Solidarity is for Miley Cyrus: the Racial Implications of her VMA performance

[karadinart]

I think it's safe to say Miley did not grow up in a particular culture or environment where twerking was common. I also think it's safe to say that she is putting on this "twerking persona" (for lack of a better phrase) as a way to make money. It's part of her schtick now, and it wasn't before. That is why it is offensive, because this is a portrayal she has the privilege of putting on and taking off; that, as a white woman, it is celebrated when she puts it on, and she does nothing to acknowledge this; and that she is harnessing pieces of an oppressed and stigmatized culture in order to make money for herself and feed her own ego. What she's doing is the definition of exploitation.

http://groupthink.jezebel.com/solidarity-is-for-miley-cyrus-1203666732

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[tanfouk.livejournal.com]

All I can say is all that money, and none of it spent on dance lessons. If she actually had some movement skills, she could have been plenty sexy without looking like a cow on ice.

Madonna had the privilege of putting on the Voguing moves of underground gay culture. Some people say she celebrated gay culture, others say she ripped it off, but just about everyone agrees that she and her dancers did a good job of it.