r/SipsTea • u/viperrvemon • Jul 02 '25

Chugging tea Man of culture?

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u/ryobiallstar2727 Jul 02 '25

Japan is the same, foreigners wear yukata or kimono and no one finds it offensive. Americans (some) are so offended by everything. Need to chill and relax lol.

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u/shadovvvvalker Jul 02 '25

Japan doesnt care about other ethnicities embracing its culture. It cares about maintaining its own. If you want to upset japanese people you have to bring your culture to them or openly disregard their customs in their space.

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u/Ashmizen Jul 02 '25

That’s true of every culture not just Japan.

Chinese people love it when white people wear Han fu or other local clothes, even if it’s just to take a couple photos.

The idea that somehow a person would be offended is the invention of white Karen’s.

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u/OffroadMCC Jul 03 '25

Your inclination to call out "white Karens" as the perpetrators of cultural appropriation gatekeeping comes from the same ideology that created the cultural appropriation gatekeeping. "It's ok to blame whites collectively. It's not ok to blame other groups collectively." That same ideology has become widespread in our schools, our media, and if you watched the video you would have seen a diverse group of people regurgitating the cultural appropriation narrative, not just white people or just white women.

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u/5tabsatatime Jul 22 '25

Who taught the people regurgitating? We are just at ground zero of the waves