She was raised in the culture by her East Indian dad.

@simplyk8zin808

4 жыл бұрын

I love Indian ppl, the culture, the food 🥰

when she said she was thinking about how her family would react instead of the internet speaks volumes. people online these days feel like all content pumped out is for them and they have the right to police everything...when they dont

@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty

3 жыл бұрын

Well when your social media is also your brand is a bit hard to say it isn't content for them to digest. It DOES blur the line a little bit now the influencers are a thing. It's why I have all my shit on private and just have my ACTUAL friends as friends. However it can definitely be said that nobody can gatekeep a culture, especially on grounds of race, and in general people need to either talk about ACTUAL issues or mind their own damn business.

I swear it’s only American people offended over this topic. They will deny your roots and what you are because you don’t look like it and I swear they don’t know the difference between culture appropriation and appreciation . Even if you weren’t partly Indian you’re marrying into the culture. And literally everywhere you go like Africa, Europe, China, etc, I notice people are more than honored to share their culture with you. My husband is Panamanian and I’m Croatian/puerto rican and I have friend who lives in Morocco who wanted us to have Moroccan wedding with their traditions. And there was African lady who moved close gave my mom some traditional African cloths though my mom’s whiter than paper 😂

@kolibambangg

3 жыл бұрын

"They will deny your roots and what you are because you don't look like it" THIS.

@cosmicwitchclarith

3 жыл бұрын

White people getting mad at other (most of the time white) people over things they don't know anything about

@Alecexo

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicwitchclarith white knighting smh

@caimoral30

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm panamanian also. Hope you keep enjoying our culture.

@zainazao

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we arab loove when we see peopel interested in our culture, i mean as long as you're respectful and don't claim it as urs what's the problem? I never understood this.... And honestly i feel weird every time i see americans who doesn't relate at all to the culture call someone out and people who's actually from the same culture defend him/her!! It's just crazy for people to think they have the right to say sth just bcz they seen it on social media and pretend to be "woke"

Meanwhile in India, we genuinely love anyone wearing our dresses. To be honest, in India we have different cultures amongst us. Every state is different. Not just language, food but dressing wise as well. No one would call it cultural appropriation if a south Indian girl wears lehenga. Vice versa. So please anyone wants to wear a sari! Please do.

@christiandoodles

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. Back in 1300 India was like Europe. Many countries on what is looked at as one bit of land today

@fkanali

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you, I'm African, Kenyan to be precise. I was in India last year and Indians dressed me up in sarees which I loved, and bought one to bring back home with me. I will certainly wear it some time. Similarly, when foreigners come to our country, we love seeing them donned in our traditional articles of clothing and/or jewellery......

@cheeseontoast3434

4 жыл бұрын

I will❤ I love indian traditional clothing

@Sue-pn7mq

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I’m Dutch and we love that we’re a mixed culture population and could borrow from all cultures around us. We’re a small country and this aspect of our culture is slowly disappearing.

@TMarieAus24

3 жыл бұрын

My husband says that he thinks appropriating other’s culture are necessary. To shine a light on their culture.

She is ethnically ambiguous. You got to be careful when accusing an ethnically ambiguous person of cultural appropriation. 😂

@Mariah203

4 жыл бұрын

Right! That's basically what it boiled down to! Those people criticizing her didn't know she was Indian too (which honestly is pretty obtuse because her last name is clearly Indian like she said). They played themselves lol.

@arianbuffkin4362

4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@goldyd144

4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of when a Half-Black cosplayer got accused of Blackfishing. 👀👀👀

@yltnaillirb4438

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@skidaddledo6919

4 жыл бұрын

Boodram isn’t an Indian surname, but she is of Indian descent. It’s a surname common in the West Indies, where many are of mixed race Indian descent. Most cultures (outside of black people) are vert protective of what their culture looks like and how it’s represented (phenotypically).

As a (British) white person, it was SO interesting to hear your mini debate about "who benefits from the cultural policing?" I remember being in local traditional Indian clothing stores (think I needed some fabric for a textiles project for school) where the shopowners WANTED to sell us - white people - their clothing. They didn't care that we weren't Indian, they were just excited to get some business from people who came in to admire their fabrics and their dresses.

@AditiPatwardhan-te8nx

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, we Indians love it when someone is interested knowing about our culture!! I honestly don't care anyone wearing Indian dresses even if they're not Indian as long as they are respecting our culture!!💜✌️ (Sorry for my bad English)

@attoooh

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone is flattered if you show interest in their culture! Idk what is wrong with these folks :C

@Alteusgirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@AditiPatwardhan-te8nx Indian culture, history and food is so interesting and diverse!

@AditiPatwardhan-te8nx

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alteusgirl thanks dear!!❤️

@ellebrown675

3 жыл бұрын

Indian fabrics and dresses are so gorgeous!

bruh she was marrying an indian man and she is part indian, and as an indian myself thats not offensive, i actually appreciate it.

Wait, ain't she part Indian, why are we even having this discussion???

@haitianmaniac74

4 жыл бұрын

Cheryl D thank you

@flor8953

4 жыл бұрын

She is guyanese not indian

@cristalm3137

4 жыл бұрын

@@flor8953 many Guyanese persons are of Indian descent

@00survive

4 жыл бұрын

She said her dad is INDIAN!!

@JS-uj2yi

4 жыл бұрын

Because internet is full of trolls and ignorance

I’m Guyanese of African and Indian descent , if I wear an Indian dress to my wedding that’s my business !!

@ginaj5427

4 жыл бұрын

I mean she can if your not Indian than you should not

@s.siddharthan4366

4 жыл бұрын

@@ginaj5427 Even if she's not why can't she wear .??

@ginaj5427

4 жыл бұрын

S. siddharthan appropriation

@sonjaspence8809

3 жыл бұрын

Georgina Aidé West indians are very unified. I’m sure I’m speaking for a lot of Caribbean people that we celebrate everyone’s culture and we don’t see it as cultural appropriation but moreso appreciation. For example, I’m Trinidadian and of African descent, I am able to wear Indian wear without being told that it’s appropriation because of the unity that West Indians have. It’s also vice versa, where Trini’s of Indian descent can wear African wear and it is not seen as appropriation but appreciation. Her being Guyanese, to me, it’s normal. I guess it all depends on perspective, experiences and cultures.

@chantaldookram3558

3 жыл бұрын

@@ginaj5427 Over here in the Caribbean we Indians wear African wear and Africans wear Indian wear . Come on !

I’m a mixed European and I wouldn’t be offended if people “use” things from cultures als long as it means something special to them. I’d only be annoyed if it was more of a trendy thing and they didn’t appreciate what it means.

@smji5269

3 жыл бұрын

It's a white American thing to get mad at people for wearing things from other cultures. White guilt hits hard I suppose? Unless someone is making profit from a certain cultural thing and pretending it's their creation, I don't see why anyone would have problem with it otherwise.

@grahamcracker272chocolate7

3 жыл бұрын

@@smji5269 No, it's not a white thing, more of a ignorance problem between a lot of people.

@smji5269

3 жыл бұрын

@@grahamcracker272chocolate7 Not a white thing, white American thing. I'm north African and our society is very diverse and racism is still existing like any other part of the world, but white people here don't dare speak on behalf of "people of colour" because they know they're as smart as they are and don't need them to act guilty or attack people on their behalf.

