Clothing that promotes “cultural appropriation” has been banned by a leading music festival. The Telegraph has the story.
Wireless Festival organisers have banned dozens of items from this year’s three-day event in Finsbury Park, London, which begins on Friday. They include “clothing/garments/items which promote cultural appropriation”.
The information on Wireless’s website does not specify which items of clothing fall under the ban – raising questions over whether the prohibition extends to sombreros or keffiyeh scarves, a symbol of the Palestinian cause.
It comes after Reading Festival banned clothing that could be deemed offensive last year following rows over the perceived cultural insensitivity of donning sombreros, which are seen as typically Mexican.
Worth reading in full.
Down with cultural cross-pollination! But will it include a ban on non-Westerners donning Western clothes? I somehow doubt it. And you can be sure it won’t include banning keffiyeh scarves, because that’ll be a “symbol of solidarity with oppressed peoples” or some such quasi-Marxist excuse. As ever, the woke authoritarian idiocies only go one way.
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Why not simply ban all clothes, phones, accessories, shoes, food, drinks associated with the petro-chemical industry in any way? Okay, there will be a fair few chilly, hungry and thirsty people but they won’t be associating themselves with The Evil Capitalists!
Incidentally, the ban should include the musicians instruments, all wind and solar power since anything that, in any way whatsoever, is associated with Fossil Fuels is The Great Evil of the day. I somehow think the Eco Warriors won’t be quite so keen to lose their gadgets in order to Save The World.
Obviously they also must be able to prove they walked all the way to the venue and did not walk on any tarmac, brick or paving.
The world’s gone batsh*t f*in crazy. Looking forward to my deathbed to get some peace from the asylum.
Not yet Lemming. Do not go quietly…
How does the upvote work on this one? An agreement that the world’s lost the plot, or an agreement that a Lemming funeral would be rather good? Surprised I haven’t had more up-votes! Even the usual double-act have let me down!
Uptick for the first sentence not the last.
Be careful what you wish for.
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“True gent”
In the name of ‘cultural appropriation’ ban anyone from elsewhere from wearing any western clothing. Native dress only for our foreign visitors. No denim jeans for them. Saris only for our Indian female residents. No Nike trainers for our African residents. Only Kimonos for our Japanese visitors.
To take it to its absurd conclusion, no western inventions can be used either. No electricity, no TV, no computers.
We must never ever use chopsticks for eating Chinese food, nor must we ever again use the numeric system originally derived by Arab scholars.
Drop all English words derived from other languages, including words influenced by the Vikings, the Romans, the Normans, the Neanderthals and the proto-hominids…
Loopy thinking.
Offense isn’t given, it’s taken.
my thoughts exactly, its the Lefts way of creating constant division and hatred so that they can divide and conquer.
If you’re not Chinese, you shouldn’t be eating Chinese food. Cultural appropriation, don’cha know.
“They include “clothing/garments/items which promote cultural appropriation”.
So, jeans, cowboy boots and stetsons all banned. Each item specifically developed for the cowboy / rancher lifestyle.
Hmm. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
What happens if somebody turns up and is denied entrance on the grounds they are wearing a proscribed item yet there is no list of what is and is not proscribed and for and by whom?
Could an English man, or girl wear an Akubra hat or a Davey Crockett “coonskin” hat – oh that could be fun…
What’s that on your head?
‘A coon.’
Completely unenforceable and would doubtless infringe on yuman rights.
Other than causing trouble, upset, division and mindless aggravation what is this intended to achieve?
Obviously the sensible approach is to avoid marxist festivals or blatantly defy the vague guidelines and turn up ready for aggro.
if we take it to its conclusion will they ban black women who have straight hair extensions and blonde hair?, will they ban middle eastern women from wearing anything but the Hijab? will indian women be made to wear Saris?
What about the food supplied? will the ethnically British be only allowed to cook and eat Roast Beef and Fish and chips? meanwhile each race only allowed to eat and cook culturally appropriate dishes? What about the Trans men who puport to be women, will they be refused entrance because they have appropriated womens clothing?
Or is it as I suspect that the White ethnicity people will be the target of re education and bullying?
A fine example of how to create hatred and division between people by forcing them into the vituous lefts defined boxes of which you must fit and comply and if you refuse they will destroy you.
Potatoes came from the Americas, didn’t they? Chips are out.
What the hell is ‘cultural appropriation’?
I dont understand
What if one was mixed race?
How would you be expected to dress?
Say you were half Scottish and half Dutch would turning up to said festival painted blue wearing just clogs be appropriate?
So meaningful
I presume the Festival will also be banning the “cultural appropriation” of eating foreign foods.
So the Indian, Thai, Chinese, Jamaican, American etc food outlets must be restricted to customers with those origins.
For the Brits, it’s fish n chips, bangers and mash, pies or pasties. And none to be served to those who are obviously not ethnic Brits.
Does this include men dressed as women?