"Socialism has finally reached the surfing world.....gnarly!"
Didn’t we have fun three weeks ago when it was revealed a PHD candidate at the Uni of New Zealand had written his thesis on the sorry lives of “vulnerable surfers.”
To paraphrase Shinya Uekusa, who may not be Polynesian which will become important shortly, if you’re white, male and a good surfer you have your jackboot on the head of all the “vulnerable surfers” and you’re also guilty of the crime of cultural appropriation.
“Surfers use multiple capital to exercise their power to increase the likelihood of catching high-quality waves, which appear to be scarce commodities,” Uekusa wrote. “Focusing on the experiences of vulnerable surfers, quality waves are not evenly distributed.”
Today, the news website Breitbart, which is to the right-wing what the Huff Post is to the left, and which the WSL once banned from buying ads on its site, ran with the story, much to the joy of its famously anti-identity politics commentariat.
It’s worth a stroll through that particular garden of thorns.
TankMcNamara
so socialism has finally reached the surfing world…..gnarly!!
The Prisoner
There has always been a pecking order for waves. If you can’t run
with the big dogs you have to find smaller prey, bide your time,
grow, gain skill, then one day you may be the big kahuna yourself.
Of course this takes work, but hey, why labor when you can force
someone to give up the fruits of theirs?
Fuzzychickens
Only the brightest, hardest working, and sometimes lucky surfers
get top tier waves. No affirmative action surfing, thank
you. If substandard surfers are allowed unearned top tier
waves, civilization will collaps….I mean the wipeouts will be narly
dude.
Steve Obeda
He’s making the point that trying to redistribute waves to
low-performing surfers is unlikely to result in any positive
outcome, just as redistributing wealth away from those who are good
at multiplying wealth to those who are good at diminishing wealth
is also likely to not result in any long-term benefits.
old red
Appropriation? OK. I believe white men invented indoor plumbing and
basketball.
Bothsidesnow
No. No the surfers or the strong should not give way to the weak.
That’s like saying the truly intelligent people should give up
their seats to the mentally challenged. Everybody suffers.
sm
And here I thought that only American Universities were
sufficiently stupid to pay “professors” who can’t think straight.
It’s refreshing in a way to see that NZ schools are equally
idiotic. Incidentally, native cultures have expropriated white
culture by using cell phones and fiberglass surfboards.
Geolo
How exactly does one “steal” a hobby? Basketball was invented by a
white guy. Did most NBA players steal basketball? Should we
complain about redistributing court space to lesser players
DaveTheTrollTriggerer
Oh dear. The stupid is strong in this one.
RidUSA of demonrats
Even the sea discriminates…
jonnyamerican
“Surfing, which was an important activity for many Indigenous
cultures in Oceania, Africa”
Um, no it was not an indigenous activity of Africa! Surfing was invented by Polynesians not Africans! It is indigenous of Hawaii and other Polynesians cultures not Africa. Go back to school you ignorant liar.
John Prescott jonnyamerican
Don’t forget, it was the haloes who first rode the big breaks on
the North Shore, in modern times.
The Oatmeal Savage RidUSA of demonrats
The oceans are racist!
