Contra the video narration, were there really any *good-faith* complaints that she was engaged in cultural appropriation? Sounds like some people wanted to use her dancing as a hook to complain that people complain too much about appropriation in other contexts.
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1373625439776817156
See for example this WaPo story. Someone who says “If white people can’t have corn rows you can’t do this kind of dance" is not actually mad about cultural appropriation, they're mad about complaints about cultural appropriation. washingtonpost.com/local/is-it-cu…
And I broadly agree with the view that cultural appropriation complaints have gone overboard (depending on the specifics). But don't take your annoyance about that out on this young woman, she didn't do anything to you.
(I don't think white people should get cornrows.)
Much more broadly, I think outlets should be more careful about doing stories with "people are upset about" frames that are based on a few tweets.
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