today is the official start of New York
Fashion Week or as New Yorkers call it
Thursday for more please welcome to the
show our newest Daily Show correspondent
Dulce Sloane everybody thanks Trevor
yes it's Fashion Week and while we'll
see some new looks some things will
never change
for example we know at least one model
will fail at her only job walking down
the runway and that some designers gonna
try to sell us clothes they fished out
of a dumpster
but the thing mmm that gets the most
attention every year is the cultural
appropriation that never goes out of
style
well Dulce for people who don't know can
you explain what cultural appropriation
is sure it's when you take something
that defines the culture that you're not
a part of and profit off of it the
fashion industry does it all the time
they take from black culture
Native Americans Asia you name it I mean
the models even appropriated their body
dimensions from the aliens and Close
Encounters
but don't say it should be fair not all
instances of cultural appropriation are
that extreme yeah that's true not every
person who listens to rap or wears a
kimono or things the course the despots
eat though it's trying to steal someone
else's culture well that's good to hear
because I I love singing disperse eat oh
well you can definitely sing it cuz you
know you look like a court of rigor
but sometimes across the line like when
you get movies about white boys saving
jazz or Miley Cyrus twerking oh hell
cultural appropriation is the only thing
Taylor and Katie can't agree on okay
okay but but some people look at some of
these examples and they think why the
fuss because Trevor if when white people
discover something that used to be
considered ghetto for example look at
big butts I always try to
thank you big butts used to be
considered undesirable but since the
Kardashians bought all it airs now
everybody wants one oh and don't get me
started on dreadlocks when black people
have them they're discriminated against
they even get fired over it but but
white people have them clothes flat off
the wrecks look at this this is the
Fashion Show where she habits are what
are we go back was that Kendall Jenner
maybe it's always kendall Jenner yeah
well you know what they'll say I'm not
gonna lie I hear you and this is
interesting because for me it's weird
where I come from cultural appropriation
isn't really a big deal right my my
family's always trying to get my white
friends to wear African clothes they
don't view it as white people trying to
steal our culture they think they're
embracing it mm-hmm and that's the
attitude they got my ancestors over here
these white men are trying to steal us
they're embracing us but it's not it's
not just Africa when Beyonce did that
video where she dressed up like an
Indian goddess right people here were
upset but in India a lot of people loved
it okay not Trevor Beyonce is a bad
example because she's the literal
goddess come on forget culture Beyonce
stole my identity I wouldn't even press
charges
I'd be like
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look Trevor this is about equality
if minorities were equal they wouldn't
worry about people taking their culture
because that wouldn't be all they have
look white people if you're going to
appropriate take everything take the
good and the bad you can take much
struggle to get pulled over for no
reason get followed through a store and
the next time there's a black lives
matter March I want to see you there
Kendall but don't worry about bringing
that Pepsi girl we drink sprite
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