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Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate your viewpoint and your willingness to address this. You are right about the fact that the majority of the negative comments were not from Irish people. In my experience, the Irish have always been open and accepting of anyone who respects and appreciates the beauty of the Irish culture. I also do happen to have Irish heritage, though that really shouldn’t matter considering the fact that most competitive Irish dancers are not actually Irish. I hope to see the Irish dance community continue to grow as it is a such a beautiful thing to be a part of. This video made my day, thank you again!💕
-Morgan Bullock
Thank you. You keep making it your own and people won't look away.
This is such a wonderful response! The world truly needs more people like you. You give me fresh hope for the future of humanity. Keep doing what you do!
I just saw your video, nice work =)
More power to you!
(An Irish saying)
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪🇺🇸
The Irish would have complained if her dancing had been really bad! 🤣
I'm just happy someone is appreciative of Irish culture instead of just bastardizing it on Saint Patrick's Day. May the road rise to meet this young lass' feet.
Tell the ones who do it that Patrick was taken to Ireland as a slave. That should blow their minds. 😉
@@margaretnicol3423 He also rode around in a chariot.
wish I could give this comment 5 likes!
Well said. 💗
"Everyone is Irish on St. Patty's Day" they say as they drink green beer and paint clovers on their faces.
When you go after an artist over their art, because you don't understand the art, you have all ready lost the argument.
My son is half Black and look at my last name. We do have mixed race kids, who look Black to everyone, in the Irish community. I love that she did this!
Doesn't Black Irish have totally different connotations? :-)
Humans matter..."when they came for the minorities I said nothing but now they are coming for me..."🌪️⚔️🇺🇸🎭😉
Margaret Nicol Black Irish can refer to Irish people with black hair and slightly darker complexions. Anecdotally, they trace their lineages to any number of immigrant populations but the most common story I've heard traces them back to survivors of the famous Spanish Armada that washed ashore in Ireland and intermarried with the local population after their disastrous failure to invade England. Of course, Black Irish can also refer to someone of mixed African American and Irish heritage. The Irish have been in America for about as long as it has been colonized. The American south is full of Scotch-Irish blood and at several points Irish immigrants were also treated with racist scorn by those in power leading, ironically, to slightly greater freedom in their relations. So there's a decent chance of a significant number of African Americans having equal claim to Irish heritage as any white American, either through the disgusting practices on plantation or periods where the Irish and black populations were in similar social positions.
@@grumblyarcher Exactly! So black Irish is not always Black Irish. :-)
@@grumblyarcher
Hate to nip pick but didn't the first colonisation of the Americas happen 10's of thousands of years ago.
I think you mean the first European colonisers. America was already colonised for a very long time before the Irish turned up.
Side note: Morgan has since been invited to perform with Riverdance.
I hope the original guy has retired in that case. He was nasty. So full of himself.
@@margaretnicol3423 I loved Michael until I saw him STILL supporting Trump. 🤮
That’s right and she is amazing. So proud of her..
@luvcheney1 Republican moster on display, all you did was cry about money and corporations.
@luvcheney1 wtf are you babbling about? Oh, nothing important.
I’m Irish and I think she’s fantastic. Morgan has real skills
You have to respect ANYONE who, from a standing start, can kick you in the head.
Ok thank you because that’s bs for people to be putting her down
There is a substantial difference in irish history there is irish and Black Irish.
@@daveSeeks01 Black Irish are dark haired descendants of Spanish sailors. How does that apply here?
@@radaro.9682 Black irish are the descendents of the Moorish race, who went all through Europe
I am IRISH from Dublin, I thought she was wonderful. She has studied more than most.
Awww....the waltons are my all time fave!
Tipp myself and the muppets complaining are a long, long way away from here.
The ones not offended: the Irish.
@@Ashley-lm4nv - or black people. Pretty much only racist white people who constantly seek an excuse to whine about and marginalize people of color were offended.
@Anthony Joseph so black people speaking out against systemic, long practiced racism, bigotry, inequality & outright abuse means that we are whiners and complainers?! How ignorant and stupid! I would rather use my voice to stand up and speak out when people are being mistreated and risk being called a whiner by a closed minded, selfish a$*hole than sit down, stay quiet & be called a coward by any and everyone with a moral compass. There have been real, valid cases of black cultural appropriation..there are so many instances where people want to adopt black hair styles, dance, styles of dress but never pay hommage or acknowledge that black culture was at the root or had a major influence. When you couple that with centuries of oppression, demonization, marginalisation black people have every right to speak out when it happens as do Native Americans or any other oppressed people. How dare you try to demonize people for actually speaking out about real cultural appropriation. C'mon people. We are all Americans have to find a way to come together and we can't do that if people want to defend the "old ways" knowing that they are wrong. We have to be able to see, acknowledge and speak the truth or this beautiful country is lost.
People are idiots. Her dancing is great. We have much bigger problems right now.
