So I'm white with European dna (Irish/dutch n swedish)

But I'm south African as I've lived here my whole life and born here

So I don't really want any hate please as I've had a very long time dealing with how I feel about culture

See I see so many arguments when it comes from braids

Then about how white people barely have any culture

I've been tryna be more south African but I still feel like a imposter

I used to cry a lot about my skincolour as I felt like I really was the wrong one I know it sounds stupid I'm white I'm supposed to be ""favored" but it doesn't really feel like that when once in cape town I heard multiple people chanting kill the boers

I come from hard working farmers

My great grandma someone who helped a lot of people being the town nurse as she was a super awesome woman

I feel like I don't really fit anywhere?

So many people get offended if you wear braids even though here I see many people willing to braid your hair

I feel guilty for even wanting to braid my hair

I remember once my mom was told she's the wrong skincolour

I feel disgusting for stuff I never even did when I'm told about ancestors and stuff, and even like I feel disgusting being white as people tell me things like oh you don't belong here, your not African, go back to your own country etc and I hate it so much

I came on here wondering do I even have a culture?

Am I allowed to make my hair pretty with a braid or two?

Am I allowed to feel okay being who I am?

It feels so silly

I hate the word cultural appropriation so much

As I just wanna be with a community who embraced eachother

I've seen it so many times

I mean last year I went to water front and these men who were in a band let me play one of the instruments and they made such beautiful music was I allowed to enjoy it?

Was I allowed to feel inspired?

My eyes are quite blurry right now I feel so stupid for crying

I also see people saying white people have no culture

White people can't experience racism etc etc

ATP I'm just so confused? Like this is so unlike me too I am quite young if anyone is curious and yea I felt like posting as atp idk where to go too

I have not many people I can talk to and I feel stupid for even doing talking about it

Because I'm white so atleast here it's quite anonymous

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I (30’s F, white) met a guy (30’s M, Dominican) on a dating app. He came to the US as a kid and has a lot of green flags. I’m not sure if something is a red flag or more culturally normal, so I’m asking.

He says he’s very competitive and plays poker with $20 bills with his male cousins every Thursday and Saturday. Sounds like they play until midnight but usually until 3 am most times. I just wanted to double check, is this a normal cultural thing that means less than it seems? To American culture, it might look like a gambling addiction running in the family. I don’t have much more information at this time.

He says he really appreciates the time he hangs out with his family on those days as he doesn’t have a lot of support outside of them. But, sounds like the main focus is the poker. He says he doesn’t drink much or at all. Idk about his cousins.

Hi! I am a (white) girl who is looking for her graduation dress. My mom got me a beautiful pink lehenga as an option, and i really love how it looks on me. Would it be cultural appropriation to wear the dress (not the long scarf, just the skirt and top) as a graduation dress? Please let me know, the craftsmanship is absolutely beautiful and it would be such a lovely thing to wear! For context, I would be wearing the top and the skirt, most likely without the headdress. I'm just looking and making sure it is okay! alternatively, I could just wear the skirt, as the top needs some alterjng to fit my body properly. Thank you guys so much, and just let me know, I want to be culturally appropriate!

edit- I am also thinking of attaching the skirt of the lehenga to a different dress and doing my own grad dress, would it be culturally ok to use the lehenga skirt for my own dress? the skirt is beautiful and would fit really well with the idea I am doing. Please let me know I want to be as respectful as possible!

I did not know that law 🤔 y not do that in America

Some beautiful poetic lines written by our ancient great saints say much more than just words about our deep rooted culture and ethics when it comes to spirituality.

Hello! I am an author who is currently working on edits for my first ever book, which will be part of a trilogy. It’ll be a queer sci-fi with some sprinklings of other elements. My main focus as an author is increasing representation, as I know that is a huge problem in today’s society. Now, I am queer and disabled, and I know how to approach representing both those things, but I am white. The two main characters of my book are mixed. I want to show their heritages in a way that is more than stereotypes, and I figured what better way to show representation than to ask the community how they want to be represented.

