A fightback against political correctness?
Political correctness is becoming a ‘very dangerous’ threat to creativity and innovation, world leading fashion designer Marc Jacobs has warned.
The American businessman launched a stinging attack on those who looked to restrict freedom of expression following criticism of his own fashion show last year, where he used a cast of predominately white models to wearing dreadlocks in New York last year.
Speaking to around 400 students at the Oxford Union, Jacobs said: I think it’s very dangerous to say: “You can’t use this, you can’t look at that, you can’t borrow from that, you can’t be inspired by that”.
‘You know, “stay in your own lane”. I don’t really understand that mentality and I think it’s a very dangerous way of thinking.’
He’s right, of course. This cultural appropriation nonsense is merely the latest salvo in the war against civilised society – especially white people. After all, if someone who is not white appropriates something that was originally from white culture, that’s all fine and dandy.
Critics of Jacobs, who is the lead designer for his own fashion label, accused him of ‘cultural appropriation’ for not using black models since he was using a hairstyle typically linked with black culture.
But he doubled-down on his response, claiming that creative types should not be subjected to ‘border control’ of what can or cannot be deemed acceptable, as he argued his own range took inspiration from a wide range of sources including rave culture and musicians such as Boy George.
Jacobs said: ‘I didn’t feel like I was doing anything wrong. I was expressing myself – these were my references and my reasons for being inspired to do it.
Again, quite right too. If you want to design something and borrow from a range of sources, then why not? It really doesn’t matter.
But…
What I did learn from that experience is to have some responsibility to be sensitive, especially when people say “this feels like appropriation”, then at least listen to what they have to say.
No, no, no! You don’t give these scum wriggle room. You tell them firmly to fuck off. You don’t give them an inch, you do not credit their Marxist ranting with any leeway whatsoever. Never explain, never justify and never, never apologise. To do so merely encourages them to come back for more.
He is accused of ignorance by some bollock-brain who comes out with this claptrap:
People of color who straighten their hair are ASSIMILATING to the white dominant culture because we’re never allowed to wear our natural hair in schools and jobs.
What? Never? I call bullshit.
Can I be politically incorrect here? That model in the bottom left image of the article looks too fragile to me. Surelt the SJW’s and other assorted dregs rattling their cages of ignorance should be complaining about the exploitation of unhealthy lifestyles rather than wigs…………….
Regarding that last quote. The idiots have to come up with some reason why black people wearing white people’s hair styles is totally justified but white people wearing black people’s hairstyles is the most evil thing ever.
This ‘cultural appropriation’ baloney is so stupid it defies belief. What next? Indian takeaways in Clapham? Sushi bars in Mayfair? And it only seems to work one way. Do I hear cries of ‘Cultural appropriation’ when an African leader addresses the UN in a western suit? Or when a black American wears Gucci?
As you say,:”Never explain, never justify and never, never apologise.”
Quite so. The whiners should be told in no uncertain terms to just fuck off with their stupid PC crap, and not to come back until they’ve learned to be sensible.
“…The whiners should be told in no uncertain terms to just fuck off with their stupid PC crap, and not to come back until they’ve learned to be sensible…”
That would ensure a permanent absence, then.
I agree. Keep it simple. Just tell them to fuck off.