Talking of racism, I've spoken about this before but I do wonder sometimes if South London is unique in some ways with its deep and enduring blend of cultural heritage. The lines between cultural appropriation and it being ones own culture are a little more blurry than elsewhere. Having said that, I have just told my eldest daughter not to call her little sister a bludclart.
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I had to tell my son's friends not to call each other bumbaclarts on the way to laser quest. Regardless of whether it's OK or not, it does not sound right in a Lancashire accent.
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It's offensive cultural appropriation for non Jamaican white people to do this IMO.
Likewise white people who claim to be Rastafarian.
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Just to stick my neck out a little bit - I don't know any white Rastas, but to be fair that is a religion and pretty inclusive and accepts converts, even discounting the fact there are quite a lot of white Jamaicans, aswell as those of other cultural heritage. And even Black Jamaicans are of African heritage (check out the doc The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita if you haven't seen it, it's super interesting), so where do we draw the line (and I suppose is it even ours to be drawn)?
On the issue of cultural appropriation in language, I agree it's a thorny issue, but my family is a blend of heritages. And I've said this before but South London particularly IS shaped by Black culture. You cannot be from South London and not be exposed to it in some way. But I do accept that probably not everyone will have this perspective. My kids grew up in largely Black communities and it's quite normal for them to dip into ocassional patois, but I didn't so I don't. I think that as with many things it's context and intent.
But I might just be intellectualising something that some people will (IRONICALLY) see as black and white. 😊
@TheBreadmonkey This week, in the Cotswolds, I saw the whitest blondest little pageboy-looking schoolboy you ever did see calling his mate a bludclart. Like a cross between Aled Jones and Ali G.