"I still can't stand white belly dancers"

[gollygee]

The first article got a huge response, here and elsewhere apparently, so the author has responded.

She goes through some of the responses people had to it one by one, if you go to the link.

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/18/i_still_cant_stand_white_belly_dancers/

I’ve written about the Boston bomber; about the U.S. government’s attempts to deport my brother, which kept him in jail for weeks; and about Israel detaining me – a U.S. citizen – and denying me entry in March 2012, but the essay of mine that has sparked the most impassioned responses is one about …

Belly dancing.

The volume of the published response to the essay – a personal opinion piece – was surprising. Guys in the Washington Post and the Atlantic wrote whitesplanations about how cultural mixing is a good thing; other men on racist blogs called me a moron. Daily News Egypt published a response by a non-Egyptian, non-Arab woman. G Willow Wilson wrote in defense of me (and since she’s not an angry woman of color, her argument is being touted as reasonable and sane). Muslimah Media Watch did a roundtable about the piece, and some dancers are saying they need to do better.

(Here's the first thread, if anyone wants to see that again: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024616279 )

[Nye Bevan]

1. Is she OK with mixed-race belly dancers? Or is this a "one drop of blood" concept? (nt)

[Orrex]

2. "You must be at least as olive-skinned as this sign in order to belly dance."

[get the red out]

3. LOL

[CBGLuthier]

4. I Still can not Stand this Woman and her Racist Opinions.

[el_bryanto]

5. Again to look at it from her point of view

White American Culture has taken/stolen much from Arab nations/cultures (and everybody else). So it angers her and sickens her to see White Americans stealing another aspect of her culture and claiming it as their own (i.e. Belly Dancing). This isn't a new complaint - consider the discussions held in earlier times about the role of White Musicians in Jazz.

I'm not saying she's entirely persuasive, though. Just that from her perspective it's understandable.

Bryant

[chrisa]

9. I have, and it's total bullcrap. I guess I should never

make TexMex because that makes me a big ol' racist! Also, Chinese(-American) food is racist! We stole some of their cooking styles and ingredients!

See how silly this argument is? She's essentially arguing against race-mixing, which is in itself extremely racist.

[Nye Bevan]

10. I think it's deliberately provocative trolling click-bait.

At least, that's the most charitable explanation.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. As someone of (partially) Scottish ancestry...

I have to say I think this is pretty awesome and I have no problem with it at all:

"Cultural appropriation"? Pfft.

[Niceguy1]

7. in her honor

I will dedicate a belly dance to her next time I have had one to many

[chrisa]

8. Trolololol

The trolololol guy would be proud of this one.

[Iggo]

11. Ain't clicking on none of that shit.

She's racist and wrong, and that's that.

[seveneyes]

12. I suggest she not watch them

How hard can that be?

[Mariana]

14. I'm sure she already doesn't watch them.

That's not her problem. She's upset that they exist at all.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. "Troll amazed at huge response trolling internet piece recieves, responds by chastising audience for

responding to said trolling, while trolling further."

Film at 11.

[Sissyk]

15. Bingfuckingo!!

As someone above you said, trololololol!