If you worry about the small things, it is easier to ignore the important things.
@Nick V
and THIS is the crux ... right there
Idiots must do what idiots do: show their lack of knowledge and understanding.
@@fredkruger5638 - and you'd know *all* about sucking, right?
@@fredkruger5638 Your mother wants you to clean up your room.
When I was a kid (WAY back in the 80s) we were taught the united states was a "melting pot". That people kept and shared their heritages there. That's why asian Americans can eat pizza and white folks could listen to the blues.
I miss believing that ideal.
The problem was it was an ideal and when questioned and examined,it wasn't practiced. The powers that be relied on it. Without they were less powerful. They didn't like that. So it was amended a little and a little more. A little satisfied people. The problem was the system stayed in place,hidden.
Finally the truth gets out. People awaken. You cannot stop change. To get better you understand mistakes will be made and you learn from that. America has throughout it's history has all these great ideals that when shown under the light are not real.Reality is harsh. But it is important to see clearly so you can truly live up to cherished ideals. America had done some really bad things but if we are to reach the ideals we must be honest and work toward them even if it is not personally for you but your fellow citizens.This is what the greatest ideal we the people stands for.
@@jgaffney567 👍
80's kid (teen) here. I totally relate. "Like, totally for sure"!!!
Unfortunately, unfounded beliefs like that kept most kids like us indifferent to politics and the struggles we didn't see in our bubbles. That is how we ended with a system woven of legal corruption and liberally peppered with inequality and racism.
It still exists, the loud folks who would have you believe otherwise are not the majority of us. It's just that the majority aren't the kind that drive ratings, so the cameras pan to the outrageous screaming folks who make better TV.
As my "Arsh" grandma would say, "The more they cry, the less they'll have to piss.".
My cossack grandmother used to say the same :D
I love your grandma for making me gut laugh.
Ha!!🤣🤣🤣
Tough love 💚💪💚
My mother used to say that. She also used the phrase "I'll give you something to cry about."
The tears and phrases of my youth.
It's amazing what you can learn from other cultures. That's what America is SUPPOSED to represent. But we know that ain't how it always is...
sad, but true.
What a rich and wonderful life we could all be having if peeps would just wake up.
These same bigoted people stuff their faces with food from other cultures though.
Saying people coming in to assimilate is the antithesis of what the US is all about
Too right
Al Egator My take is they can engage in cultural appreciation but tend to be overly cynical when others do so, out of the fact they bigoted in some way a/o they know that they sometimes engage in the the practice & assume others do as well.
There are people that are only happy when they’re unhappy.
They're only happy when they make OTHER people unhappy. Trying to steal that child's joy.
I always thought that these people were NEVER happy and only wanted to bring you down to be as miserable as they are. So NO ONE around them is happy.
Is that really happiness?
Just sayin.
@@feralhuman It's so they feel normal.
@@antediluvianatheist5262 Well, how sad is that?
I guess I've just never understood why people choose to be miserable instead of happy.
Do you suppose they don't realize it's a choice?
they give The Ginch a bad name...
LOVE waking up to this guy. Oregon checking in.
Agreed. Also Second so 💐👍🏽
7:00? Slacker. Bend checking in.
Russ Collinsworth yep... Oregon here too.
Timothy Ball 🙂
Me too..from Eugene
Would a white American have been accused of cultural appropriation? If not, then the controversy is not about culture, but rather, about race.
@@panthera50 assuming i understood your comment correctly, it's not always in the US, there was the whole deal in the Netherlands about a cultural figure being used to excuse black face including people looking a lot more like minstrels then the actual character they were supposedly depicting. Or from a video of an US expat in germany getting the cops called on her by some AFD political operatives, of some sort, for standing near their booth in a provocative t-shirt, it called racists assholes, /s that bothered them for some reason. They claimed she had taken pictures of them, which both legal and she hadn't, the cop harassed her into showing her phone's image gallery, but didn't find anything, before the expat told her she didn't have the right to search her entire photo gallery on her phone. As long as she didn't post the images publicly images of regular people aren't even illegal, but of political operatives like those at the booth, they have less protection in that regard anyway.
The only culture of “white” America is white supremacy, nothing else. American culture was made from seeing the value in the different parts that make up the whole of America. American music, cuisine, everything uniquely American comes from all of the people in it. White America doesn’t have a culture of its own separate from the other groups in this country. the idea of “whiteness” couldn’t exist with out non-whites. Americans as a united group have a very rich and interesting culture if we start seeing ourselves as one and not as “them” and “us”.
