@xan:
For some cultures, cultural appropriation becomes a positive thing or a marketable venture. But for some it becomes terribly offensive so terming the entire concept of cultural appropriation as a laughable concept isn't the right thing to do
being "offensive" to people is hardly an ideal yardstick for right or wrong.People are offended by everything these days without good reason.
as i said,people are gonna use other cultures as they become more in contact with it.Culture isn't a fixed and non-tradeable commodity.No one has IPR on culture.It's malleable and fluid.It's gonna mix and match
The what? Aren't you aware of how Pathanjali the so called "ayurvedic" set of products is creating millionaires in its wake and completely wiping out products which have been proved and tested to be effective? Not to mention in some cases publicizing the product names with "ayurveda" to make it sound kinky unsurprisingly containing exactly the same ingredients as the other products where just a name change gives them an edge towards marketing? So no. Asians are MORE likely to fall for alternative medicines because once the seed of distrust has been sown against "western" medicine, it becomes easy to rip out their faith in it altogether because ayurveda makes us feel like home again.
So has Patanjali now made great strides in america?Just in case you didn't even the read the context of my comment,that video was about asians in America.That's who i was referring to,not indians or asians in asia.A large majority of asian immigrants are doctors,so they will be the last persons to promote alternate medicine. that's what that guy implied.
regarding marketing edges and reliability of alternate medicine,i didn't even get into that and write anything about that.i don't know enough about medicine to make any comments on that
In this case it is the white people who are the majority being affected.
you just said this:
Asians are MORE likely to fall for alternative medicines
so again i ask,why bring in race into this?can;t it just be said that all people are prone to marketing gimmicks?
That video spent more time on failed comedy and stupid generalisations than on the dangers of false advertising in medicine
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@Monkey:
Maybe that's true of India, but I've heard (mainland) China is VERY different. That quack medicine is heavily popular still there.
i was mostly talking about asians in America.i am not sure about china,but isn't medicine one of the major professions for Chinese people in US?