I'm of the opinion that if one were directly involved in the night in question, say, it was their tragedy, they'd have every right in the world to be upset. If you survived Nazi Germany (and if so, I support you, Jewish survivor) then I'll hold them down so you can kick their ass.
Otherwise, it's not your tragedy.
Lemme take this a bit personal. My mother's side is from Korea. My grandfather vanished in the aftermath of the Korean War, and we're still not sure if he's in North Korea, skanking up what was then a sexy co-ed, or is dead. This left my mother (age 14 at the time) to raise her sister and care for her mother in what was a very shitty situation. She then immigrated to the US and is basically the sort of story which would make for a formula book about immigrants, touching and etc etc.
If there were an RP which dealt with the Korean War, or if she got pissed off at M*A*S*H* for covering the Korean War with a comedic front, she's entitled to do so. Fully entitled.
I don't have that same right. The Korean War was a tragedy. It's not my tragedy. And I think that's a distinction a lot more people should learn when responding to situations such as this one. There's a fine line between respect and appropriation that many people, I feel, have crossed.
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Otherwise, it's not your tragedy.
Lemme take this a bit personal. My mother's side is from Korea. My grandfather vanished in the aftermath of the Korean War, and we're still not sure if he's in North Korea, skanking up what was then a sexy co-ed, or is dead. This left my mother (age 14 at the time) to raise her sister and care for her mother in what was a very shitty situation. She then immigrated to the US and is basically the sort of story which would make for a formula book about immigrants, touching and etc etc.
If there were an RP which dealt with the Korean War, or if she got pissed off at M*A*S*H* for covering the Korean War with a comedic front, she's entitled to do so. Fully entitled.
I don't have that same right. The Korean War was a tragedy. It's not my tragedy. And I think that's a distinction a lot more people should learn when responding to situations such as this one. There's a fine line between respect and appropriation that many people, I feel, have crossed.