As a chinese, you're welcome to do so. It's Lunar new year, there's nothing special or specific about it. Pop a beer, play firework, or whatever. Make up your culture for celebrate the new year, that's how culture is born! There's not even a standard for it in China, different region have different way to celebrate. And each household even have their own way to celebrate! How is any of this gatekeeping make sense i don't know.

It's so sad to see a melting pot now call for separation.

[–] HorreC@kbin.social 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For you I had a cigar and sipped some bourbon. In great hopes of a fine new year for us both!

[–] HolyDiver@aussie.zone 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this is the way

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[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 123 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Gatekeeping is a special form of being special

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 52 points 9 months ago

Especially when you also don't belong to said group.

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 107 points 9 months ago (4 children)

How pathetic do you have to be to gatekeep a celebration?

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I do think it's important that people know what it is they're celebrating, but yeah like my local Chinese community always does a lunar new year celebration that is open to everyone. I think a lot of Chinese people (and other communities that celebrate the lunar new year, like Okinawan Korean Vietnamese and many others) see open celebration as creating more appreciation for and understanding of their culture.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Crazy, what an entirely reasonable thing to think.

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago

More importantly: a celebration that you can get to by just looking at the bloody sky.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 9 months ago

Hey, a white lady is telling people how to do shit. Shut up and let her speak. /s

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 100 points 9 months ago (5 children)

These people want to show, so hard, that they care but in the end they don't realize they are practically pushing for segregation.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is what happens most of the time when people scream cultural appropriation. The problem is that people without understanding of the terms use the terms every day. This leads to scenarios like the one above, or where someone is getting offended you're enjoying a cultural food, or listening to a specific kind of music. Appreciating other cultures isn't appropriation.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, appropriating means to take and pretend you invented it or created it. Interacting with culture or enjoying other people's culture isn't harmful and if these people actually went to other countries they'd realize their people WANT to share their culture.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

I remember someone giving a huge speech on...tumblr probably it sounds like something that would come from that shithole...that white people learning Spanish was cultural appropriation.

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[–] Aux@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

These people are racists. That's it.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago

Hundred. Percent. It's astounding, I am astounded at the number of messages I have received as a result of this post exactly mirroring the less desired sentiment you've described.

But it's cool, they can go f*** themselves, there's like 2 billion people wholesomely celebrating this holiday in defiance of bigotry, so it's not a real problem.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's why I laugh at anyone who unironically says "Cultural Appropiation"

I wonder if they realize that if cultures didn't borrow from other cultures we wouldn't have anime or instant ramen.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 93 points 9 months ago (62 children)

I'm Jewish. I invite you all to celebrate any Jewish holiday. But they're all stupid religious bullshit other than the food part, so I wouldn't bother.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The food is the best part of any holiday, to be fair.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I agree. Unfortunately, with Jewish holidays, you have to sit through what feels like about 10 hours of prayers in Hebrew before you get to the food.

Which especially sucks when you're a hungry kid who doesn't understand Hebrew.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have the best Jewish friends. They're not strict Jewish, they adapt a lot of the traditions to suit themselves. For example any of the food heavy holiday's they invite their non-Jewish friends over but do most of the religious stuff before we show up. So for me, I get to visit with friends, eat pretty good food (I've learned what to avoid like the unleavened bread), and help them celebrate something that's important to them. They make no expectation for us to actually participate, just respect that they are. It's a good time.

I feel for their kids though, they have to do the 10 hour thing.

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[–] skeeter_dave@sh.itjust.works 82 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nah, as a cracker ass American I think I will celebrate Lunar New Year and immerse myself in the lore and customs of people I share this plant with because history rocks my fucking socks.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago

Fuck yeah I love this plant

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

F*** yeah. Happy February 10th and Happy New Year!

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago

A friendly reminder that gatekeepers are walking, talking mindrot.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Chinatowns and Mayors of metropolitan cities with Chinatowns : Here's the schedule of Lunar new year celebrations, come along and enjoy the culture!

This gatekeeping idiot :

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Nothing friendly about gatekeeping, it’s just a patronizing way to be a giant fucking bitch no one wants to be around.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I invite everyone here to Pancake Day on Tuesday :)

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Friendly reminder that nearly everyone on Twitter are fuckheads.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

HangonletmecheckokayIseewhatyoumean.

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[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 months ago

Cultural appropriation hater VS Cultural sharing enjoyer

[–] ISometimesAdmin@the.coolest.zone 25 points 9 months ago

I feel like her reply is just as likely to be to call him a race traitor or whatever. It's hard to reason with people who gatekeep that hard

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

she says while wearing clothes made in said countries typing the message on a device also made overseas.

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

"friendly reminder that if you're white, you'd better be uptight to the point of constipation at all times, except for moments of stress-induced diarrhea"

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 15 points 9 months ago

That ratio lol

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I mean, it's not like there aren't large communities of Asian immigrants all over the world. In most countries, and definitely the English speaking ones, I almost guarantee your country celebrates it somewhere. Beyond all the other problems with this, it erases the experiences of Asian immigrants, I live in the US and I know for a fact there's going to be tons of celebrations here for it organized by people whose cultures it is.

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