@mike lefty Truth. Speaking as a white artist who's studied Japanese textiles and likes wearing kimono with a modern twist from time to time, I've only ever been complimented while out in a fun, funky kimono ensemble in Japan. I get little old ladies straightening my obi, while saying how cute it is that my blue hair matches the blue in the pattern, and that they wish more Japanese girls would wear kimono too. Over here? I get compliments from the occasional Japanese person (who will often say they wish they knew how to wear a kimono!), and I get insults from young white kids accusing me of cultural appropriation. WHAAAT?!? I've pretty given up on wearing kimono in North America, at least anywhere but Anime Conventions and gatherings involving Japanese Textile art, and am saving them for the next time (if!) I can afford a trip to Japan.
BRAVO !!!!!
@mike lefty💯👍🏽👍
Black people are a thorn in the eyes of the rascist supremasists. In America black people are targeted all through their lives. Even wearing their natural hair is a thorn in the eyes of these people. At universities, workplaces and schools there are rules against black people wearing their own hair. They are surpressed to wear a wig or weave. If not they lose their jobs or are not allowed in these schools and universities. This is outrageous. Black hair is booming in Europe, Australia, Asia, the Caribbean and other countries in the world. There are workshops popping up everywhere.
This girl is targeted because she loves the Irish dance, how sad...😥
Given the treatment that the Irish were given when they entered the US, I would think the Irish community has a deep understanding of BLM.
I am a Texan of Irish ancestry.
I understand it and have read much about the treatment of my ancestors.
They were not treated very well. In the Mexican American war, they were treated so bad by the US military that many left to fight for Mexico.
They were known as the San Patricios.
The harsh treatment was from young officers who would later become famous and infamous during the Civil War.
The very ones whose statues are being torn down today.
The US has a long history of mistreating immigrants and indigenous populations alike.
I can not change the past, or someone else.
I can only change me and hope others will follow.
I thought what she did was amazing! This is why America is at the bottom when it comes to education 😒
Some people, it seems, wake up in the morning and thinks: I must see if I can find something to be offended by today .
A person dance... so people were angry. Am I getting this right??
No - it's worse than that. A person danced really, really well - so of course they were angry!
Dancing While Black - it's a felony in certain parts of this country.
Didn't you see the boo hooing when AOCs college dance video was circulated? All republicans in Jon Stewarts lingo were waving their fans and furiously commenting.
@@tomogden2432 I had two black employees that would do a little dance when they were working together to pass time. I never thought anything of it. It took one white woman, Patricia Tiberii, to get all fragile and enact a "no dancing at work" policy. I would hate to have to carry around all the hate that Patricia did.
@@Gee-xb7rt Nowadays she'd be called "Karen".
"The world would be better off with more people like Morgan Bullock." The implication being, (and I wholeheartedly agree), that the world would be better off with *fewer* people who whine about people of color doing things they don't like simply because they're people of color.
Artistic expression is exactly that, it sees no Color, Race, religion. It is an art form and it is only there to be appreciated.
I feel that when we share our love of music, art, and dance it brings more compassion and understanding. I regret that I didn't learn Spanish when I was young. Now I'm too old and stupid to learn another language. I love Mariachi, and can enjoy going to festivals locally where those bands perform, and eat some great food. I join in the dancing, and never once have I been criticized for "appropriating" another culture.
Like most Americans, my DNA is a Heinz 57 mixture so I consider myself to be a "mutt". Why shouldn't I celebrate and enjoy music, food, and culture from many different lands?
I can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with a black person performing Irish Dance. I suppose those same people would really hate the Snake Charmer, then! She's a fantastic bagpipe player from India (I'm a huge fan!)
Here she is performing American folk music (Pete Seeger) on bagpipe, in India during lockdown. czcams.com/video/W5paWHDYkUg/video.html
Wow I was moved by that
@Lost Hero I'd never heard of her until seeing Beau's video. Thanks Beau! I'm always learning something new here. She's wonderfully talented!
@Al Egator How do you feel about the difference between "a member of Culture X teaches you Thing Y, which is deeply related to Culture X", and "non-X people decide to use Thing Y without any respect for it or its original culture, while people from Culture X are heavily penalized if they do Thing Y"?
Interesting given how much of black culture actually gets appropriated in America..
That was exactly the point; they're offended by being called out for that appropriation so they're trying to say everyone does it and they're the victim this time.
That's actually the point of them feigning outrage over things like this. They're trying to create a false equivalence between cultural exchange and the cultural appropriation that they do so they can play the "hypocrite" card against the left. "You only have a problem with it when white people do it" and other such nonsense. By conflating appropriate with exchange, they're trying to force the left to either condemn cultural exchange or accept all cultural appropriation.
Exactlyyyy
@Lost Hero - no. They were pissed because they saw a black woman "stealing" something they think belongs only to whites.
@Lost Hero Are the people screaming appropriation even Irish? Americans appropriate all of European culture like its theirs, which is really annoying for Europeans.
I suppose these people who are complaining about what she did, are just fine with how St Patrick's Day is celebrated in America.
But how many know that he was taken to Ireland as a slave??? :-)
@Timothy McCaskey
American’s understanding of our OWN history is skewed and distorted .... so how can we possibly understand other cultures?
