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time
for a story last year i got in trouble
and i'll tell you why
i have just arrived to india
see i visited india as a tourist i loved
the country and i fell in love
with their weddings and decided to throw
my own fake
indian wedding with my girlfriend aline
we dressed up with
indian clothes we got indian henna we
got indian friends
we got a boat we got a horse and we got
fake married with indian music
it was a beautiful beautiful day for
everyone
i shared this wedding with people on the
internet and many people loved it but to
my surprise
i got in trouble in the western world
you stole their culture
you are so disrespectful this is
cultural appropriation
i was shocked and angry because cultural
appropriation
is defined in the dictionary word for
word
as taking things from a culture that is
not yours
without showing that you understand or
respect the culture this indian wedding
is the exact opposite of that
what has happened to us we are
separating people into different
cultures
this is yours and this is mine you don't
touch my culture
food or heritage and i don't touch yours
in the u.s you see it happen
all the time and also in israel and
palestine
israelis say kumus is ours palestinians
say
no hummus is ours and the funny thing is
hummus is neither israeli nor
palestinian apparently it has originated
in ancient egypt thousands of years ago
tens of cultures
shared this delicious amazing
palestinian egyptian
lebanese-israeli-syrian middle eastern
meal
and that's exactly my point culture
the thing we are trying to protect has
been created by many
people over many many years take
zanzibar for example
the food is indian the language is
arabic and the clothes are african
it is an amazing mix of all cultures in
one
place don't get me wrong cultural
appropriation
is real and it happens all the time
people steal
other cultures and claim them as if it's
theirs
it happens here here and here but 99
of the time visiting a place dressing up
with their clothes
having fun together is not cultural
appropriation
it's cultural appreciation see you
next week
hi one of the best parts of indian
culture
is an indian wedding so today i decided
to fake marry
my actual girlfriend me in an indian
before you go one last thing that video
you just saw
i made using this camera and this
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