@ick.y

3 жыл бұрын

@@smji5269 ? Ive seen so many times a white girl getting trashed by black ppl for wearing braids in her hair or by hispanics for wearing hoops. Its not a white American problem its a problem with all different races.

@smji5269

3 жыл бұрын

@@ick.y I've seen more white people screaming "cultural appropriation" than actual people from those ethnicities. Idk though, maybe people don't get too extreme irl like they do online.

Let's be honest, people who claim someone is "aproppiating" another culture don't really care about the culture, they just care about gatekeeping others...

@shivijie

3 жыл бұрын

ya !!!! people who gave hate on her wedding dress likee bruh wtf I am Indian and I was happy to see that she appreciating our culture. kids might have felt weird an American wearing an Indian dress so they name it her wedding dress is a cultural appropriation

@zorathemagic7310

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what I've been saying lmfao its obvious they wanna divide everyone

@user-dy6lk3wq3n

3 жыл бұрын

literally. cause most people calling her out aren't even a part of that culture😐

@zorathemagic7310

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dy6lk3wq3n true but there still is some and most of those are Americans ughh 😑

@mamylany1819

3 жыл бұрын

They mostly care about looking "woke" on social media ...

The fact that you're literally part Indian debunks this whole cultural appropriation nonsense. You are celebrating part of you. Not stealing anything from anyone. I didn't know you were part Indian, I kind of ignorantly assumed you were black or biracial white/black. Either way if I saw you in that dress I would have assumed that someone in your family or your husband's was Indian and you were honoring that. Either way you looked beautiful and I enjoyed hearing your story!

@devinngeorge

5 жыл бұрын

It's nonsense in general. We are humans and we have shared cultures and customs for 1000s of years

@haizekhaze8868

5 жыл бұрын

@@devinngeorge wasnt always a "choice" sharing but ehh..

@haizekhaze8868

5 жыл бұрын

Of course blck wmn like this. Because yu want to be her. Looking for any escape route possible to be delusionally closer to whoever/whatever else. #SotoNAT10N

@jadesmith7983

5 жыл бұрын

Haizek Haze What lol!?! How did me saying she shouldn't have gotten ridiculed for celebrating apart of her heritage equate to blk women wanting to be like her? I personally love myself and don't need to be like anyone else to do that!

@devinngeorge

5 жыл бұрын

@@haizekhaze8868 what relevance does this have to my statement?

Most Indian people, especially older generations, love it when non-Indian people embrace the culture. Everybody is quick to label things as cultural appropriation these days. Regardless of their heritage, if somebody chose to wear an Indian outfit on their actual wedding day, clearly they did so because they thought it was beautiful, that to me is cultural appreciation.

@ramnicgarcha9060

5 жыл бұрын

S you hit the nail on the head there! I feel the same!!!

@UGAgradRN

5 жыл бұрын

Older generations like it when white people wear Indian clothes because they’re forever trying to please white people. Older Indian people are still generally kinda racist.

@user-xb5rl6wt5j

5 жыл бұрын

ugagradrn Hmm, maybe some but not all. Proud to say the older generation in my family are not racist!

@kristinabrown3077

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, I am Caucasian - I married an Indian man, I wore an ivory saree, bindi, Tikka, henna the whole thing - we had a traditional Indian wedding ceremony - not once did anyone from the family say a thing about me wearing something not from my culture, in fact, there was a heavy appreciation for wearing the saree from Indian family member

@UGAgradRN

5 жыл бұрын

Sure, not all. But I’ve heard it first hand.

Lol I'm an Indian and I don't find it offensive. People are literally snowflakes nowadays.

@Aurora-kq7bo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u for being one of the sane ones spreading knowledge of cultures and loving them should not be illegal

@devinaghose9318

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Indian here and tbh IM PRETTY SURE almost no one in India would mind, instead, they'll probably say wow she looks beautiful- cuz the people calling out on her, are not even Indians-

@pgangte9019

3 жыл бұрын

@@devinaghose9318 exactly. And I've seen the newer generation being more like this. But wherever ask older people. They don't mind it and rather love it.

@yankat3724

3 жыл бұрын

@@pgangte9019 I wouldn’t say it’s just the new generation as most of the people who I’ve met are much older. I would just say it’s people with a clouded mind.

@Sarawarawara-

3 жыл бұрын

I’m Indian and I’m just like “Oh pretty wedding dress”

boiii it physically pained my to see her explain her heritage only to say she is genetically approved to wear a fking lehenga

I think this argument is silly. I am black but I am culturally Indian because I was adopted by Indian parents . I think that as long as you have respect for the culture, wear whatever you want

@Hollow-ty3qm

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i'm not indian or have ever been to india. But when I was teen a my mom's friend, who is from India, gave me a sari dress and showed me how to wear it. Should I have said no even though i'm pretty sure that would have hurt her feelings? Like idk this whole thing is stupid. Or there is an asian store where I live owned by asians but mostly white people live here. If I and other whites stopped shopping at the store, they would go broke. How the fuck is that helping minorities.

@jamilaaali9127

5 жыл бұрын

Wooow that is so interesting ❤️❤️❤️❤️ what is your story of you don’t mind

@aurora12901

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hollow-ty3qm None of these situations you described are cultural appropriation though.

@Hollow-ty3qm

5 жыл бұрын

@@aurora12901 okay so lets say I took a pic of myself wearing the sari dress and put it on instagram or youtube. You're telling me I wouldn't get a shit ton of people shitting on me telling me I can't wear the dress cause i'm not indian? I get there are people who disrespect other cultures and I find that really shitty. But u can't necessarily tell if someones disrespecting a culture by a pic of a sari dress on a white girl. That'a why I find this whole discussion stupid.

@almahansen7705

5 жыл бұрын

Same! Both of my parents are from Mexico and i had a quinceañera.. but i’m Scandinavian - Denmark :)

whoops they gotta feel dumb now 😬 good

@danyarose8360

5 жыл бұрын

s o u n d l y a w a k e 💛

@tkloveshair

5 жыл бұрын

Lmaaao exactly

@sixteen.candles.4644

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@diadonaldson1860

5 жыл бұрын

Cool fro

@malinm1615

5 жыл бұрын

@Tsumigami Mayu as long as they don't wear it in the northern part they won't get weird looks

My god...someone finally said it. “If white people create something, we can all take part in it. If other people create something, you can only partake if you belong to that certain group.” It is weird how that worked out...I care a lot about not appropriating anyone’s culture, and will back the fuck up if I’m ever told I should about anything cultural. So I truly have no resentment or protective feelings regarding this statement, but it is true.

@potatopotahto5824

3 жыл бұрын

because it goes wayyy into history. The main reason western clothing is so famous everywhere in the world is due to the fact they colonised so many countries and force converted their then existing culture.

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

Thats so backwards. It’s actually if BLACK people create something everyone takes it and pretends it’s theirs. You know how you all call AAVE « Internet lingo » instead of acknowledging that yall stole it from a black dialect? You know how y’all call soul food southern food so y’all don’t have to acknowledge that black people invented it? Nobody does that with white people culture cuz y’all don’t have any culture to take.

@courtney9546

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlowerTower You're ignorant.

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

@@courtney9546 but i didnt tell a single lie - you’re just mad at the truth.

