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by slac 1039 days ago
His mother was Cayuga and Mohawk. I fail to understand why he would be accused of cultural appropriation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson
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If he wasn't native American?
Okay, but he was, so.... this comment is pretty empty. And even if he wasn't, he made this music in collaboration with First Nations musicians. I don't think there's a taboo against people working with each other who aren't of the same ethnic background. Cultural appropriation accusations usually come up when someone who has nothing to do with a certain ethnic background starts drawing on it for something - and even then those accusations are often pretty empty.