Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about Cultural Cringe, where people view their own culture as inferior to othersen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down17
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Cultural Cringe, where people view their own culture as inferior to othersen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·2 months agoYeah, I get that. Historically, white men have done a lot of things to be ashamed of.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYeah that’s not what it’s about.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat is it about though? Can I cringe when I see the old RCMP uniform?
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell the article explains it. An example of what it is, would be calling say a NK musician the North Korean Taylor Swift. Instead of them standing up on their own accomplishments, we compare them to foreign cultures and devalue our own.
Yeah, I get that. Historically, white men have done a lot of things to be ashamed of.
Yeah that’s not what it’s about.
What is it about though? Can I cringe when I see the old RCMP uniform?
Well the article explains it.
An example of what it is, would be calling say a NK musician the North Korean Taylor Swift.
Instead of them standing up on their own accomplishments, we compare them to foreign cultures and devalue our own.