Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[HaughtyFrank]

So until white colonialism and capitalism are defeated, I'm never going to be of the argument that Black art forms are in any way morally obligated to welcome white participants with open arms and just have it all be water under the bridge

Notice that despite not being Afro-Brazilian, Nepenthe raises the level required to access capoeira to "Black" so as to morally obligate them to welcome her with open arms into their culture. (Ignore that they opened capitalist businesses indicating open arms to all participants.)

But it's not just how embarrassing it was; it is also her background as a middle class white lecturer in cultural studies who openly admitted that she knows she has an easier time participating in the culture than the type of people the culture was founded by because she, as a white woman, has the time, money, and social capital to enter almost any space she wants with much more ease than others who are more marginalized!

This so fucking rich coming from a middle class American who never acknowledged that privilege when talking about Brazil