Dear White Performers, Stop Trying To Be Anything Other Than White.

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I came across this short article about white performers and how they seem to be trying to portray other cultures constantly and always end up insulting people. "There is a difference between cultural appreciation and simplifying a culture to one’s convenience. True cultural appreciation strives to spread awareness and accurate facts about a culture. Katy Perry and so many other white artists utilized something exotic so they, the white person, could stand out, while the culture they are mocking is very clearly “othered”." That statement there clearly explains what happens each and every single time a white performer does something like this. It's sickening and wrong and I don't know how they get away with it. The post of course reminded me of this wonderful performance : 




If only being a celebrity came with some common sense training.Until then, these people seem to do whatever they want to. Of course, it is very unlikely for them to change when the audience doesn't perceive it as something wrong. For every person that speaks about what Katy Perry did as something wrong, there will be one thousand people defending her. It's hard to get people to understand when they seem so content with being ignorant..