Well the consensus on X seems to be that they were fake locs. So maybe his English grandma had hair extensions? 
Who knows. Every single thing seems to be a lie.
Who knows. Every single thing seems to be a lie.
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Orinoco Flow came out when he was 2 or 3. Enya was largely forgotten by the time he was old enough to be aware of pop music.
White English people can grow locs though? In fact anybody with hair can.
but yeah obviously his were purchased. Or bequeathed?
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I was always told that white people shouldn't wear locs or dreads as it's considered bad/cultural appropriation and such like? I mean obviously anyone can do what they want with their own hair.
It can be seen that way, but it's rather silly, as it's basically the oldest hairstyle in the world. People weren't combing their hair, after all.
I think it becomes an issue when it's accompanied by stuff like Rasta accessories and such.
It's not entirely uncommon for people to get loc extensions while their own grow in. They don't tend to get them so long, however, or try to pass them off as their own.
These are from my own experience living in the SF Bay, there are hippies and wookies everywhere. And of course, people of color and their locs. People have been making them using crochet type knotting of late and it's particularly beautiful.
Well recently it may have been labelled as cultural appropriation in recent years, but there are a lot of white people who had them and many still have them. And it can be argued they’ve become part of other cultural traditions now, like crusties. I know of a white woman who is a Rasta and has had hers for decades.
That's not quite how I remember Dark Star but I guess this is from the remake?
Or found in a puddle?
@CarmenGhia good point, the thing that surprised me was the seeming belief that Oasis was somehow this band of musical genius and depth of commentary about the human condition and society in general. Like they had some good anthems and god knows I spent enough time tunelessly roaring out Don’t Look Back in Anger during pub lock ins towards the end of my drinking. But the lyrics are basic, it’s not like they were providing commentary on a thesis of Heidegger or anything? Also Oasis for me kind of epitomised a certain type of English working class culture that was very specifically white British, not that I have a problem with that every culture has its own particular form of demotic expression and that’s a good thing. but it seems very odd for someone of Arday’s political stance on race issues.
Whatever, I guess he just had a basic witch taste in music, nevermind.
What I want from this is continued pressure on Cambridge and Russell Group unis in general to address their academic standards , admission policies and employee wellbeing policies. If standards are falling cos they’re letting admissions standards go lax to stoke up the balance sheet then that needs to be fixed. If empirical academic standards are taking second place to progressive social justice activism then that needs to be fixed.
It’s about the credibility of our best universities on the global stage. I’m not a graduate myself but I don’t need to have gone to uni to be emotionally invested in the health of them, because it’s a major aspect of British cultural health in general.
Whatever, I guess he just had a basic witch taste in music, nevermind.
What I want from this is continued pressure on Cambridge and Russell Group unis in general to address their academic standards , admission policies and employee wellbeing policies. If standards are falling cos they’re letting admissions standards go lax to stoke up the balance sheet then that needs to be fixed. If empirical academic standards are taking second place to progressive social justice activism then that needs to be fixed.
It’s about the credibility of our best universities on the global stage. I’m not a graduate myself but I don’t need to have gone to uni to be emotionally invested in the health of them, because it’s a major aspect of British cultural health in general.
It's just a grift. I doubt he cared about CRT in any real way.
I'd never say "this black person has never been on the receiving end of racism" because it's far from my place to do so. But he's really too young for it to have massively affected his life, especially in London! I'm going to posit that by saying none of his documented talks about himself talk about such experiences, and the extracts from his book posted here don't suggest he had any.
The worst he could come up with was that he got a sceptical look when he asked a question about his university - from another black person!
I've said it before but picking on him for having extensions is reaching a bit, when there are plenty of other things to get him on. I don't think less of a rock star if it turns out they wear a wig on stage or in videos, it's just (and this loops back to making it relevant) part of their performance or persona.Well the consensus on X seems to be that they were fake locs. So maybe his English grandma had hair extensions?
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Nah that's just stupid. (Not you personally, the argument)
Locs pre-date Rasta culture by several centuries, including white especially sea-faring cultures.
Has anyone else been following the side story of Novara’s total meltdown over this? I’m not entirely up on all the characters involved in this particular sitcom (I know Ash, Aaron and the whiny bald bloke) but as far as I can tell they made the horrendous ideological error of suggesting that Arday might not be, ya know, entirely kosher, and their followers all ROSE UP IN RIGHTEOUS FURY so now they’ve been having to put on these Maoist Struggle Sessions, crying and shaking as they do a scripted mea culpa on camera.
Unlike Mao’s actual victims tho, they’ll escape with their life and limbs intact. Which is something I suppose. Although, for “actual communists”, you’d have thought they’d have read up on actual history about communism and what happens to people stupid enough to point out its flaws.
