EP38: Cultural Appropriation
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May 17, 2018
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In today’s show we Cover the following topics:
<pre>• Chat Segment
⁃ Lance talks about his experience using Gender Neutral Restrooms
⁃ Dr. Dre loses copyright suit to Genitals Doctor, Dr. Drai
• Hot Take News (00:07:15)
⁃ We discuss the Administration pulling out of the #JCPOA #Iran #nuclear deal
⁃ Google’s new AI (codename “Definitely Not Skynet”) is coming to replace all the humans
• Philosophal
⁃ Yogurt!
⁃ American girl wears a traditional Chinese Prom Dress and the internet reacts
⁃ This kicks off the discussion about what Cultural Appropriation and what it means and where the line between cultural appropriation and showing love and respect for the culture is
• Pop Culture (00:49:00)
⁃ We give Childish Gambino’s #ThisIsAmerica video a thorough discussion
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Useful links:
⁃ Dr. Dre loses trademark dispute to Dr. Drai
⁃ https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2018/05/10/dr-dre-tradmark-ruling-dr-drai.hln
⁃ Google’s AI sounds like a human on the phone — should we be worried?
⁃ https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17334658/google-ai-phone-call-assistant-duplex-ethical-social-implications
⁃ Chinese Prom Dress
⁃ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/01/its-just-a-dress-teens-chinese-prom-attire-stirs-cultural-appropriation-debate/?noredirect=on
