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bijoumikhawal · 8 months ago

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you do realize that actual Scottish and Irish people have in fact, criticized how people talk about the Fae, and done so specifically on Tumblr

its fascinating how very very surface level 1920s-ish jazz age inspired aesthetics are very popular (see: hazbin hotel and electroswing and the endless wave of bowtie pinstripe character designs from the 2010s) but the vast vast majority of people who are into that seem fundamentally disinterested in actually engaging with actual jazz age art and culture because that would require engaging with black art

#It may not be widely discussed but I've seen people talk about how calling Hozier a fae bog mam sometimes goes too far #And reaches microagression territory #I've researched how real life court cases involving the good neighbors were used to slander all Irish people as superstitious barbarians #And deny Ireland the right to rule itself by the British Empire. And the specific case is fairly well known and STILL repeated uncritically #The way it was back then uncritically by people because they don't stop to look at the context around it #And therefore ignorantly spread a very bigoted version of events #Your argument is patently stupid too tbh. 'Why do I have to study Mexican culture in Spanish class' ass statement #You have to know the culture around something because otherwise you won't understand it #For linguistics this literally means you won't understand idioms or will have poor manners and piss people off #For a subculture like Jazz it means you won't understand where it came from or why it formed or who it spoke to #You won't understand any of the context. You'll just be looking at images like an iPad baby with cocomelon #I cannot fathom being interested in something and not wanting to know ots context #Especially because Jazz and it's connection to Blackness is HEAVILY political???#I'm not even particularly interested in Jazz and I know that. A lot of racists from the 20s-40s attacked Jazz and saw it as a threat #The reason you square danced in gym class if you're American is because white racists were scared of Jazz

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