I know people are wondering why they aren& #39;t seeing Egyptians comment on the Cleopatra MAP call, but the thing about speaking out about cultural appropriation in white-dominated communities is that very often it& #39;s just you against an army of white people who refuse to listen

Uh... I don& #39;t know why twitter decided to delete the rest of this thread without my knowledge but I assure you all it wasn& #39;t me, I& #39;m a bit miffed that all the work I put into explaining this problem got wiped

TL;DR There& #39;s a long history of colonizers invading MENA countries and fetishizing their cultures as a means of oppression, so a white artist using the stereotypical view of Ancient Egypt for a MAP about feral cats is fucked up

Also, just because you are unlikely to run into someone from a colonized culture you& #39;re not familiar with in your online communities doesn& #39;t mean appropriating that culture is okay

Cool? Cool
My notifications are filtered, so if you think I& #39;m being a whiny "SJW", I really don& #39;t care