@Timothy McCaskey - most Americans' understanding of Irish history and culture isn't skewed and distorted. It's nonexistent.
Is it still ok to celebrate St Patrick's Day?
Well said. 🤣
Thank you for posting this. This young lady gets it. As an Irish American, I'm very proud of her.
I played bagpipes for years a long time ago. *The most requested tune* I got asked to play was _Amazing Grace,_ an African American spiritual.
I'd of though the biggest request would be to shut that rubbish up.
Erm, Amazing Grace was written by a white Englishman, the current melody is a folk song of which the author is unknown, although it was set to this music by a white guy too. The title of the original song is 'New Britain', which doesn't sound very African American to me... So calling it an African American spiritual is plain wrong.
It makes a nice example though, even though it originated from white culture Amazing Grace became something pretty universal. That's fine. But to then go on and claim it's 'African American' is cultural appropriation.
And, although it definitely sounds good, I have no idea where the association with bagpipes comes from.
Stephen Evins I didn’t like to play that particular tune.
Foo Bar A recording of the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards of Amazing Grace made in the early 1970s was extremely popular. Subsequently it was added to the repertoire of every pipe band since.
The common complaint that the most requested pipe tune wasn’t Scottish but rather a Black Spiritual predates the World Wide Web, most not knowing the origin of the melody or lyrics. I learned something new today.
Personally my dislike of playing it had nothing to do with where it came from but more that it was so overdone (at least in the 80s and 90s).
You got the request because the song sounds amazing using bagpipes.
Not a Latin bone in my body, but I can't sit still if I hear a Samba.
Ditto, are there people who don't dance when they hear samba? How?
@@bookwyrmneducator Some of us cant dance
joe s, Whenever I dance people get hurt. Usually me, always me.
I dont think anybody can TBH
@@Claytone-Records I understand that, I used to love mosh pits
Saw her dance and made me smile. How can people complain about that while Siberia is burning...makes me think we deserve our own demise.🤪😵
Yes, I agree. I also think we deserve the government we have. When I am looking for someone to blame I only need to find a mirror. If they are grading on the curve I have a pretty good chance but if it's pass/fail then I'm doomed.
I'm ashamed that I didn't even know Siberia was burning.. 😧
Hey Hans, we as a race fully deserve the planet we are getting. We hear from Beau what the arch capitalists are worried about somewhere down the line, I can't see the line anymore. Regards Jim
@@jlmfoy365 I think we are like that cartoon roadrunner that has already taken 3 steps beyond the cliff and walking in mid air... remember passing a line a few years ago.
Check Florida heat records (2 every 3 days), think a YT vid by 'now this news'
She is dancing while Siberia is burning.
And we have taken time out our busy lives to defend or attack a young lady for dancing while the world is on fire both figuratively and literally.
What does that really say about the human race?
As a black/Irish American...who hates potatoes, watermelons and loves beer and whiskey, I say kudos to her.
hehehe your awesome! :D
The Rolling Stones performed the Blues and even playing in Chicago clubs with Muddy Waters.
Many other British bands also played the Blues and took it back to the USA. The Animals and The Yardbirds are two that spring to mind. They appreciated the music, talked about it and wanted more people to hear it. My first taste of the Blues was from these bands and it led me to go on to listen to some great musicians that I might never have heard of otherwise.
Yes this Chicagoan saw them at the private after show at the famous but now gone Double Door. Bad news though, without the distance and assistance of all the sound gear of a large venue, they sorta sound like sh#te. Sorry I know their are a lot of baby boomers who think I should be hung for saying such a thing.
THERE NOT their, f-ing spell check!
@@GeoNeilUK I can just about remember the Mayfair Ballroom from when I first moved to the NE (I married a Mackem).
Once things get back to normal, it's worth checking out The Harbour View "Speakeasy" in Roker, Sunderland, on a Thursday night.
@Bronte Segard ...Absolutely not. I find it amazing that in all this time, the members of the Rolling Stones have never gotten any better at playing their instruments!
When you're so out of Arguments that you have to reach so low to have one half-baked.
I got one. Elvis used black music to make himself wealthy. Elvis was also racist.
@@hesnojedi6556 This is known..... nothing new here
There's an expression in Ireland, More Irish than the Irish themselves.
Let the woman dance.
I'm an Irish American my Sir name is Irish, my family is from Oklahoma.
This woman is fantastic and I fully support her.
I personally disown any Irish that have racist or bigoted thoughts, they do not know our history, how we were treated as sub-human ourselves for decades, the genocide committed against us that caused us to flee our homeland. I heard this girl speak. She knows the Irish story and history. She respects it.