@jackimoon8284

3 жыл бұрын

Guys...Shan said it lol. She just has permission to because of all the groups and ethnicities she represents. Like I said...I have nothing to defend. I don’t disagree with ANY of you. Black people have EVERYTHING stolen from them. That will never be in question. She just made a statement that we aren’t “allowed” to make and I thought it was interesting that she said it so matter of factly. She (Nor I) never said that there was anything to “steal” from white or European culture...just that everyone was allowed to participate in it without question. There is nothing to debate here.

Y’all I’m Indian and most of us do not care lmao. The ones saying it’s culture appropriation are trying to act like “saviors”. If you’re not indian you have no opinion.

Seriously though If I invite my non Indian friends to a Indian wedding I’m going to expect them the wear Indian attire even though they aren’t Indian. Also Indian outfits are beautiful why can’t we share that part of our culture.

@seh-lavee2749

3 жыл бұрын

@@burntsoup I think some people are throwing cultural appropriation around without knowing the meaning in the proper context.

@igorkarkaroff4218

3 жыл бұрын

Wearing a cultural dress(appropriate eh not bridal attire etc) to a cultural event you were invited to is not cultural appropriation.

@idek7438

3 жыл бұрын

When I was visiting New York there was an Indian bridal party taking pictures in Central Park and they were all absolutely gorgeous. They looked like princesses out of a fairy tale. Western bride outfits look so plain in comparison (just in terms of jewelry and decorations on the dress itself).

@alyssapinon9670

3 жыл бұрын

@@burntsoup yes and it takes away from actual cases of cultural appropriation that profit off other cultures or claim it as their own.

@gwenethp511

3 жыл бұрын

@@idek7438 i say it looks plain because it's what we're used to! My cousins wore traditional korean clothes to their wedding but for their fancy photo album they wore a western dress because it's viewed as fancy and foreign!

Clicked this so fast because I was like “... but wasn’t it part of your culture?!” The internet strikes again

I'm white, my partner is indo Caribbean. All his family are hindu and we are going to have a hindu wedding when we go visit his family in trinidad. His family will/do appreciate tht and I also appreciate their culture and I will be honoured to wear indian wear for my wedding. My mixed race daughter wears indian wear for divali, she looks relatively white. If people have an issue then tough, we are embracing the culture regardless of the colour of our skin x x

@akankshajoshi8788

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you

@ktgirl-oh9px

3 жыл бұрын

That's how it should. People forget that culture is not "inherited" simply by ancestry. It's adaptive. Also, as an Indian who is born and brought up in India, most of us don't see individuals from other ethnicity/culture wearing our attires as long as they are respectful about it and don't claim as it their own creation.

@alanamaharaj

3 жыл бұрын

I'm indo Caribbean from Trinidad as well and I'm so glad you said this!

@mariaangelica2499

3 жыл бұрын

YOU GO GIRL

As a Latina/Middle East mixture I am really open about learning and teaching different cultures. I wouldn't get angry is someone is trying typical clothes, hairstyles... as long as the stereotypes are broken. I laught a lot because I identify myself mostly as mexican. My parents have been living there all of their lives as well as me. When I decided to live abroad and met people with more diverse backgrounds I realized that I didn't look like a normal latina. I am not curvy, I am not "spicy" as the white hollywood stereotypes portray us. And I experienced many hate through the Middle East stereotypes (the ones concerning Islam and terrorism). The only way to break these stereotypes is to let people in, understand and try out cultures. If not, Hollywood and racism will write down our own narrative, will keep portraying us as terrorists, spicy femme fatales or some kind of toxic prejudice

Why didn’t ppl do their research before they came down your throat? When I saw your wedding pictures I was like “Oh, didn’t know she was mixed with Indian too...”. And then I minded my business.

@roshandacummings3423

5 жыл бұрын

lol, that last part. #incredible

@courtcommish

5 жыл бұрын

Some people sadly don’t have the same common sense

@naomifoy4758

5 жыл бұрын

OMG Autumn lol hi girl ☺️

@a.maeeee

5 жыл бұрын

naomi foy hey girl 👋🏽

@kanu683

5 жыл бұрын

thats exactly how people should react but we live in an overly sensitive insensitive world. and not be disrespectful but other cultures wear European dresses all the time so why can't a bride just wear what she feels most beautiful in? It was worn as a wedding dress omg not a halloween costume.

Frequent Shan watchers already know about the heritage breakdown.

@OshTashBGosh22

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@fayepatrice1672

5 жыл бұрын

Red is Not a Flavor I actually didn’t know so I thought it was odd. But I didn’t jump into insulting her. I clicked the thumbnail and watched the video. Seriously, why are they so rude. If you don’t know, ask somebody.

@almetas_grandbaby

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@MissTeaq

5 жыл бұрын

Patrice it baffles me as well. Who’s the authority on weather something is appropriated or appreciated? Why does everyone jump to spread negativity? Tell us why you mad son?

Bruh even of she wasn't Indian why is liking and wearing an outfit respectfully from another culture a bad thing?

Im not mixed race, just plain Mexican. And honestly I am so curious about other cultures for example in Japan how the honor is the central piece of everything, the art, the food. Same goes for India, the cuisine, the approach on religion, the clothes, the architecture. I mean I can name any country and how it is so intriguing to outsiders, but it is also really sad to never be able to experience any of that because “it’s not right”. I just don’t know, what is wrong about celebrating the diversity?

@ktgirl-oh9px

3 жыл бұрын

Personally speaking, I think it's absolutely fine to actually learn about all these other cultures. Even when we order food of other countries we are after all experiencing a part of their culture. It's when things from other cultures are taken by people belonging to different culture without any respect towards the actual culture that problems aris e

Well as an Indian, I love how you wore an Indian outfit for your WEDDING. It's so heart warming for us to see the globalization of our culture and we're happy that you chose it! All good luck to you also congratulations on your wedding! ❤

@makimoments

5 жыл бұрын

She's part indian. Its her culture too

@janeypaney

5 жыл бұрын

@@makimoments even if she weren't one, i literally had no issues. also, if she is one, i love the fact that she went back to her roots for her wedding.

@africanliving294

5 жыл бұрын

She’s literally Indian

@janeypaney

5 жыл бұрын

@@africanliving294 yeah, I know💛 love to see people proudly standing by their culture💛

@ThePasu88

5 жыл бұрын

my feelings also. she did it in a celebratory tasteful manner. not as a prop or a "costume"... this is fine.

Just goes to show you can’t assume someone’s race, especially now with a couple generations of way more mixed kids. I hate when people are dying to know “what you’re mixed with” like I’m mixed with none of your business and leave me alone..?

@Gldenbunny

4 жыл бұрын

I totally get what you’re saying. I’m white but I grew up in an international community where there was a stark contrast between everyone knowing that there’s other races and not really caring to those that wanted to know your race so they could use it against you or were genuinely trying to learn more about you as a human and take interest in your life. I can also see how it would be really frustrating to constantly have to tell people what race you are. I think what it comes down to is everyone tailors their persona based on who they are around(e.g. if you are gay and have a bigoted relative you’re not gonna talk about relationships with them) and when someone is racially ambiguous it’s hard to know what you can say without offending someone.

