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...