Just Mind Boggling Stupid

| July 22, 2020

This is possibly the most dimwitted reaction I have ever run into, toward someone showing a talent for a difficult task and doing it really well.

Morgan Bullock, a young black woman from Virginia who loves to dance, talked her mother into letting her take lessons in Irish dancing, which is a high-end form of tap dancing.  She is quite good at it, and has posted some videos of her doing Irish dancing on TikTok, getting the attention of a lot of people, including the producer of Riverdance.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8546141/Black-Irish-dancing-TikTok-star-20-says-trolls-accused-cultural-appropriation.html

Her videos drew a lot of  good responses, including an invitation from Padraic Moyles, the producer of the Riverdance program, who invited Bullock to perform with his dancers when they make a tour stop in Virginia next year.

Since then Bullock has posted dozens more videos dancing to songs from icons including Drake, Doja Cat, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson – eliciting praise from thousands of people across the globe. – article

Unfortunately, there are the usual jealous, obnoxious, snot-nosed grinches and trolls who can’t stand seeing someone doing something she really enjoys, especially when she’s good at it, and they’ve accused her of something called ‘CULTURAL APPROPRIATION’.

Teh Horreur!!!!

There is a video of Ms. Bullock’s dance talent which was shown on my local news feed this morning. There is also one embedded in the article, and when I say this girl has talent, it is not an exaggeration.  To use a ridiculous term like ‘cultural appropriation’ in regard to someone like her is the same as telling me that I shouldn’t do chert and flint knapping to make arrow and spear points, or smash two rocks together to make a hand axe for cutting up a deer carcass, just like our very distant “caveman” ancestors did.

My response to Ms. Bullock’s obvious talent is “You go, girl! And tell those jealous buffoons to get a life!” But that’s just my viewpoint.

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M48DAT

Oh my Lord! What a beautiful and talented young lady.I guess you have to consider the source.

Do you think I should let the OIC know that we are culturally appropriating the Chinese for inventing the fire stick before I clean my M4 and put it back in the arms room?

penguinman000

Complaining about cultural appropriation=advocating for segregation.

11B-Mailclerk

Again

5th/77th FA

“…which is a high end form of tap dancing.” I don’t know why I FIRST read this as “lap dancing”?

To parrot Ex…you go girl…and Best of Luck in the future. I rooted around on the youhoo tube thingie and found this with a few more of her moves. Pretty damn talented.

Twist

Frankie posted a video of her on the book of faces and I’ve got to say that that young lady has some major talent. Good on her.

Docduracoat

What a great kid!

UpNorth

It’s always enjoyable to watch real talent.

The Other Whitey

The very concept of “cultural appropriation” is total chickenshit. I’m ethnically Irish, proud of it, and I think this girl is a hell of a dancer, and I’d love to see her in the St Patrick’s Day parade!

This shit is racist as all hell. Who the hell cares if she’s not a green-eyed redhead stereotype? I’m not a ginger, either, and neither is anyone in my family, and we can trace our lineage straight back to Co. Clare. My oldest daughter is taking ballet lessons, and is a talented dancer. She’s German-Irish-Cambodian, her ballet teacher is a Mexican chick who eats, sleeps, and breathes dancing. Who the hell cares what color she is? She’s damn good at what she does!

These racist Larsian trolls can fuck all themselves. Preferably with a chainsaw.

SFC D

Pretty much covered it, TOW. I’m as Irish as the day is long, and you know why we don’t get upset over things like this. The Irish aren’t thin-skinned pussies! Besides, it’s only cultural appropriation if it’s an ethnically-oriented endeavor undertaken by those of the Caucasian persuasion. I wish nothing but the best for this young lady, and hope for more to follow in her gracefully flying footsteps.

To all the haters out there criticizing her, I say Pog Mo Thoin!

MI Ranger

Funny thing about cultural appropriation…almost every single case of this can actually be traced to show that the culture claimed to be appropriated had in fact not created said culture. Now this is not the case here, but those who do Irish dancing seem to appreciate her efforts and talent…so the case is moot!

11B-Mailclerk

Anything done by Americans is American culture. Anything done by folks who join the team is American culture. Anything we decide to add, irrespective of who originated it, even if they say “oh heck no”, is American culture.

Doesn’t matter where from. It all went in the melting pot. It is all mine, yours, and every other American.

All of it.

All of us.

Now for the haters, racists, and segregationist who say otherwise?

Go fuck a squirrel. You lost the previous arguments on this. You lost the current argument on this.
You lose any future ones.

American wins. You lose.

MustangCryppie

It’s not American culture, but that doesn’t matter cause the Irish don’t give give a shit if another culture “appropriates” ours.

Better said is that Ireland welcomes an interest in anything Irish. I have a couple of cousins who are superb dancers and would be thrilled at this young lady’s talent.

MustangCryppie

Oh. I went an looked at the video. Ok. She Americanized Irish dancing.

Have at it. And I’m sure me cousins would still love to share the stage with her.

11B-Mailclerk

Is she American? Anything #1 in my list.

If she has no connection to it, whatsoever? Anything #3 in my above list.

More bluntly, human culture belongs to humans. One species. One culture. Seven billion individuals.

MustangCryppie

In this case, she changed the art form to make part of it American. Awesome.

But, if she practiced the art the Irish way with the same Irish steps and same Irish music, that does not make it an American art. It makes it an American practicing an Irish art.

If an American decides they like Latvian folk dances, does that suddenly make Latvian folk dances American. Nope.

But if she takes the music and puts her own steps to it or vice versa, then she has created a new American art form.

If she decides to learn Irish along with her dance steps, that doesn’t make Irish an American language? No, sir.

Seriously, what is the the big deal? I think it’s great that she is using Irish culture to express herself in a uniquely American way and creating something uniquely Yankee.

Not a fan of the music she uses. I’m partial to the Irish stuff, but hey it’s all good. And most Irish would feel the same way: that it is all brilliant.

And if we are all just one human species, why are you so intent on making it American, and not human culture?

11B-Mailclerk

American is our team. Human is our species.

Mike B USAF Retired

“CULTURAL APPROPRIATION” WTF does that mean?

Charlie Pride, DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker did Country Music, there are Caucasians who do Rap Music did anyone use the word Cultral Appropriation?

I swear, this crap going on in the world today, is creating stupid titles for everyone and everything. Which in itself becomes a form of Racism.

Stupid is as stupid does, seems to be humanities motto nowadays.

HMCS(FMF) ret

Talented young lady! She’s got another fan here!

Old tanker

Outstanding talent there. Well done Miss, well done indeed. I hope you have a long career doing what you love. As to the critics. learn to STFU and mind your own damn business.

OWB

This young lady should do well with her craft. She has already faced adversity and succeeded. When the novelty of all this wears off, she will still be talented enough to be highly successful.

Best to you, Morgan Bullock! There will always be naysayers and jealous fools. Just ignore them. It’s what everyone who aspires to greatness in any field must do. Some folks just can’t stand to see others do well. Most of us are happy to watch you succeed.