It's so annoying when people do this. I don't get the problem with Ebonics and stuff. We use sooo much from other languages, dialects, cultures, and countries, why is it suddenly an issue when someone uses Ebonics? I would even say it's weird to assume your race, and telling you to act white is just weird and lowkey racist. Also weird how anon said Cortis' music is inspired by black people, as if music is just a black people thing. I get that their music relies on hip-hop and trap. However, these music genres aren't a black people thing. They also took inspiration from other artists, genres, languages, and cultures. yk?
cortis' (and kpop as a whole) music being inspired by black music, culture and influence is a REAL thing and I fully stand with every black person when they advocate for their culture being diluted and being used with no credit / disrespectfully
however I also agree that black influence isn't the ONLY cultural influence that kpop has and other cultures' music is also used. it's just that black influence is a lot and I'm glad we are speaking about it everyday. there's no reason to not admit this.
that is how, unfortunately, a lot of music works. it's a huge meddling of a lot of influence, and some of it is done without credit. in a system where recycling melodies and samples is the core of its growth, it's hard to remain linear with no influence. it's just the execution of it all; stealing, not crediting and then disrespecting the very people it takes fromโ that upsets people.
however, bringing the conversation back to myselfโ I am authentic ๐ญ this is GENUINELY how I talk. I am not trying to be black or white or anything, and I don't want to be that. I am my own ethnicity. my speech is this way because of what I've consumed all around me, and that COULD be inaccurate or disrespectful if I didn't learn it properly.
I am allowing to be called out but I NEED someone to elaborate what that disrespect is. I have a lot of dialects around me from my own culture, and I've grown up with different influences. I am not perfect but I AM someone with my own culture in my skin. and I'm not limited to it, because I have consumed more than just what I inherited from my parents.
it's difficult to model myself to a certain standard when I don't know what I've done wrong, no one tries to genuinely point out or give me an example of what I've done wrong after they accuse me, and I'm left with "you're just white, stop trying to be black" when I'm not either of those things. what am I supposed to do when I'm constantly being told this? i am not white and yes, I do feel disrespected to be assumed as. because I've admitted time and time again that I am a POC. I'm asian. I'm a person of color. and even white people have culture depending on where they're from. to dismiss my growth while accusing me of disrespecting yours is never going to get me (or you) anywhere.