@alyssapinon9670

3 жыл бұрын

Best comeback I have to use that 😂 but honestly I don’t care if people ask me. It’s kind of annoying but there are worse things for me

@Anna133199

3 жыл бұрын

'I’m mixed with none of your business and leave me alone' This is hilarious. Is it okay if I appropriate that sentence next time somebody asks me? x'D

@MissMoontree

3 жыл бұрын

Also race isn't culture. Some people get adopted by people from a different race and from a different country. One of my friends was harassed by Moroccan guys because she "looked" too westernly dressed for a Moroccan girl, while her ethnicity was Indian and her culture 100% Belgian. Also, I've had my fair share of people that didn't believe I was a certain nationality. I guess because I don't look pale or tall enough? It is rather weird since I have an obvious accent. Peoples expectations of race and culture are weird.

@lakynpayne6476

3 жыл бұрын

@@shkodova Well, it seems more dehumanizing to use the word 'hybrid' to describe us. We're just used the the terminology.

I’m a mixed race person and I’m half white half Chinese Malaysia and people and bit black but I many looks Asian but people often get confused so people often don’t think I’m properly related to my parents so when I walk with my parents and people often ask it I was adopted from China and I got a lot of Asian racism as a child mainly about my eyes yet people at the say time say I can’t proper identity with Asian cuz I’m not a big enough percentage Asian isn’t very confusing and I’m still trying to find a way to deal with it

@mrbeanknows8745

3 жыл бұрын

Im also mixed and im half russian and a mix between greek and cypriot there are some polish routes aswell so i ignore them when im in russia people dont believe im russian and when im in cyprus people dont believe im cypriot so honestly ignore them

why is this in my recommend 2 years later

@Purple-ey2ou

3 жыл бұрын

Samee

@Lena-rk3ph

3 жыл бұрын

im so confused

@olympicslondon2012

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe due to the Hilary Baldwin thing.

@hananeqorar2510

3 жыл бұрын

Same 🤔

@wandeesthoughts

3 жыл бұрын

Lol same

I am Indian and i am proud that you liked our culture so much that you wore it on your wedding day. Most of the haters are not even indians and few of them who are, they are just idle people sitting behind their computers and passing time. Don't worry girl!!!! It's fine, you go girl. Edit-: oh so she is indian, so wtf is even the problem?

This conversation is absolutely necessary and I’m glad we get to have that here with you. You are beyond articulate, intelligent and have such grace when you speak. #gratefulforyouandthis

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being there with me to edit, analyze and examine this!

@PresentingReality

5 жыл бұрын

A wise Maya once said "Do You Boo!" Glad that you had the day you wanted. Much love xx

@katrinabeedle6938

5 жыл бұрын

I love that we are having this conversation as well but at the same time @shanBoody is obviously not appropriating Indian culture and I feel bad that she had to deal with this drama. She IS Indian. Perhaps the people accusing her of culturally appropriation were unaware of this detail? Thank you for sharing the pictures of your special day with us @shanboody! Your wedding photos were lovely and I hope that you continue to share your life with your viewers, despite the negativity!

@ChristiannaASMR

5 жыл бұрын

Shameless Maya absolutely agree 💖

@crzyrdr

5 жыл бұрын

@@shanboody two smart ladies

Even if she was not partly Indian, even if she wasn’t marrying an Indian man, why attack her like that? It wouldn’t be culture appropriation if somebody not German/ Austrian was to wear a Dirndl or anything likewise. I feel like, as long as you don’t make fun of the culture, it’s rather an admiration than an offence, because you wouldn’t want to wear the fashion or eat the food or whatever, if you didn’t think it was beautiful or delicious and stuff, so as long as people aren’t trying to offend somebody, just let them be and do what they want

I'm Indian and I don't see the problem with someone wearing this for their wedding, Indian or not. Marrying an Indian or not. Grow up, people.

I’m all for anyone wanting to wear indian outfit for their couture needs!! High demand- high employment - better life for craftspeople . You have all our blessings

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@JadedMuse2

5 жыл бұрын

Also, Indian clothing is very classy and beautiful! 💯

@DrawingwithNoel

5 жыл бұрын

I am Approve and I Indian this

I’m south Asian and I do not mind if Black People or any other ethnicity wear Indian/Pakistani clothing...it’s cultural appreciation not Appropriation! 💖

@EmoHippySceneGirl

5 жыл бұрын

Marina Kazemi but that’s not the point? SHE IS PART INDIAN

@Debble

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! If you like something from another culture how is it negative if you wear it

@venusgodess2636

5 жыл бұрын

So I can wear the lengha? They are gorgeous

@saskiadenboer3239

5 жыл бұрын

As long as people aren't wearing it to make fun of that culture I don't see why it's wrong. They're not saying "oh this *belongs* to my culture". I've worn clothes from all over the world (when being there usually) and never have been criticized. People online just love to tear things apart.

@amaraa9691

5 жыл бұрын

@@venusgodess2636 I agree with you darling but I can't do somethings because I'm black.

Even if you aren’t Indian, I wonder how wearing a lehenga becomes cultural appropriation? These days people get offended by EVERYTHING

@taylorhillard4868

3 жыл бұрын

Technically it is cultural appropriation. But cultural appropriation is a neutral term it isn't inherently bad. Lindsay Ellis made a pretty good video about the topic, but in general it's a large grey area. The video is called "Pocohontas was a mistake, here's why" even if you don't watch the whole video, the opening is a riot.

@enenenergp

3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorhillard4868 Yeah. Unfortunately the word is becoming or I think has already become very negative in general discourse instead of neutral. And people have created this new word of ”cultural appreciation” for like cultural appropriation that’s ”done right”.

@lalanotmyname5046

3 жыл бұрын

True like how is that even offensive? I just don't get it, like if she wanna wear it where is the big Issue? Its not like she is trying to mock them or something. 🤨

@emilevika8621

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalanotmyname5046 Right? I would be happy if people would wear clothes from my culture. I think this "cultural appropriation" thing is really getting to far and ONLY in America. The rest of the world is happy when they see people from different nationalities trying their food, learning their traditions, their language, trying on their clothes, hairstyles.

@kpopbaby4001

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalanotmyname5046 is mostly because of the things done to minorities in America. Basically like how minorities are treated differently or not respected. And but yet the same Americans that were doing so took things from their culture for profit and used it on models (which this probably wouldn't sound bad but it's just the fact that when the people of that culture wear or do things related to their culture they were made fun of but when these other people do it there okay and highly respected). I this is the main reason why they are upset by it . The cultural appropriation was originally based on people who stole from a culture and claimed it as their own though.

I’m just thrown as to how no one noticed that your last name is literally Boodram. Like??

Are people asking this question? Didn't she already explained in the wedding video that her family is Guyanese of Indian descent and that in particular older members still identify very much with that Indian heritage. She's celebrating all types of the diversity that go through her family by bloodline and made it very apparent that she was doing so! It's not cultural misappropriation if she's of the culture and celebrating its beauty and way of clothing!

@rebecagomes6264

5 жыл бұрын

She so did 100%

@Afronyx

5 жыл бұрын

I think these are people that just saw pics maybe 🤷🏾‍♀️

@sammierose1150

5 жыл бұрын

Shenique Alex you should’ve done your homework and watched the video that went with the photo before assuming ANYTHING 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️

@erose39

5 жыл бұрын

Shenique Alex...she should have spent her wedding day, & honeymoon etc replying to randos on Instagram with not even questions, straight up assumptions and rude remarks? When she has spoken alot about her mixed background (& people should be aware that people with mixed backgrounds exist anyways). You can question, politely, but straight up assumptions with no research, especially coming from white people was plain disappointing to see.