And while we're on the subject I want to promote a charity. The Choctaw Nation are among the VERY few people who saved the Irish in their greatest time of need, families giving the equivalent of 10K in today's money, and they now need that kindness returned. The American Indian tribes across this country have being hit by Covid-19 the hardest. Any Irish reading this is honor bound to help however they can. Even if you're not Irish please give to Choctaw or other American Indian Nations.
www.choctawnation.com/tribal-services/education/chahta-foundation
On the positive side, she has gained popularity and millions of friends that support her.. cheers! Love wins
America is
23 in education.
37 in healthcare.
52 in gender equality.
No high-speed train.
Highest number of homeless people.
Highest number of incarcerated people.
78% of people live paycheck to paycheck.
Stock market is not economy of Americans! Where 90% of money belongs to top 10% of the population, it's wallet for the rich.
Let's talk like adults, instead of name calling....
I have left the proof on my playlist, if you would like to check..
Let's make our country better...
You're preaching to the choir here.
Yeah but we’re #1 in COVID cases! USA! USA! USA!
Mind showing me your sources? There's some people I'd like to show these stats to, and I'll need some proof.
@@dylanhaugen3739 I guess it's on the playlist
@@dylanhaugen3739 Just look up why America isn't the greatest country in the world and the stats are everywhere.
Edit: if they are still supporting Trump there is no hope they will listen to facts. It will be a complete waste of time to show them.
Artistic License or Artistic Expression is a mere Evolution within an Art form
I'm Irish, I 100% support ANYONE and EVERYONE sharing our rich culture. It's a sign of endearment and respect.
She is welcomed in the Irish Dancing community and by the majority of people I have spoken to here in Ireland. Looking forward to more of Morgan's videos.
If everyone stays in their lane, how do we grow?
Just last night I saw a story about her. She’s fantastic. She’s been asked to perform with Riverdance. So yes, I think some people just need something to be angry about.
I saw a clip of what she was doing and I thought she was incredible but I was afraid of showing support because of the whole appropriation vs appreciation thing so I’m really glad you made this video and even introduced a new concept to me (cultural exchange) which I never really see get discussed when this issue comes up
Cultural exchange rarely gets mentioned, but it seems to me all 'culture' is fundamentally the result of exchange anyway. In that sense the whole term 'cultural appropriation' is a bit strange as it suggests culture is something which has an 'owner'. Culture is something that was gifted to you and something you share. Not something you are entitled to our that is somehow contained within certain borders.
@@foobar8894 I think of it more as, the larger, more powerful group can take only the aspects of some small culture they like and wind up completely overwriting the original culture with their version, without any one person meaning to do so. Of course this has happened time and again throughout history, but I think the reason it bothers people now is we now know about all these smaller cultures that have died out, or in the case of Australia/Canada/US been forcefully stamped out and want to mitigate what we can.
Two words regarding Black, Irish, appropriation and “making it your own”: Philip Lynott. Or the two worded thing he invented: “Thin Lizzie”.
Exactly, although it’s Thin Lizzy...
Either way, The boys are back in town.
Made my 70's loved Thin Lizzy
America is best when it enjoys our ethnic differences rather than vilifies them. I enjoy the fact we are all not the same that wise.
Who wants to eat gruel and pablum all the time except ........
Yeah really, I'd much rather eat Thai or Indian or fish tacos or almost anything with some zip or pizzazz than to eat a traditional New England "boiled dinner"!
I have Irish friends who do Irish dancing. I have often expressed to them, my love for Celtic music and Irish dancing. I am not Irish. I go to more Riverdance performances than they do. What is their reaction? Encouragement for me to start learning it. It is never too late to start, they say. I wouldn't go so far as to say there are no Irish accusing Morgan Bullock of cultural appropriation. This is reaction is not an Irish thing. It comes from people who believe cultures are ingrained into your genealogy and cannot intermix. There is a good dollop of it in every community.
Those are the people who should search back through their ancestry. They might be surprised! :-)
I just clocked out for break at work, excellent timing my man. Thanks for all of your work beau, we appreciate you brother.
Breaks should be paid. Just another sign of the working man getting screwed.
Melting pot. Instead we’ve become the melting potty.
Sadly! But true!
😆
What happens when you melt two white crayons together?
@@hesnojedi6556 you get a puddle of privilege?
it’s past time to flush, then,
or
we need to plunge because we’re stopped up
It makes me sick that a sentence ending with “while black” means I have to prepare myself for some bs.
"The world can continue to move forward, all it takes is a little bit of understanding." ~Beau
Doesn't rock and roll come from the Blues..
Yes, @Guy File. It evolved from _several_ musical styles, including the blues, along with country music, gospel, jazz, and boogie woogie, to name a few.
Yes it does. And rap comes from country.
@@bruno-vicious don't think so. Rap comes from playing the dozens, a children's game that spans multiple generations in the black family... the rhythm, beat, lyrics are not country. We heard the dozens on a daily basis growing up, not country. Rap and country are both story telling art forms. Rap has global story telling appeal . I prefer last poets and the original political rap, which is uniquely black. I like some country. I do not listen to current commercialized rap which messages the colonized.
