Current Events > Anyone heard of Culture Vulture? The idea of taking someones culture....

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And making a profit of it or claiming that you discovered something well known from that culture. For instance, if a mexican taught me how to cook mexican food and i claimed it as "Omniryu odd way to wrap meat around different type of breads." I would be considered stealing from their culture. Or let's say if i learned Kung Fu from bruce lee and change the name to "Omniryu extraordinary combat style" and i would open dojos under my name and, again make a profit of it.

The concept of Culture Vulture is initially easy to understand..... Then it gets more complex. While the concept of culture vulture has been around....pretty much for centuries. The term itself comes from Hip-Hop and it has been named as such a few years.
Some people will say that white hip-hop artist are culture vulture, here to make money off of hip-hop.

The issue i have is.... Hip-hop has grown as an international phenomenon. So should we just limit who can be a hip-hop artist? Some say everyone has to credit who their influence are. However, when someone does, they still get targeted as a "Vulture.'

What kind of nonsense is that?

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it's not just a race thing.

like, Drake, for example, has been referred to as a culture vulture because of the different styles/verbiage he borrowed from, whether it's Jamaican or from the UK.

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You are legitimately a culture vulture if you disrespect the culture from which you take inspiration, or refuse to give it it's due credit.

Other than that, you shouldn't be bothered by the term if you genuinely appreciate whatever culture that you emulate.

You'll definitely come under fire as a white dude trying to appreciate/do hip-hop though, that's just how things are within that specific culture.
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Rome did this. When they conquered you, they didn't take you over. They took over your culture and allowed you to continue with it. Absorbing Gods, literature, history, and making it their own. They pretty much perfected the art of culture appropriation.

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Pretty much hip white-owned food trucks in a nutshell lol

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It gets way overused today imo. Culture and society especially in the last decade is extremely globalized. Particularly within a certain language group. It all becomes free game at some point. And those who enjoy decrying culture vultures often seem tinged with either envy or bitterness if the culture vulture has found success.

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g0ldie posted...

it's not just a race thing.

like, Drake, for example, has been referred to as a culture vulture because of the different styles/verbiage he borrowed from, whether it's Jamaican or from the UK.

Very true. I heard thay canadians love jamaica. So that is a complicated topic as well.

_Angel_ posted...

You are legitimately a culture vulture if you disrespect the culture from which you take inspiration, or refuse to give it it's due credit.

Other than that, you shouldn't be bothered by the term if you genuinely appreciate whatever culture that you emulate.

You'll definitely come under fire as a white dude trying to appreciate/do hip-hop though, that's just how things are within that specific culture.

I feel like even if you do, some people don't care. Almost as if they wanted to be segregated.

masticatingman posted...

It gets way overused today imo. Culture and society especially in the last decade is extremely globalized. Particularly within a certain language group. It all becomes free game at some point. And those who enjoy decrying culture vultures often seem tinged with either envy or bitterness if the culture vulture has found success.

I don't know. It such a grey area. I have a perfect example of how confusing this is.

I have a chinese restaurant but all of the employees are mexican. What do you call that?

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Drake is a straight culture vulture.
As far as the rest of it goes, its natural for cultures to exchange ideas in this interconnected world.

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hitokoriX posted...

Drake is a straight culture vulture.
As far as the rest of it goes, its natural for cultures to exchange ideas in this interconnected world.

What about miley Cyrus who tried hip-hop then later critize it as disgusting?

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omniryu posted...

What about miley Cyrus who tried hip-hop then later critize it as disgusting?

Ultimate culture vulture move. Post Malone did the same thing when he was transitioning out of it. Said rap isn't where you go to feel ir some shit. Post isn't seen as the embarrassment that Miley is tho. Miley pushed off her own embarrassment onto the whole genre.

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Captain_Qwark posted...

Outside of claiming you invented it, Isn't that just inspiration...

Without credit. You would be considered a vulture.

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Is the def on that Dictionary site?
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I know there are bad examples of this, but lately when I hear about it, it's nothing actually bad.

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Vulture Culture is one of my favorite stages in Donkey Kong Country.
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Elvis is the most prominent example.
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Captain_Qwark posted...

What counts as credit when you're talking about inspiration?

For example the rapper Drake taking the UK grime style without mentioning any credit to any artist.

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