@latisha334

5 жыл бұрын

Shenique Alex all she did was say that ‘I’m supporting an Indian-owned business’. I was like, are you serious?! No reference to the cultural importance of the dress, no history...nothing. If she was really a part of that culture, it would’ve meant something to her. I still say she wore that dress for attention.

The dress was gorgeous! My exact thought was "Oh she must be part Indian".

@calaverasangrienta7843

3 жыл бұрын

@Gator Johnso attention= indian dress Are you dumb?

@Sadji594

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I was like that’s right my Caribbean massive (out of many, one people)

LMAO i love how that one person in thd thumbnail was like "she doesn't give any hints that she's indian" like?? you mean she doesn't fit your stereotype of an indian woman so therefore can't be indian? racism still exists, just not where yall think it does

“Yes, let’s assume based on skin color and physical appearance that she’s cultural appropriating.” Some people’s logic man. 🤦🏽‍♀️ It’s honestly really disheartening that biracial/multi-racial and physically ambiguous people don’t really “fit in” anywhere. I’ve seen similar stories on twitter as well. I’m half Irish and half Mexican but often get called or assumed to be white and have made stereotypical “white” remarks about me despite I’ve been primarily raised by the Mexican half of my family. I rarely see the Irish half. I prefer home made Mexican dishes than store or restaurants bought because it doesn’t taste good or the same that I’m used to. Growing up and even still to this day, I don’t feel like I fit in anywhere. I suppose it’s a form of identity crisis.

There is a massive difference between using someone’s cultural dress or traditions to make a joke - and/or expressing a deep admiration for someone’s culture. When we question and stop someone from experiencing someone’s else’s culture we only create deeper divides between us. And at the end of the day - it’s YOUR wedding day. No one has any right to tell you what to do with it.

@sharlishabird4300

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@lauryn2868

5 жыл бұрын

That’s what I believe cultural appropriation is doing its dividing people, categorizing people. It’s creating barriers between us humans and it’s making me feel ill. We the people are one, we have blood coursing through are bodies, skin to feel the sensations of life and breathe. Regardless of anything we are one and embracing each other is how we can get to a more accepting world! A secure would in which we all are one people, the worlds people! Earths guardians , human beings

@scottlemay3386

5 жыл бұрын

Dorcas Winter exactly!

@summerrosebush1482

5 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@michelbian6816

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with most things you have said but there is a difference between being an arsehole and ridiculing someone's traditional clothing and appropriation. One main factor would be that cultural appropriation doesn't exist and arseholes do

TBH as an Indian I love when people especially women wear Indian outfits with the right jewellery hair makeup! You don’t have to be a part a certain culture to dress in something u likeee! People need to calm down and chill

@anothaone5886

5 жыл бұрын

Sumedha Acharya lmaooo I saw u on another comment

@jeniwatkins3297

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. And your clothing is so beautiful. I'm a tom-boy so I seldom wear dresses or girly stuff. But if i could find it in my size, i LOVE Indian style.

@nomusicnolife04

5 жыл бұрын

Im white as they come but I swear if I ever had the opportunity to wear authentic Indian dress and get done up I'd jump on that. Your traditional fashion is just so stunning. Im just not gonna go out and assume I know what im doing and buy Indian styled cloths and jewelry for no reason and possibly offend someone tho.

From what I’ve read originally cultural appropriation was a term coined to represent cases where people of a certain ethnicity weren’t allowed to wear or do things that are traditional to them but it was seen as an okay thing to do or wear if you were the oppressor or the mainstream, but not within its cultural context. It’s also used to refer to cases where, even though they know where it originates from, an ethnicity will claim that they came up with it even though that’s not the case. It was coined for the purpose of dismantling that system, not to discourage people from wearing and doing things that other cultures do or wear. And thus it’s only cultural appropriation if it meets that criteria.

People need to chill. It’s none of their business even if she wasn’t Indian or getting married to an Indian she can wear what she wants. I’m Indian and I rlly don’t care so ppl need to stop.

As an Indian person living in the Greater Toronto area your wedding outfit was not surprising, it was beautiful! I sometimes forget the world isn’t as multicultural as our hub in Toronto where I’ve seen darkskin Caribbean woman wear a Sari and it was fine because we understand the mixed complex in the Caribbean as well as I’ve invited my own non Indian friends to wear Indian clothes and it’s celebrated. It’s great to have videos like this that can really educate and open the eyes of those that are unaware of history.

@sejalpatel1427

5 жыл бұрын

Simy G this is on point. I am an Indian living in the US. It is ridiculous that she had to do this video to justify why she wore a lehenga. Even if she had no Indian in her background she should still be allowed to wear what she wants. Majority of Indians love it when non Indians embrace the Indian culture. Furthermore, they are the most easy going when it coming to this.

@Music_Lover0612

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah people are so ignorant they accused Nicki Minaj of appropriating Indigenous culture when she wore a Carnival headdress. NM is from Trinidad.

Shannon 's dad is INDIAN people! Educate yourself and go look the history of guyana. Guyana is full of indian people. Indian culture is very strong in guyana.

@tariqmom

5 жыл бұрын

Haïlié Sélassié unfortunately people make comments without having full information. Knows nothing about the Caribbean... sigh...the girl shouldn’t have to prove her background. Her wedding. Her choice. Period

@gim5816

5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Guyana and you're right.

@catherinegarnett-santiago8500

5 жыл бұрын

People are dumb as hell! Her father is CLEARLY INDIAN lol. And in Guyana most Indians tend to not even be mixed so he might be as "Indian" as they come. Some people jst need to sit down and mind their own business lol

@mkg6640

5 жыл бұрын

* in all of the west indies

@hailie_Selassie

5 жыл бұрын

@@mkg6640 not true. Most of carribean contries are african

You’re gorgeous btw! And it sucks that people were crapping on you about this situation :( I’m glad that you are able to talk about this with confidence and stand your ground about this. It’s wonderful. 💖

I love how actual Indian ppl are saying it doesnt offend them and they're glad to see foreigners enjoy indian culture while these social justice warriors are freaking out about it.

I want mixed race people to embrace all of themselves 💛

@Thatgirl96.

4 жыл бұрын

It took me song long to accept my Pakistani side because I don't talk to my dad but that side of me is wonderful he's just a twat 😂

@Blackskye211

4 жыл бұрын

My daughter has so much in her black, white, Cherokee, German, Irish. Teaching her to love all of that.

@sienna2910

4 жыл бұрын

the thing is that’s very difficult to do when so many people tell you that you’re not enough of a specific race

@chiefingmagician3108

4 жыл бұрын

Thank u love 💕 but its hard ppl always trying us

@adriennekromah6865

4 жыл бұрын

Big facts

This reminds me of the time people had an uproar when Gigi Hadid did a photoshoot with Vogue Arabia and people accused her of cultural appropriation because how she was dressed. Gigi HADID is half Arab (Palestinian).

@rithikamadhusha1708

4 жыл бұрын

here's the thing: gigi is white-passing. she's never acknowledged/incorporated elements of her culture into her lifestyle and for her to suddenly use aspects of it just for the aesthetic is sus.

@isabelcarvajal7591

4 жыл бұрын

@@rithikamadhusha1708 lots of people in their native countries are white-passing. Does that mean they are appropriating? I am Costa Rican and white passing (Living in CR). Does that mean I am appropriating my own culture?

@rithikamadhusha1708

4 жыл бұрын

@Nah ma'am, i don't care what she does in her home. as a celebrity, only publicly participating in facets of her culture that have been consistently appropriated by white women is sus.

