The World Motivation
What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation.
“What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation.”
— Jain · Appropriation
What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation.
I could never imagine ever in my life that I'd be on the side of The Louvre.
Music is open-minded and has always travelled, every country takes something from another, and that's what makes the richness of music.
I started to write my songs when I was 15 and living in the Congo.
When I was very young, I just loved the idea of tapping on stuff, so I was always making a lot of noise.
Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above it.
I remember the Silver Jubilee clearly because we had a fancy dress street party in Sheffield. I dressed up as a Japanese girl with a too-big red kimono - cultural appropriation hadn't been invented in 1977. I was six.
I am very grateful for the bipartisan support from Congress and their confidence in my leadership of BARDA as reflected in the generous appropriation to BARDA in the CARES 3 Act.
Appropriation is a fact of life; no point in complaining about it. But if that's the way the game's being played, let's do it on both sides. I don't want some white guy making 'A Rage in Harlem III' if I can't do 'The Godfather V' or 'E.T. III.'