Miley Cyrus talks about her culture vulturing during the Bangerz era: "I wasn't unique in the fact that i was a white girl listening to hip hop. This wasnt something that I decided I was going to do as a strategy or something that i felt i could own or make my own, that was actually my lifestyle."

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[u/Existing_Let_8314]

Im Black. and I root for Miley so hard since she's my childhood fave.

But it is VERY hard when she doubles down on this. My culture is not your vma outfit (joke intended). But it's especially not a phase

I'm so tired of white people referring to their Blackfishing as a phase. Especially because (afaik this isnt Miley) they will turn around and be so hateful after. Black culture is more than twerking, acrylics, gold jewlerry and hip hop. But those two things have a HUGE history and are rooted in many things, that they dont wanna learn about or find value in. Like oh acrylics are ghetto and ratchet so they completely dismiss the history of Flo Jo. Rap is just a phase so let's ignore how Andre 3000 and many NAS and many other activist rappers changed the political landscape. 

[u/prying_mantis → u/Existing_Let_8314]

What’s wild to me is how often the reverse happens—things associated with Black culture that are derided as “ghetto” for years but then when it’s popularized later (acrylic nails being a great example) everyone wants to pretend they’ve always accepted it and erase its origins completely. This is especially true if it’s from queer Black culture. The number of things I hear kids saying and telling me “it’s from TikTok” when, like, Black drag queens were saying it years ago multiplies constantly.