@@bruno-vicious 😂😂😂😂
@@hion6593 he's joking😂😂
She is awesome, love her dancing!!
"ALL it takes is a little understanding".
Unbelievably hard for a certain % of humanity 😕
As an Irish Person and into music in a big way, I think it is fantastic!
I just posted an interview of her on my Facebook yesterday. She is phenomenal. Her parents should be very proud. And yes, this world needs a lot more people like her.
When I was in school many years ago if we had a student of another country we shared with them our experiences and inquired about theirs. We should be doing the same in schools and churches etc... today. When we know better we do better right.
Morgan is amazing! Thanks Beau for educating as usual you are opening up eyes and minds. I appreciate what you do, brother.
we are a melting pot of race, gender, culture etc.... we need to just learn and respect each on our level... no one is better then another .. some can do things better or know things but as humans if we band together what can we not get done .... that my thought from this video... have a good one.. back to my van build
Seen the video!! Thought she did as well as anybody else,.." a damned sight better than I'd do because tripping and falling down isn't supposed to happen ".
I'm one quarter Irish, and I think she is fantastic. Thank you young lady for respecting and learning something of my culture.
This is so very needed and welcome! Thank you Beau for this!
My kids are part "Black-Irish" and at the time, {1985} I had no idea what that term meant! Happily I have since learned and so very proud that my kids are so... unified? They also have some Lakota and Cherokee in them. Their biological paternal grandfather looks exactly like Harry Bellafonti!
Now I want more of Morgan Bullock! Cheers! 🍻🔥🤘😎💨💨💨
It's called "Fusion"
As long as they don't put a chicken curry on top of spaghetti.
@@margaretnicol3423 It really depends on the spaghetti and the curry, and the experience, research, and innovativeness of the cook. My personal mouthmegeddon/mouthclogjam is a peanutbutter and mayo sandwich with salad vegetables, Boursin cheese, and sliced ham.
also... “appreciation” is not “appropriation” which is not the same as “exchange”... Thank you for all of your info, Beau!
I love Morgan's dancing. Thank you for voicing what I thought was underneath the unmerited criticism.
"Caveman fragility" issues. 🙄
Ikr 😆🤣😂
"The Irish embassy tweeted out support ..."
Finally, that rare scenario where an entity CAN speak for all of their representative group, LOL.
Thanks for the history lessons in these videos, Beau. We're better for it, that much is certain.
when TF did we get into a footloose sequel...Beau keeps calling these fools out...
I'm Irish & did Irish dancing till my teens, this young woman is way more talented & passionate than I ever was! She's amazing, I love her appreciation and talent for Irish dancing!
Always learn something I needed to know or should have already known every time I tune in. Keep it coming.
She could also have a Caribbean heritage and I can affirm that the Irish made themselves prevalent in the Caribbean and got busy, there are possibilities.
I have heard that there is a lot of Irish DNA in the blood line of Jamaica.
The Irish did not make themselves prevalent in the Carribean. They had help.
Irish history in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries was heavily linked with the English.
Much of that is considered not a very good time from the Irish point of view.
The Irish made themselves “prevalent” in the Caribbean? Did the Irish take a cruise there? How about you research how the Irish got to the Caribbean and what colonial power brought them there and for what purpose.
That is an insulting, idiotic, offensive statement
Tap dancing!?!
I love learning just that one little nugget. Excellent.
Me too. I also love the fact that what I learn may not be what I thought I might learn, but is always interesting.
Have you ever seen the Nicholas Brothers?
Excellent, and she met and danced for our Taoiseach (head of government) who was delighted to meet her👍
Yup. I'm Irish. I think it is way cool that she's doing. She loves it, she's good at it. More power to her.
For fun, have a look at the band Delhi 2 Dublin. It's your basic Celtic Punjabi band. SO MUCH FUN!!!
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My great grandmother's father was a Scott/Irish slave owner. So who knows it really may even be her cultural heritage as well.
striders853, so true. Unfortunately and by design people considered "black" or of African heritage are not suppose to be able to claim other heritage although the vast majority, especially in the U.S., have 1 or more additional ethnicities and or "races" in their genetic make-up.
you made me think of "the 51st state" ending (movie) where samuel l. jackson walks off the golf course in scotland buttnaked,
after he bought the castle of the original slave owners clan :-)
love the movie and the accents there :-)
other one coming to mind is "the boondock saints"
Striders853 The scots were more scot than irish though
Checking in from Texas. Word on the street is our nurses in San Antonio are quitting due to the hospital admins demanding them to work without PPE. I ran into a crowd of them getting beers at the corner store Saturday night
Another finely crafted piece, sir. I am, myself, of Irish descent, and couldn't possibly be more pleased to have someone - anyone - interested in learning about the culture of my ancestors.
