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Plymouth Rock quote cultural appropriation ?


First of all, I respect Malcolm X because he was a person who could change , which he did several times in his life, and he was a no bull shit guy.

But the quote "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth rock landed on us" was borrowed from Cole Porter ( a lyric in Anything Goes). Is that cultural appropriation?

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I think he was just using an expression that would have had a familiar ring to his listeners because they heard it from the popular culture of the day. Ella Fitzgerald released two recordings of the song.

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So by the standard that Elvis is held to both MX and EF culturally appropriated. Thanks. I won't discuss the origins of Samba and Bossa Nova.


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Your comments make no sense. Are you an American?

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Also, Malcolm X was a huge music insider. According to his autobiography, he went to the hottest swing and jazz clubs back in the day and knew a lot of musicians or guys who worked with the most popular singers and musicians of the day.

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Indeed.

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No such thing as cultural appropriation!

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That really is my point, but looks like two posters can't figure that out.

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