Monday, April 09, 2018

Bruno Mars and cultural appropriation

I recently put out a video speech defending Bruno Mars from charges of "cultural appropriation"



Here's what I put in the video descriptions




Recently on The Grapevine (a YouTube channel devoted to panel discussions), there was a discussion on Bruno Mars (singer of Puerto Rican, Jewish and Filipino ancestries) and his performance of "black music". One of the speakers was a Seren Sensei who says she hated Bruno Mars, claimed that he was unfairly profiting from "black music", and that white people preferred "black music" from "non-black people of color". Seren Sensei criticized Bruno Mars was guilty of cultural appropriation, even though she (who is African-American) chose a Japanese nickname but can't even pronounce the word "karaoke" correctly.

In this video, I mentioned that hip-hop was started by a Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc, had Puerto Rican involvement in the very early stages of development, had MAJOR contributions Kraftwerk (White Germans; innovators of electronic music), and had tons of Latino influences that are overlooked in discussions of hip-hop & cultural appropriation. I responded to Seren Sensei's claim that it was unfair that Bruno Mars got a Grammy for Album of the Year, and that Prince didn't get one, for which she claimed that the Grammy Awards was racist against "black people" NEVERMIND that Prince didn't win BECAUSE Lionel Richie won the same year his album was up for nomination. And I drop even more knowledge in this video speech.

And get this: Bruno Mars received official support from REAL African-American music legends like Jimmy Jam, Charlie Wilson, Ted Riley, Stevie Wonder and more




Bruno Mars and Cultural Appropriation

video speech by Pablo Wegesend






And the following needs to be shared with ANYONE who screams about "cultural appropriation", "culture theft" and a whole bunch of useless SJW buzzwords


These guys are Kraftwerk, innovators of electronic music. They started in the 1970s. EVERYBODY who enjoys music with electronic beats (including hip-hop) NEEDS TO PAY HOMAGE TO THEM!






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As for Seren Sensei, the "woke" SJW pansy who hated on Bruno Mars, here's some memes on her.



Seren Sensei says it's unfair that Bruno Mars is "profiting off black music", yet she gave herself a Japanese nickname, profiting off of Japanese culture.

Calls Bruno Mars a culture thief, yet she gives herself a Japanese nickname,but can't even pronounce Japanese word "karaoke" correctly.

Seren Sensei claims anti-black racism kept Prince from winning a Grammy for Album of the Year. She didn't know Prince lost because Lionel Richie won. LEARN YOUR HISTORY DAMMIT!