@soniabrown7151

4 жыл бұрын

Searie Laveau Gigi hadid isn’t Arab arabs a race

@sup_monica3597

4 жыл бұрын

@@rithikamadhusha1708 so is everyone supposed to act like a stereotype? I'm latina, am I supposed to go around speaking broken english with 5 babies and a taco in my hand? If you saw me on the street you might not know I'm latina. But in the PRIVACY of my own home, I cook my culture's food and listen to Soanish music. So shut the fuck up.

I am not mixed race, but I struggled with this mostly as a child. My father is adopted. He is undoubtedly a white male, blue eyes, & blonde. My uncles, aunts, and grandparents are Hispanic. My maiden name was Daisy Acevedo -so I know the look people give when your name doesn't 'match' your ethnicity. It was after my Quinceanera when I started getting the most flack. This was when facebook first started instant messaging. My Aunt had tagged me in a photo with my Abuelita and within an hour I had so many IMs calling me a 'fake mexican' or a 'cultural thieving white B****'. And the more they said this, the harder I tried to prove myself- speaking more spanish (and loudly) at school so people could hear me. Purposely avoid 'white girl' things like going to starbucks and quit my cheer team. My mother at the time thought she was doing the right thing by making us move (we use to live 5 houses down from my Abuelita) and transfer schools - told me to quit speaking spanish, and purposely throw out clothes my Abuelita made for us (still upset about it). At first it worked, but I mean my last name was Acevedo so my friends would ask why, or when we'd share something from our home like 'my mom grounded me for not cleaning my room' and I'd say something like 'at least you didn't get hit with a chancla.' I'd get the wut? Look. I don't think I ever found my place but I didn't stop caring what people thought of my actions until college and my father was hospitalized from a work accident for 6 months. My Abuelita and Aunt came to my dorm almost every day to make sure I ate and continued going to class. They are my family and no one can convince me otherwise. Random strangers who just want to share rude opinions on what me and my Hispanic family should look like- how my complexion isn't right, my blood doesn't have the right DNA. All Im hearing is racism. And to those who think that you can't be racist to 'white people'. Its called RACIST, not 'anti-white'. So just because someone can see me as a 'white girl' doesn't mean I'm going to stop starting Christmas Tomales in September. Oh, and if you're Hispanic and can't make Tomales or speak spanish, or whatever anyone is using as proof you are not.... YOU. ARE. STILL. YOU. You don't have anything to prove, to anyone ever. The moment you come to that understanding fully, you'll become a lot less anxious and less tearing your self down for things you had no say in.

americans getting offended for everyone out here because they barely actually have a culture of their own lmao

@sandeepdOsanjh453

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOO

@dreamy_girl7141

3 жыл бұрын

Facts!👍🏼

@Jazilou

3 жыл бұрын

This is blatant soccer-mom Karen erasure

@sailormoon3726

3 жыл бұрын

it’s only been 300+ years 🥺 give them time 😫😫🥺🥺🥺

@amethystluna2999

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂💯💯

She says " I'm going to probably use imperfect language, and not say things in the right way" then goes on to speak with perfection and precision with vocabulary worthy of such an important message. New Sub here, You looked Beautiful at your wedding, please don't let anyone make you doubt yourself or your choices. They are YOUR choices and therefore have literally NOTHING to do with anyone but you and those you love. Xx

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

ThanQ Paul

@Frankie_KP

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Not sure what the rest of her content is like, but also a new sub because of this.

@lavellans

5 жыл бұрын

OMG STOP! I read the quote exactly as she said it, that was SO creepy. T.T

I absolutely relate to this. My dad is African American, and my mom is half African American, half Korean. Korean culture has been a huge part of my life and is a huge part of who I am. I know for a fact when I get married I’m gonna wear Hanbok. Whether I marry a Korean person or not, I’ve known that forever. I wore one on my first birthday and I know how much it would mean not only to my mother, but to my grandmother, my cousins, my aunts and uncles, just everyone. I know how much it would mean to them and to myself. Now, will it be a bit odd to see a 5’10 black girl in Hanbok? Yeah I’m sure but at the end of the day I’m proud of who I am and I’m blessed to be able to represent my people any way I can. You looked absolutely breathtaking that day and I’m so glad you don’t doubt the decision you made.

@realgranolaappleraspberry

5 жыл бұрын

Silver Ellis thank you so much 💛

@ritzOliveira98

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! You go girl!

@sarahhhhhhhhhhh517

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! You’re Korean ❤️ End of discussion.

@lunarhellsing7204

5 жыл бұрын

TT T “Korean culture has been a huge part of my life and is a huge part of who I am” Are you stupid?

@emmalongheart9895

5 жыл бұрын

She can embrace whatever she wants, as long as it is done with respect. One can embrace another culture, it does not mean they hate their own. Stop putting people down and worry about things that truly matters. You want to claim 1/4 or 1/8 of your heritage, go for it. You want to claim a culture that is not yours, if you do it with respect go for it. Sigh, this world always complicating things.

I know I’m a little late to this video but I’m so enamored with you! Thank you for sharing your thoughts in a constructive way. Congratulations to you and your honey! Hope y’all live a long life full of blessings

I just saw this video ( and I am a new subscriber) so thank you so much for being you. You are beautiful and factually do have Indian heritage so it is fitting to honor that in your special way. I am mixed with Greek on one side and Anglo-Indian on another (growing up in Australia but now living in LA) and I related to what you said never fully fitting neatly into one box but proud of them all. Sending you much love and thanks to you and Jared for your amazing content and authenticity. ❤

As an actual INDIAN human, I think you looked amazing. Your wedding. Your celebration of a part of you. How are all these people who don't belong to this culture deeming it cultural appropriation? Baffling.

When she said happy 2019 I was so confused lol It's 2021-

@Purple-ey2ou

3 жыл бұрын

Omg same.

@LoveLove-fp2rn

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr. It's 2021. It's been 10 years since 2019 Jk

@thegoodcookie8904

3 жыл бұрын

It's nice to know I'm not the only one randomly thrown here in 2021. Hi everyone!

@dianaveronica85

3 жыл бұрын

😂lol

@user-xt1il8jg7t

3 жыл бұрын

Especially since it says 1 year ago

Wow you spoke so well, thank you for the passion and sharing your experience & knowledge. I feel like a better person for hearing this

So many great points in this video... Really made me think a lot... Thank you!

I get cultural appropriation when it comes to tasteless Halloween costumes and plagiarism and taking religious things out of context. however when it comes to people emersing them selfs in the art of another culture, spending their time to learn, their coins on authentic businesses, spreading their art... I can't ever critisize that becasue thats beautiful. CA was made to describe a real problem but it gets thrown at everything now.

@Freeakiy

5 жыл бұрын

I've watched a few videos where Asian people where asked how they view it and they all said as long as you know a bit about the culture and the history they love that you're wearing something from their culture! and even if you're wearing something modern that was just inspired by traditional clothing, it's fine! You're showing that you like the country and their style and they mostly appreciate it.

@OrNaurItsKat

5 жыл бұрын

This. I'm part Chinese, some people can tell by looking, some can't. I have traditional clothing and tattoos and I feel like the cultural appropriation police are essentially saying to me "idk if your eyes are slanty enough for those tattoos" How backwards is that?

