It's not "all of a sudden." Do you really think this is the first instance of discussing White people appropriating Black culture? Seriously?

Half of the comments last night about this ON THIS SITE were about her appropriating black culture, and looking DUMB doing it. WHY CAN'T JEZEBEL GET THIS RIGHT?

? NinjaCate is Black and still even if she wasn't...

Thanks for trolling. Come back never.

THIS BUNNY WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

Sweet lord, I just got another telling me I am racist because I pointed out that the dancers were black. And that I should see past color. And that they were paid to do it, so clearly they did't have any problem with it., so niether should we.

Sweet lord, I just got another telling me I am racist because I pointed out that the dancers were black. And that I should see past color. And that they were paid to do it, so clearly they did't have any problem with it., so niether should we.

EXCEPT! Why does her sexuality need to play into racial stereotypes to do it? There is nothing wrong with being sexual. There IS something wrong with dressing up in black culture trappings in order to do it. It says "it's okay for black people to be oversexualized, so if I want to be oversexualized, I have to be black…

I think I might write something. I'm not sure if I want to take that on just yet, but I really do want to have this discussion properly.

Because Black culture +White people (- Black people) =PROFIT.

It's not about dismissing them. It IS a problem, and it SHOULD be addressed. But my point is that it is ONLY being addressed because it is an issue that is relevant to white feminism. She gets to be painted as the victim of slut shaming (and that's the narrative we run with) instead of the perpetuator of racial…

No I don't think she's being outwardly malicious. But unfortunately that is some of the most insidious racism... The kind where no one thinks they are doing anything wrong, therefore it's harder to call out without seeming like you are "over-reacting".

Except they didn't. Call her out that is. They focused on the issue that is relevant to white feminism.

This article sums it up pretty nicely:

Yes, thank you!

You can care that she's being slut shamed while also calling her on her bullshit.

I live in New Orleans, where every little skinny white girl since Katrina wanted to learn how to Bounce so they could fit in with the local culture. When you don't put in the time to be part of a culture, you don't get the option to just cherry-pick the parts you like. It smells like social colonialism.

Yep. I don't care about Miley Cyrus trying to be "sexy." She's 20. She's allowed to be as sexy as she wants. My problem is her blatant cultural appropriation and the Minstrel Show qualities of her performance. That ish is racist as all get out - that's what offends me.

I mean you saw the way she smacked that black…

I don't care about her using her sexuality in whatever way she wants. I've seen that before. We've all seen that before. It doesn't disturb me. I'm pretty sure her repeated use of black people as props is what grosses me out the most.