The other one who I can’t quite laugh at, because he’s so grotesque and his mental collapse is actually quite discomforting, is Jolyon Maugham. He’s trying to make Arday his new grift (wassamatter Jolyon, trans not paying anymore) but he’s doing so in such a nakedly malevolent and rage filled way, I can’t quite laugh at him the way I can at Novara.
Unlike Mao’s actual victims tho, they’ll escape with their life and limbs intact. Which is something I suppose. Although, for “actual communists”, you’d have thought they’d have read up on actual history about communism and what happens to people stupid enough to point out its flaws.
The other one who I can’t quite laugh at, because he’s so grotesque and his mental collapse is actually quite discomforting, is Jolyon Maugham. He’s trying to make Arday his new grift (wassamatter Jolyon, trans not paying anymore) but he’s doing so in such a nakedly malevolent and rage filled way, I can’t quite laugh at him the way I can at Novara.
This is well worth a read. Brilliant rebuttal from one of the journalists defamed by the revolting Will Self.
This link should work, but if not I can post screenshots.
spectator.com
This link should work, but if not I can post screenshots.
J’accuse Will Self
When I wrote about the Jason Arday case, the whole point of doing so was to question the pile-on and outrage which I found appalling
spectator.com
I agree. Basic witch music tastes - love it! Nevermind.
Until my mid 30s I had a snobbish invested attachment to my degree/MBA status. First person in family yada yada, the nerd from school who, if not cool, was now sucessful. Whatever sucess means.
But the sector is a mess and, reading commentary over the last month, far worse than I had even realised. With technological developments we don't need so many Universities. Churning out social sciences/humanities degrees from weak institutions is only a benefit to the lecturers teaching these courses. Society needs to change so that skills/people are valued in a different way.
Relying on a justification that the sector creates value is simplistic, if not shady. An area of focus during my financial career was on valuation techniques and I'm acutely aware of how end value can be manipulated by changing certain financial inputs, difficulty of intangibles valuation and not modelling disbenefits or alternative options. Moreover, most of this value will be generated by a small number of institutions - 80:20 was a general starting hypotheses.
When Government/vested interests bang on about certain sectors as drivers of value I think of the focus on the financial sector which destroyed enormous value in the 00s.
I have a proposition for Cremin. Cambridge has fallen - let's rewild it! In a stroke we can save money and do something good. Cancel private equity marketising looked after children. We will have a new 11 up - turn Cambridge into a residence school for disavantaged kids.
I just wonder if his parents were taking the piss in naming him.This is well worth a read. Brilliant rebuttal from one of the journalists defamed by the revolting Will Self.
This link should work, but if not I can post screenshots.
J’accuse Will Self
When I wrote about the Jason Arday case, the whole point of doing so was to question the pile-on and outrage which I found appalling
Self, Will.
Latest interview with Nathan Cofnas, talking about his suspension from Ghent University:
Lol, Nirvana also made basic witch music and would never have been rated so highly if overgrown child Cobain had looked like Frank Black, change my mind lolololI agree. Basic witch music tastes - love it! Nevermind.
Until my mid 30s I had a snobbish invested attachment to my degree/MBA status. First person in family yada yada, the nerd from school who, if not cool, was now sucessful. Whatever sucess means.
But the sector is a mess and, reading commentary over the last month, far worse than I had even realised. With technological developments we don't need so many Universities. Churning out social sciences/humanities degrees from weak institutions is only a benefit to the lecturers teaching these courses. Society needs to change so that skills/people are valued in a different way.
Relying on a justification that the sector creates value is simplistic, if not shady. An area of focus during my financial career was on valuation techniques and I'm acutely aware of how end value can be manipulated by changing certain financial inputs, difficulty of intangibles valuation and not modelling disbenefits or alternative options. Moreover, most of this value will be generated by a small number of institutions - 80:20 was a general starting hypotheses.
When Government/vested interests bang on about certain sectors as drivers of value I think of the focus on the financial sector which destroyed enormous value in the 00s.
I have a proposition for Cremin. Cambridge has fallen - let's rewild it! In a stroke we can save money and do something good. Cancel private equity marketising looked after children. We will have a new 11 up - turn Cambridge into a residence school for disavantaged kids.
I disagree with you on the uni system, it does undoubtedly bring in a lot of money for this country. I live in a uni town and, whilst many of my friends complain about how the streets, shops and pubs they grew up in have gradually been taken over by student accommodation and bars, my view is that our town would be even more socio-economically deprived than it currently is were it not for the business rates and the students spending £££. Plus, on a selfish note, it’s mainly foreign students now especially Chinese and they tend to be less drunken and better behaved in general. The Chinese really, really respect older people, is something I’ve noticed.
basically all that to say I think the uni sector is worth saving. Massively so. I’m hoping that if one good thing can come out of this whole madness it’s that the sector will take a long hard look at itself and reform itself from within.