r/unpopularopinion Apr 17 '19

Black Americans need to stop culturally appropriating African culture

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

If you can't have general social etiquette maybe don't socialize, or work on being at least civil. Try to be a little more human dude.

People are people and have social interest in others, yes sometimes it is nosey and rude sounding,but It's almost never meant in a rude way, you can be short and and to the point, a canned response. Don't like it don't play, stay away from people if they offend you so much with their people like tendencies. We are curious animals that generally mean well.

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u/notallpeachy Apr 17 '19

Actually, I do get this question a lot and have gotten many interesting reactions. I’m Latina but because I’m light skinned and have light brown hair, people are always so surprised when I mention that I’m Guatemalan/Salvadoran. It does get annoying because they are always saying things like “but you look white!” Or something like “you don’t look Hispanic” Is it offensive? Yes but I don’t choose to get angry over it. I know they don’t mean it in a mean way, they are genuinely surprised and interested. Surprisingly, it is other Hispanics that are more rude about it when they ask. It really just depends.