Chronicles of Narnia

[Occhidiangela]

I agree. And it bothers me. White kids at the mall with Lee Press On Locks trying to act, well, sorry for sounding racist, but trying to act black. They have no idea that white culture also has a deep rich history with locks. Instead, they look like retards or Rasta-impastafarians. And don't even get me started on the stupid white kids smoking weed and thinking they are Rastas. Bother. Or for that matter, stupid black kids with locks thinking they are Rastas as they chow down on a bacon cheese burger from some nasty fast food place. That's just bloody wrong. They need to STFU and find out what a bowl of mushy peas and rice taste like. And learn what Rasta-Kosher foods are. Sure as hell wouldn't be eating no pork. Eat more veggies and the tiny fish from the sea that don't eat no other fish. Nothing that eats filth. Nothing that eats flesh.

Cultural appropriation is a very real pain in my ass. And no, I am not a Rasta. There has been a real explosion of locks lately where I live. For the longest time, it was not exactly safe to wear locks in redneck central. Doing so was a powerful statement. It used to mean something. Now, there are a bunch of kids doing it. I thought I would be happy seeing more locks on people where I live, that people were becoming open minded and that the world around me was becoming a better place. But no. I am not happy at all with some idiot white kid that has dreadlocks, with his pants around his knees, looking like his drawers are full of #$%&, his cap on backwards, wearing gaudy gold jewelry, and a wife beater tank top saying "whassup nigga."

I would very much like to smack the smug slack jawed looks off of their faces. I am an equal opportunity old fart too... I would gladly smack them no matter their race and tell them to show some respect for themselves.

Humbug.
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I have to laugh out loud at protestations of anyone trying to claim ownership of so called "culture." How is it that culture does not evoleve and grow, for better and worse, like any other social organism? Static cultures dies. Some cultures catch cultural diseases and die. And so it goes, per Ellerby's show title.

Me, I find cultural entropy to be painful, but I also find air pollution to be a damned shame.

Build a bridge and get over it.

PS: saw the movie, enjoyed it, and remembered why the book is children's literature. Salon had a great article recently about the disputes between Tolkein and Lewis in re their literary worlds, and Tolkein's dissapointment in Lewis fusing such disparate mythological symbols.

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/12...wis/index2.html

Worth a read.

Occhi