Smash the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy: Yoga as cultural appropriation
Can we discuss this?
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I think it’s fine if people do yoga for their health and teach others for free or for trade. I’m not into white folks who learn yoga from white folks, attempt to market “Eastern spirituality” (however they interpret it), make a ton of money off of it and basically steal and repackage it to appeal to a largely white middle to upper class market. But, yoga is not part of my culture so I’d like to hear what other folks have to say. I think there’s some good articles about yoga and appropriation out there…
Can anyone recommend them?
I wanted to discuss this because I’ve been considering a yoga class to manage my stress and anxiety but I don’t want my white ass going places where it doesn’t belong. Also, there are so many white people with dreads, harem pants, and yoga mats walking around my neighborhood in Montreal. I don’t want to be associated with such folks.
Real Yoga is not done on mats or in classes.
Aside from your discomfort at being associated with a “certain kind of white person,” you’d be benefiting from stealing my culture from me.