@asphodelale

5 жыл бұрын

I'd also say that there's a quite a bit of difference between wearing an authentic (read: heirloom) article of clothing, and couture that's based upon traditional designs. One doesn't wear another's history. (Though one can be married or adopted into that culture, in which case it would become appropriate.)

@marycanary86

5 жыл бұрын

ive also seen mexican people who love that their traditional garb is seen as festice and black people who see other races adapting dreads and cornrows as a sign that people can tell theyre cute looks. all they want is that people dont act like bo derek invented cornrows🤷‍♀️ we just gotta stop acting like white folks do it better, but if someone has come up with a good thing we should support them by enjoying that thing

@SakiBlablabla

4 жыл бұрын

Thelondonbadger Because as horrible as it is , it is part of History, and I much rather respect it in order to not forget it , instead of appropriating it without being aware of half of the knowledge you cited ...I mean how many people do you believe really know how horrible and tyrannical the Aztec empire and their cults were !? Also we respect Vikings , Picts , Hans and Moguls , Tibetan ,which were equally as brutal of cultures as the Aztecs ! Like have you ever seen a Halloween costume of the Dalaï-lama or Genghis Khan !?

I read the comment where the girl said you’re switching between cultures so easily and that you are not black. Yes, we know you’re not completely black lmao. As a long time watcher I’ve known from the get go that you have some Indian in you, and just because you don’t choose to display that side of you, doesn’t mean you’re not Indian. That’s the cool part of being mixed is that you have the outlets to let you explore deeper into either culture/religion and learn more and partake in either. As a full Indian woman, I do not see this as appropriation, I was so excited and mesmerized at your choice because it wasn’t what I would’ve expected, but it was a stunning choice! Just because someone doesn’t look like what a certain race person “should” look like, doesn’t mean anything. Plus you said you chose the lehnga for your family to make them happy! So I think you did well girl! I knew you had Indian in you so it was cool to see you touch that side of you for such a momentous occasion! Love from back home in Toronto♥️♥️

@MissTeaq

5 жыл бұрын

People kill me. Who is the authority on weather something is appropriated? Does this leave any space for appreciation? Which is why I believe it’s nonsense because more often than not, the intent isn’t malicious in nature. The offended party is often in the minority and the issues at hand minor in consideration of things that affect ones day to day existence.

I just found this video/your channel and you are so awesome and empathetic and really approach these topics in a way that is accessible to a lot of different people. Also love your IUD necklace, you are so damn cool. Definitely subscribing.

love youtube recommending this after two years ! ppl still need to hear this anywayz comments r awesome :)

No one dares to do cultural appropriation right out of misunderstandings and fear of backlash. I think that appreciating another culture should be handled just like essay/plagiarism. I acknowledge the authors work and I appreciate it. But you don't copy word from word. You mix it in with your own style. Change the words. Have the essence of it and all the while acknowledging that it's still not yours, still inspired and still appreciated.

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

I really really love this!!!

@Lele15728

5 жыл бұрын

Shan BOODY Thank you for the video ☺️

@Misty_Dawn

5 жыл бұрын

Lele Loves I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR COMMENT!! Very well said!! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Misty_Dawn

5 жыл бұрын

Shan BOODY Please pin her comment to the top.. ❤️🙏🏻

@XEveryoneLovesEmilyX

5 жыл бұрын

i feel like that woul not be enough to avoid people calling it appropriation

No. Culture should be shared and loved. There is a line of disrespect that can be crossed but wearing a dress is not it.

@KD-dr3gy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lizmowrey9866

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@febriantireke5427

5 жыл бұрын

I'm indo and 99.9% of indos love other races wearing kabayas....

@bribro23

5 жыл бұрын

That a lie because certain dresses represent certain things in their culture... if she just picked a “pretty” dress w/o understanding the meaning it can fully well offend ppl

@lauryn2868

5 жыл бұрын

Brittany B.Brown that’s not correct, clothing in general, even when significant to a culture, people are glad and happy when people embrace that. Especially when they find it beautiful. Obviously there is cultural significance, it can mean different things but ultimately when someone embraces something like traditional dress, the people who wear that as their heritage, as their culture feel the upmost pride and glory, that something that is part of who they are is deemed to be so beautiful. People in general are simple beings, somethings that’s ours, in which we love and treasure being embraced by others, it’s quite a happy feeling. A triumphant feeling. Of course people may where it wrong may not no the full meaning behind something but even just to have something like a bracelet, a nose ring a dress to be embraced and be praised is something that is of the highest expectation and compliment to their people. I feel proud when others embrace my heritage and find it beautiful and most of the worlds people are like that.

Idk why this video popped up in my feed today ... but I’m really glad it did. Your dress was beautiful, you’re beautiful, and you’re stance and way of expressing it is beautiful. Thank you 💕

Love that you decided to talk about this topic

Lmao imagine being half brown and having people come for you for embracing your own culture. Being Guyanese is especially tricky because our culture is so mixed, my grandpa on my mom’s side is the same racial mix as you (only his dad was from Venezuela and biracial, while his mom was Indian Guyanese born) and he also looked super racially ambiguous.

@MrsCrandon

5 жыл бұрын

🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@missiemaya

5 жыл бұрын

GT Massive

@naomid5043

5 жыл бұрын

Facts! I’m Guyanese aswell and this is sooo anno

@audrianabelladonna6949

5 жыл бұрын

Suhanna De Silva I’m half middle eastern (Pakistani) and I’ve been questioned for my racial identity and attacked on both sides for it ..... it sucks :(

@SuhannaDeSilva

5 жыл бұрын

audri brouwer It’s an issue a lot of mixed race people face unfortunately, a lot of it just has to do with people being uneducated about other cultures

Jesus, between this and The Real drama it really opened my eyes to how throughly exhausting it must be for mixed race folks to have to constantly explain, defend, and justify their race/ethnicity and thus their life choices. I’m so sorry that this happens.

@noirblanque5324

3 жыл бұрын

U GET IT

@zorathemagic7310

3 жыл бұрын

Yup and ppl always say im not my race like tf

The problem these days, is everyone is worried about what the next does.

Thank you for explaining so patiently and with understanding/forgiveness! But also I’m sorry you have to constantly explain yourself and renegotiate where you “fit.”

Shannon wore an Indian dress? well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking at this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view and by trying to make it objective, and by considering each and everyone's valid opinion, I honestly believe I completely forgot what I was going to say.

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@55CINCO55

5 жыл бұрын

@@shanboody ;)

@fayepatrice1672

5 жыл бұрын

Instacry 😂😁 That’s a good one

@CALLMEMONDAY_

5 жыл бұрын

Instacry .. I love you! Take the W 🥳

@staceyj3667

5 жыл бұрын

Love it!

As a Trini, although Sari's etc. are apart of my culture, I always walk on eggshells when it comes to wearing them or any other cultural garb because I don't look Trini-Indian. I avoid it and I wish I didn't have to. I feel you.

@sekrystalb

5 жыл бұрын

Kyris Marie am Trini to. Wear it. It is your culture period

@shruti3767

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!! Wear what you feel in your heart makes you happy and comfortable! 💕

@sunvavachi

5 жыл бұрын

That's ok you don't look like it. Wear and be proud! :)

@hailie_Selassie

5 жыл бұрын

It is of indian culture. As will you find elements of african culture in Trinidad. Trini is formed of two large groups: african and indian who came afterwards. The policy was to send indians in the carribean in order that they outnumber the african population so that those of african descent would not rise up against the britains.

