Ah, fuck me, OK.
Cultural appropriation.
Another example of utter lefty
fuckin' lunacy, OK?
Cultural appropriation
is this idea that,
if you are inspired by or
borrow from another's culture,
that is, in effect,
an act of stealing
and is therefore an offensive act.
It's a difficult one
to get your head around
cos it's so fucking demented.
So I'll give you a few examples.
I'll give you a couple
of examples, all right?
Students Union of East Anglia
recently went around
confiscating sombrero hats
that had been given out
at a fresher's fair
by a local Mexican restaurant
and they confiscated the hats
because they said the hats
represented discriminatory
and stereotypical imagery.
HE EXHALES SHARPLY
It's...it's a promotion for tacos,
you daft *****.
Grow up! Fucking grow up.
A recent art exhibition in Canada
was cancelled because the artist,
who was white, had been highly
influenced by indigenous paintings.
OK, the whole thing was cancelled
and one art critic said
that the paintings were
an act of cultural genocide.
Cultural genocide!
I'm sorry, if you don't know
the difference between the act
of painting a picture and the act
of systematically murdering millions
you have no right to be
discussing either subject.
You need to go home,
lock the fucking door
read a fucking book!
Starting with 1984.
But I guess this is the most
sort of pertinent example, for me,
of the horror that
is cultural appropriation.
Again on university campuses,
this time mainly in America
but there are quite a few
examples of this.
White students who have dreadlocks
have been targeted
for "racist behaviour".
OK, now, if you think
I'm talking bullshit here,
go home tonight
and Google Little Mix.
For most of you, it'll be the first
time you've ever fucking done it.
But a week ago a member of
Little Mix was forced to apologise
because she was wearing dreadlocks
and she was forced to apologise
cos apparently her
wearing dreadlocks
was offensive to black people.
Here's my question -
which black people?
Trevor McDonald, Idris Elba,
the black one out of S Club?
You don't get to decide what
black people are offended by!
How fucking patronising is that?
"Oh, it's cultural appropriation.
"Oh, it's stealing
from other cultures."
So is eating sushi.
So is dancing the Macarena.
So is shopping at Ikea.
So is putting your back out
attempting the Kama Sutra.
It's all fucking
cultural appropriation.
We all steal the best bits
from other cultures,
and the Macarena.
You know, surely...
Surely life is about
opening yourself up
to the world, not shutting it out.
Take this to its natural conclusion,
it's the end of art.
The end of fiction. No writer will
ever be able to write about anything
but their own personal experiences.
Every book'll have to be
a fucking autobiography.
We know how tedious they are.
Segregated restaurants -
Italian for Italians,
Mexican for Mexicans.
What are we left with,
fucking Greggs?
"Cheese and onion pasty, please.
"Cheese and onion pasty, please.
Chicken tikka slice, please."
Fuck off, you racist!
Is it cultural appropriation
if I listen to Donna Summer?
Should I be discouraged
from listening to UB40?
The answer to that is obviously yes,
but for a host of different reasons.
Segregated concerts - Lionel Richie
and Jay Z for the blacks,
fuckin...Adele and fucking
Coldplay for the whites.
Although Adele will no longer be
able to perform because she's too
highly influenced by MOBO, which of
course makes her a fucking racist.
That sound you can hear is the sound
of Martin Luther King
spinning in his grave as his dream
of a white and black kids
playing together, being judged by
the content of their character,
not the colour of their skin,
is being pissed on by well-meaning
liberals. Fucking grow up!
CHEERING
Next up...
Fuck that! Fuck that!
APPLAUSE
I barely got out alive with
mansplaining. Fuck that!
No fucking way!
Look, erm... I don't mean to
offend anyone, by the way, erm...