It feels to me like the people complaining are simply racists, who look at the current sociopolitical climate of this country and want to play the victim. They don't understand that the protests right now are not in support of people playing the victim, they're in support of people this country has historically, systematically victimized. For generations. That's a huge difference, and it's a world away from what the people protesting Morgan Bullock want to do. There is simply no comparison.
You have once again hit the nail squarely on the head, Beau. Bravo.
The Irish taisoech (I can't spell that) even invited her to Ireland
Good on him.
Close enough. It's Taoiseach. (Pronounced near enough to tea-sock!)
Britain should've kept all of Ireland under its rule.
I hadn’t heard that part. I hope she accepts the invitation.
@@pietrojenkins6901 I know. They should have kept America too.
I do Scottish country dance. Some of the songs we dance to aren’t traditional tunes.
@@GeoNeilUK You're lucky. It could have been Morris Dancing. 🤣
Do you wear skirts too?
@@GeoNeilUK 👍🤣
There's a lot of Irish dance being performed to non-Irish music these days .... doesn't make the dance any less amazing!
My cousin shared this video this morning of this girl.
She’s an American citizen hundred percent Scottish and been doing Scottish and Irish dancing since a child.
No one here in Ireland has a problem with it.We like it when people take an interest in our culture.
I just watched her video this morning.She really is articulate and an incredible dancer. The River Dance team truly appreciated her talent and they surely appreciated her.
She's really very good. Maith thú Morgan!
As someone born in Ireland and spent most of my life growing up there and living in the states now, she is amazing at Irish dance and makes me so proud of my culture. Those haters just need to shut up . Great video Beau !!
Speaking as only one member of the Irish American community I loved Morgan Bullock's TiKTok dance. Performing traditional Irish dance to modern music is a beautiful twist on an ancient art form. Cultural appropriation me arse! Go Morgan!!
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I’m so white I’m nearly transparent. My hair even turns red’ish when I get too much sun. My wife is black and has more Irish in her than I do.
She's extremely talented. Remember when Riverdance was everywhere? I love that show.
Ya lol, I'm still confused as to why I'm called black Irish when I'm white so.. and I'm not offended that she's called a black Irish dancer. It's actually adorable.
Do you have black hair and dark eyes but not very fair white skin?
Kaijsa Dragonborn: My understanding of the term “black Irish” is that it goes back to the 16th century, when the Spanish Armada tried to invade England, got caught in fierce storms, and the survivors washed up on the eastern Irish shore. They married Irish girls, and that’s how you get so many Spanish surnames in Ireland, as well as people with dark hair and dark eyes, but very fair skin.
I’m not a historian, so I can’t swear to it, but that’s what my Irish cousins said. And of course, here in America, we have a whole lot of people with African and Irish ancestry, so I guess that would make them Irish Black Americans? Black Irish Americans? I’m not sure what the term would be. (A friend of mine with that ancestry refers to herself as an Andes Mint.)
@@EastSider48215 They aren't many spanish names here at all.That spanish armada thing is nonsense most of the spanish sailors didn't survive never mind breed.There is a spanish connection but it goes back thousands of years and thats why western irish are darker whereas the east coast there is viking and norman admixture making the people look slightly different to unmixed westerners.
I watched Morgan Bullock this morning quite by accident and thoroughly enjoyed her dancing. My ancestors came from Ireland and our ties to our ancestry is still strong. I not only enjoyed her dancing but had to rerun her routine to enjoy her dance again. There are have irishmen with dark skin for a good many years. She has been well received on her trips to Ireland.
Live in Vero but from Ireland, I would never get offended by something like that. It's an honor to see culture embraced and exchanged. Thanks for all the good work Beau
It's exhausting.
Philip Lynott would have laughed his a.. off because of this.
Lynott was one of the biggest examples of what Beau was talking about with cultural exchange. RIP Phil and Gary Moore!
One of my first thoughts when I heard about this. Phil is revered in Ireland.
I am 100% Irish, as in, born to Irish parents in Ireland and living there. I saw Morgan's video and absolutely loved it... so did all the friends I sent it to.
As an Irish Dancer (I have been studying since high school) I love this.
IMO if people get offended on behalf of other people then they're exacerbating a problem. And it doesn't count if your families 'originally' from Ireland or wherever. You're not. So don't assume what people from that community will believe. Ask them, and then form your own opinions from what you've learnt.
i think americans dont think that their are black irish or black british. i think americans have a very childish simplified view of the world, as a whole. not all but a lot
cyberash3000 I think many Americans believe that the dirt of the old country and the achievements of their ancestors somehow survived in their DNA. They believe that there are several human races. In other words: it's just old-fashioned, outdated racism.
Fun side note, the the black Irish have been a thing since Spain misplaced part of their fleet when trying to attack England. A good number of those Moorish sailors (the ones who survived anyway) wound up stuck in Ireland and started families. Odds are good they were there before that, but my understanding is that that’s where the term black Irish comes from.
