Aside from the few fully indigenous populations left in Mexico DNA studies show a dominance of European ancestry actually, with a roughly 30% presence of indigenous DNA in individuals that aren’t part of indigenous populations (i.e. almost all Mexicans). That’s where this shit gets stupid. Where’s the line drawn? …

Ok, this is what I’m getting at: Say that you, as a proud Ecuadorian, wanted to sell a line of snappy hats inspired your Incan ancestry. Then a group indigenous Ecuadorians sues you for intellectual property rights because they can legitimately claim to be “more Ecuadorian” than you.

What research? How? WHERE?

I agree. And I think we are mostly in agreement here. I agree with the top comment that this is a well meaning can of worms. It feels right to stop companies from doing this, but trying to craft a law that wouldn’t go way too far is really tricky.

I mean, it’s clear, what this world needs to move forward and end racism is some type of election where a small group of people gets to represent their entire race. Personally I am mixed so I’m probably not black or white enough for either panel. I guess we get our own panel? But I’m also light-skinned mixed, not…

And who gets to decide whether the use is approved or not? Do you take a poll of everyone with Mexican heritage for a Mexican (Aztec) design? What if a Native American tribe says yes to using a common Native American design and another tribe says no? What if the design is similar but not enough to trigger a copyright…

Yeah, but the point is pretty solid. The Aztec culture is gone. They might descend from it, but the civilization fell, along with Rome and ancient Greece and tons of others. If cultural IP is now owned by members of that culture, who really owns that? Are we going to do DNA tests to see if you can use an image of…

Plenty of white Mexicans will also have that one ancestor who has Aztec lineage. If all it takes to not appropriate a culture you do not live in, is to have a person with a watered-down genetic connection to it, then this legal protection has no chance of ever being effective.

but I think this is a real question that needs answering beforehand if they intend to codify this

Apparently, you are already an expert, so please enlighten us. Not everyone believes we should be reinventing the wheel every time. Although that would be culturally appropriating the Sumerians, so I can’t even invent the wheel.

I’d argue that it’s a ill-meaning can of worms. Only a rank idiot could not forsee the the problems with this entire line of thinking. Even the biggest Trump stan possesses enough foresight to see this spiral out of control.

Who gets to sue on behalf of the ancient Druids? Certainly not these guys:

Well. This seems like a well-meaning can of worms.

He’s also 200 years old.

I watched a lot of this live. The cops did not behave in a neutral manner (I suspect surprising no one here at the Root) but actively seemed to provoke and target antifa (who I mostly think are well intentioned idiots, but still idiots) and gave such a ridiculously obvious pass to literal neo-Nazis.

The actual reason for the disqualification was a typo on the teams roster. The young girl was listed as male on the official player list which the springfield soccer club was provided with, the penalty for misrepresentation of a players gender is a game forfeit even if it was a mistake. Now I am not defending the…

No. They don’t exactly belong in the same category, per se. But​ a certain amount of those guys just want to fight somebody or break stuff. The skinheads provide people to fight, and they can still feel like the good guys. That’s kinda two sides of the same coin. (Ie, “without the Joker, Batman just is a fucking…

I dunno, man.

I love the racism you enthusiastically express.
Obama was invited many times by Bill O’Rielly, but he was to chicken shit to appear.

Also called “antifas,” when away from their latest rounds of Pokémon Go, anti-fascists are notorious for wearing bandanas across their faces, overturning garbage cans, burning trash, brandishing black flags, and breaking windows to express their rage against the machine and achieve the ultimate in anarchist credit.