No, I insist, help me understand. I come from an area where white Christians were the enslaved underclass, but I magically became the great oppressor when I touched foot in America.
I felt my ego swell as my white male privilege grew unchecked! I dared to eat the foods not designed for me!
Oh, how I have transgressed! Show me the way, effendi!
You sound like you didn't actually read the article.
The crux of the matter is cultural theft. There was no unique spin applied to the recipe in this case. That's the point.
Why is everyone trying to justify the actions of the owners, by adding falsehoods.
Cultural Appropriation in this case has to do with theft of intellectual property.
Tell me, how does eating another culture's food prepared by them constitute theft of intellectual property?
Another classic white response to white fragility: straw man fallacy.
Although, there are very few places on the planet where white privilege doesn't exist.
But thats how white people act in the US! White or other.
Did you know, Italians and Irish, while considered white today, were not considered white a few decades ago?
Did you know, even further back in history, Japanese and Chinese were considered honorary whites, because they were technologically advanced and good enough to trade with. But now, they're considered second class citizens in the US.
Even today, while most non-whites would consider Eastern Europeans to be white (based on looks), they are not considered white by Europeans! On the other hand, folks of Eastern European descent who have assimilated to US culture (eg accent) are considered white because they look white!
Amazing how the definition of "white" changes over time, to suit the needs of the ruling class!
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"It doesn't matter if you believe me or not but common sense doesn't really work here. You're mad, I'm mad. We're all MAD here."
Just an fyi, if any of you ever eat or make a Greek gyro, you are the opposite of Batman. You're, like, Nazi pedophiles!
These SJW losers apparently don't get how the United States works. The majority of what we consider culture is appropriated. We take something or part of something from immigrants and make it our own. Those dumb asses need to look up "melting pot" and then find something real to fight for.
Privilege is obtained from others who are privileged. Its a gentleman's agreement between privileged parties to consider each other "normal" and everyone else "other". It is not "classification" that only exists to be assigned by those of a lower class.
Clearly, you have a lack of understanding of privilege.
No theft, NO PROBLEM!
By the way, this is your own creation, and thus is not cultural appropriation!
See how this works?
Second class means worse than first class, not "worst" class. With first class being white.
If you buy into the Asian model minority stereotype (eg better than whites), boy do I have deal for you!
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I bet it was just a case of too many burrito joints and they couldn't compete. If "cultural appropriation" was involved it certainly is not the main reason.
And Portland is like the Sweden of America, it's a very left wing place.
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