Some East Asians have a problem with associating Nicki Minaj as Japanese and/or Chinese. She's been criticized for appropriating Japanese culture and I've never heard that she has EA ancestry so if someone could provide a link that'd be great. Even if she has a tiny percentage, she has never acknowledged it until she could use it for aesthetics and what not which is really similar to what white people who say "oh i'm 1/16 native american" or something like and appropriate other cultures do.
She mentions it a song. Back in the day (lol) she was really open about it and near everyone knew. She hasn’t said it recently however. I haven’t been able to search for a link but I’ll look for one soon.
Nicki is mixed with South Asian, not East Asian(That I know of), her last name Maraj is a Hindu name. But regardless of that, I have several problems with nonblack poc calling out Black Caribbeans for cultural appropriation of Asian cultures especially with the deep rooted history and intermixing of African and Asian cultures in the Caribbean from slavery and the coolie trade. Literally multiple african traditional religions of the caribbean, most notably Espiritismo/Spiritualism contains aspects of Hinduism and Buddhism, with the veneration of Hindu and Buddhist deities and the concepts of Karma/Dharma and Reincarnation being prevalent, as well as the practice of Eastern medicine by Black Caribbean like sobadores(people who “lay hands” to heal.) And on a nonspiritual level the Asian influence on music genres like Soca, Dancehall, Calypso, Chutney, etc. But back to Nicki specifically, Nicki has always been a fan of Japanese Harujuku fashion and has been recorded and seen buying Harujuku fashion IN JAPAN, FROM JAPANESE PEOPLE, IN JAPANESE BUSINESSES. She is definitely not an appropriator in that aspect, and anyone who says so is a dumb antiblack trick who needs to admit they hate black people and move along. Maybe when East Asians stop putting their imperialist hands in Africa and the Caribbean like theyre currently doing (Chinese tried to build an offensive “Christopher Colombus Landing Resort” over a natural, archaeological and historic land in Puerto Rico) we can talk about whether caribbean niggas are appropriating East Asian culture. Bye.
I love how appropriation doesn’t mean stealing culture when black people do it.
Trini are known for having Indian blood in them and there’s actually Trinis who are straight Indo-Caribbean. Having Indian blood in you is not a pass for appropriating other Asian cultures.