@synthesis7

5 жыл бұрын

Girl you embrace ALL of who you are. Who is anyone to judge you without knowing you?

You’re a very good example for people to understand that we’re all mixed, even though most people don’t know it 👍 I think that it’s beautiful to be mix. Thank you 🥰

Awh damn 💙 when I saw the wedding pics, I definitely just assumed you had Indian in you 💯 I’m glad that you have been able to process your mixed personhood so well 💙

It's shocking to see that people will label everythig as cultural appropriation and it's honestly scary. wearing or doing something that isn't from your culture and traditions is fine, as long as you don't claim it as your creation or your culture.

@myplateisempty.4292

3 жыл бұрын

They label because they are ignorant to something known as cultural appreciation. Most of the people "calling her out" are probably not even indian.

@Aurora-kq7bo

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@saturn2599

3 жыл бұрын

Drop that mic, freaking word. This is how people should live, not being attacked for enjoying a little piece of some other culture, like food, or clothes

First, I’d like to say as a black woman who’s been watching your videos for about five+ years now, I have always considered you a black woman whom I celebrate. I feel it’s important for you to know that. Secondly, I am so inspired by how gracefully you handled this situation. I really appreciate how much thought you put into it. Happy to be a fan of yours, and congrats on your wedding!

@shanboody

5 жыл бұрын

This is special thank you

@soraya.e5482

5 жыл бұрын

I thought you were going to say half black not black women

@haizekhaze8868

5 жыл бұрын

"A blck woman for whom I CELEbrate.." of course. She's actually "pretty." I mean under societal conditions.

@soraya.e5482

5 жыл бұрын

@@haizekhaze8868 lols true. And I think her mom is the half black one making her even less black. She's just mixed race as she stated several times. I never confused her for black.

@victoriab637

5 жыл бұрын

@@soraya.e5482 exactly. I hate black people like this. The one drop rule is ridiculous.

I feel bad for biracial people having to struggle with fitting into either of their parents race/culture. 😔

I'm mixed race too, and I totally felt her when she said that you don't have that sense of community because you don't fully belong

This cultural appropriation thing hurts everybody. Especially the minorities its supposed to protect. We used to fight against stereotyping, such as "all Japanese people wear kimonos," but not its "only Japanese people wear kimonos," which will lead us back to stereotyping! Also now if someone who doesn't look Japanese but is, wears a Kimono, they get attacked, essentially for not looking Japanese enough. This makes all these anti-racism people have an idea of what a race should look like, and call out the people who don't fit that for appropriating. This affects my friend, who is half black half white. She is pretty pale, but has natural kinky/coily hair and wants box braids, but even her parents say she looks too white and will be called out for appropriating. These rules of who wears what is hurting anyone who doesn't "look" like the race they belong to!

@maryhicks9211

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Why is it you can not wear this just because it's nice or well made. Nope you ain't white enough to black enough to or Indian enough to but yet like you say isn't this going back to stereotyping people. Yes I fully understand embrace your culture and heritage but I don't have a heritage. I'm white I guess but my grandmother was American Indian my dad has Irish in my other grandma had German in her there's black in me and other stuff so what do I wear how do I fix my hair um People think I'm white people think my son is mixed because he's got an anfo but he's not mixed it's my blood in him I've got curly hair I've got to keep it long so I don't have curls so like this lady in video I don't fit in with any one race. People are so rude now days. I mean really they ask my son if he's mixed and ask me to I'm talking complete strangers. People wouldn't have done that when I was growing up in the 80s . Idk I just think all of this shit is crazy. Bottom line we all breath the same we all come into this world the same we all die and we all bleed the same color. So there for we are all PEOPLE . People who can do and wear what we want to. If it isn't hurting anyone else then leave it alone. Just because a person looks white doesn't mean they're white. Same goes for any race. Not all people are going to look like they're supposed to.

@maryhicks9211

5 жыл бұрын

If the money being spent on the things we wear or use is going back to help a community then leave it alone.

@lizmowrey9866

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tokiobabe99

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I can't see how it helps anyone except to make one person feel good by saying another person is not good enough and hurting the second one's feelings.

@ElizaArika

5 жыл бұрын

I kind of feel like most of the people who like to call out cultural appropriation are actually people who don't know anything about or didn't grow up in that culture. Taking your example of wearing a kimono: a museum was bashed (by mostly Americans, too) for offering kimonos to be tried on by visitors because it was "cultural appropriation". But if you ask natives from Japan, they're fine with it. They actually support it because it shows that people love and enjoy their culture and tradition.

I think cultural appropriation is just taking something from a culture that is not your own and essentially acting like you invented it for your own gain. Example: miley cyrus and Marc jacobs decided to put Mileys hair in bantu knots for the VMA's-but instead of just saying that they're bantu knots, they rebranded them as their own unique hairstyle. She had an opportunity as a public figure to show bantu knots as something cool and beautiful to all kinds of people but seeing as how most people didn't like this phase of her, by rebranding it she made people associate that hairstyle with bad things. This is just my opinion but i feel like theres nothing wrong with loving another culture or being inspired- just give credit where credit is due, ykno?

@EricaHofer

5 жыл бұрын

if only most people saw it that way...

@aimebelleschansons

5 жыл бұрын

1000% yes!

@SonjaS222

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@Incognito_always

5 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSSS THE PERFECT RESPONSE

@cynthiahernandez7201

5 жыл бұрын

I never felt like I fully understood cultural appropriation until this comment. I feel like I have a much better understanding of it.

I've stumbled across a few mixed race videos now and honestly love and appreciate your cultures, you have every right. People are silly. 💖

idk why this came up in my recommended but you speak so well, just wanna say good job👏

I’m confused by the outrage, you explained in the actual video. Eh I guess people don’t listen.

@mosunshine9265

5 жыл бұрын

THATS WHAT I SAID

@niktour352

5 жыл бұрын

Right

@veesancez

5 жыл бұрын

Yup .they didnt listen at all

@PaintedHoundie

5 жыл бұрын

People just wanted to think they were making a point about something or pointing out some inconsistency. But they did it without any research just knee jerking reacting to shit

@CALLMEMONDAY_

5 жыл бұрын

nizbet PEOPLE DONT WATCH THE FULL FUCKING VIDEO !!

As an ethnically ambiguous person I'm getting so tired of this type of reaction from people it's ridiculous that I and others now have to defend our rights to our own culture. People need to start realizing people of colour come In all shapes, shades and styles, that mixed people exist and you can't always spot it on first glance. I'm sorry you had to go through this.

@sonyahunte2356

5 жыл бұрын

Its a reason people are offended by appropriation, and you shouldn't dismiss it just because you have not had the same experiences as them.

@salamanderpie

5 жыл бұрын

@@sonyahunte2356 I don't dismiss it, but let's be real a big majority of people who do this aren't actually effected by it or are more just jumping without even trying to evaluate the situation. Absolutely guard your culture make sure it's being respected just like I do but realize you can't exclude mixed or different looking folx who have a right to it.

You look stunning and We love to see many more people embracing our culture... you go girl 👍🏻

Congratulations for your wedding. I think its very humble of you to come out and respond to the comments with this video. I personally loved your decision to wear a lehnga choli and I think you look awesome in it. It was your special day and you should be able to wear whatever you want without having to face such scrutiny. Lots of love and prayers for you ❤️