In this anti-White article by Matthew Terrell, a “Queer Southern writer/photographer/artist,” he doesn’t say black, brown, yellow or any other color should be banned from yoga. Only White people should be “banned.”
Seriously folks, how hard is this to understand, and how often do we have to keep repeating it: White people are continuing to recreate colonialist violence with their cultural consumption. It has to stop. The only way to end systemic racism and insensitive problematics is to force everyone to stick to their own race when it comes to the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the art we appreciate, and the life we live. Anybody enjoying a cultural product that is not there’s—whether it be a eating traditional meal or wearing a sacred garment—is guilty of cultural appropriation. This violence must be stopped! You should only be allowed to enjoy the culture of your own race.
Yoga is violence people! It may seem peaceful and centered but oh no, it is practically slavery. Matthew says one thing I can agree with, “force everyone to stick to their own race when it comes to the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the art we appreciate, and the life we live.” It’s really simple. If everyone sticks to their own race, in their own nation and lives among their own people as the majority, problem solved. Then there would be no ridiculous claims of cultural appropriation and racism. However, if Matthew follows through here,…