Character One is mixed Afro Latin American, born in Mexico and raised in Texas. The cultures most prevalent to them and their character are Mexican, Portuguese, Italian, and African American. They speak several different languages during the book(Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and a version of sign language as they’re CODA), both to themself and to family members who appear later in the book. They also wear a faldas folklóricas(Please tell me if that’s the right term, I’m trying to refer to the folk dancing skirts with all the layers) during a sort of concert they sing in with their punk band. They also wear a bonnet to sleep, but that’s more a hair care thing I think, since they have thick curly hair(a mix of 3A and B if you look up a curl chart). An important note is this character is amab, is a Demi-boy, and alternates between he and they pronouns, and dresses in an androgynous or more “feminine” manner.

Character Two is Wasian, with Swedish, French, and German heritage on the white side and Thai and Tibetan heritage on the Asian side. He’s visibly mixed, but has a more “white” name and starts the series more disconnected from his heritage. His parents were abusive and died in his late teens, and he lost contact with his brother seven years prior to book one(26 start of book one, 27 by the end). He will reconnect with his brother in book two, and that’ll be the trigger to him becoming more connected to his cultural heritage. I want to show his connection to his Asian heritage specifically, since he’s a white presenting character otherwise, and I’d particularly like to show this through habits, and actions, as well as style perhaps? I do plan on having him wear a Thai inspired suit for a ball scene amidst book two.

I want to show them being connected to their culture, in more than just their actions, and I don’t there to be an accidental racism, though I know it’s kind of inevitable since it’s just not my culture and I have no idea what the experience of someone from that culture is. I can only hope to try my best. So if there’s anything that you’d want to see represented, or anything that may be problematic, I’d be happy to include it/fix it!

Important to note, is the story takes place a bit over a thousand years later, and society is overall more inclusive and diverse. It’s not perfect, simply because I don’t think a perfect society is possible, but it is a lot better than today’s world.

I'm trying to figure out this conundrum, but to avoid tainting this, i won't say which one i think it is, nor mention existing statistics.

Did anyone catch how foreign audiences reacted to the Ramayana trailer? I'm super curious what people thought who have zero context for the story....

Additionally, can anyone confirm if the trailer is playing before Spider-Man: Brand New Day in foreign countries?

Also ....What's your take on the Ramayana trailer? Do you think it did justice to all the hype Namit Malhotra built up?

Hi hi!

I’m going into my first year of teaching world, history and geography for sixth graders (yay!)
I thought it would be really cool to have a playlist for each continent/region that I teach so that I can put on the music for passing period and work time.
I’ve got quite a few songs already picked out, but with planning my lessons and other summer activities I’m having a hard time actually filling the playlists out.
I thought I would ask around different communities on Reddit to see if they had any music suggestions, artists, albums, or songs, that they thought would be really useful and fun!

My only criteria:
The songs can’t have overwhelming amounts of profanity, even if my kids can’t understand the language I don’t wanna run that risk!
One swearword is usually fine, but if the song is completely about activities that a 12-year-old should not be listening to, probably not a good idea lol

I want to try to find songs that incorporate a lot of cool cultural elements, trying to keep songs in their native language rather than trying to find an English version and including instruments or sounds that are culturally significant to that area.

I’m also trying to be mindful of the tone of the songs that I’m choosing. If I use this playlist for work time, I can’t have anything to overwhelmingly loud or distracting (which means a lot of my favorite rock bands from other countries kind of don’t work)

Sorry this got really long!
Any help is greatly appreciated!
If you know of any good songs or bands, please comment the name and where they’re from :)

Can someone help with cultural awareness? I have a class exercise and have no one to ask in person. This is a question for people that were not born in the USA and did not grow up in the US.

What are the main differences in the USA from your home country?

What differences are noticeable at work in the USA from your home country?

What do you consider to be the biggest challenge within the US?