I shocked an instructor once when I raised my hand when he asked my class, "Who here is Irish?"
I explained the lineage during a break and ended the conversation by removing my glasses, pointing at my eyes and saying, "Look, they're smiling!"
@@Tzensa even funner side note, we have three black preserved people now found here dating back to before the first known white people here in the uk. lol. probably who turned into the welsh, before the engels came from germany and displaced them to wales lol
@Lost Hero Don't say that to the Welsh!!! Welsh and Black = Shirley Bassey. Plenty of black people all over the UK. Many were sailors who landed in the docks of Cardiff and decided to stay.
"The world would be better with more people like Morgan Bullock" meaning more people who do not play into the cultural stereotypes that are placed on them because of their race or the way they look or their impediments. She is amazing... Not because she is trying to master a dance done predominately by Irish people... But because she is trying to master a dance that is NOT typically done by people who are not Irish. I wish her the best and much success! Being invited to join the ensemble of the River Dance is a high honor.
I didn't know I had Irish in me until I was 27, but I loved studying the history and the culture and good for her for doing the same!!
havent seen a "genuine" example of "cultural apropriation" in my lifetime
Are you looking? (Serious question, not snarking. I mean, off the top of my head I can think of a bunch of examples of situations that meet the criteria Beau set out, all of which have made headlines in recent years.) Or are you claiming that none of them are legit points of conflict? Because that's a different conversation.
dajokn19 weren’t they gifted those scarves and wore it in solidarity?
@dajokn19 If politicians never do anything right anyway there's not much point in calling it cultural appropriation is there? While the whole scarf thing seemed a bit pointless to me, and you are definitely allowed to question their motives, I didn't see them claim those scarfs where 'theirs', so there wasn't any 'appropriation' going on as far as I'm concerned.
@dajokn19 propably but the gesture in iself is not a sign of disrespect
@@04beni04 all instances of supposed cultural appropriation that I can think of, off the top of my head, do not actually fullfill the criteria
Beau, you are always on point. Thanks for being here.
I just watched it, didn't know it was a thing. It was beautiful. I'm half Irish and half German. I don't think about it much. I'm American. Dare our politicians to be the same! She reminded me how we can celebrate where we come from. That's a good thing.
I will never understand why we can't all respect each other. When someone has a talent and tries to make others lives better by sharing that talent, I have nothing but respect for those people.
If we all did that life wpuld be so much better for everyone.
So the appropriation test is:
Is it offensive (due either to ignorance or malicious intent)?
EDIT: comments are suggesting a second criteria. Something like:
Is it taking an opportunity from a group that could not (currently) use it?
The idea being that if a people cannot, say, publish their story, then it's wrong to spread it for your own profit. It would similarly be exploitative to buy/record it on the cheap and spread it around. My current thinking suggests that it's wrong to take oral histories and publish dramatizations anonymously for free as well, as that may lower the value... but comments seem to disagree.
An aside, I don't get this second one from the video. Or at least I don't quite understand it. I do not think that 'do they appreciate it' is a useful factor. It shouldn't depend on how good the appropriator is at a charisma check.
Also, there seem to be a lot of angry people in these comments shouting about how race factors in - but I see no good faith arguments that whose what race is a factor, so stop strawmanning plz.
I think it's more - do you appreciate and like it ? or, are you just seeking to use it to make money or help only yourself in some way ? - In any case, there are far far far more important changes taking place in the world right now.
Appropriation has multiple elements. The main element has to do with gaining from it, typically in a monetary fashion and not crediting or providing that gain to the group of origin (e.g., fashion houses recreating traditions blouses from Latin America culture which is often part of how people might make an income selling to tourists and putting that replication on the runway and selling it for thousands of dollars). It also can be social gain (e.g., visibility). The second part is a bit tricky because it is based on perception of group membership. If perceived to be part of that group then it is not appropriation, if seen as outgroup member it is. Finally, there is an element of social status to it where majority group members (European Americans/Whites) are often perceived as appropriating more than non-majority (minority group) members which is what makes this story different.
@Al Egator Irish dance isn't something that can be appropriated from "White people," so it doesn't matter if random "White people" claim to find it offensive. It's Irish, and its seems the Irish don't mind her dancing. It's just racist Americans trying to find a gotcha moment against a black person who seem to be complaining. So yeah, they can shut up and deal with it.
Anthony Joseph. Interesting point. Of course there are multiple ways to view it, especially when you consider how the same things when worn or done by certainty groups (e.g., African Americans) might have negative connotations attached but when someone else does the same thing it’s elevated in society. Personally I find that problematic. For example, hairstyles that might be perceived negatively if worn by African Americans/Blacks but is perceived positively or acceptable when a non-Minority wears their hair that way. The unconscious bias behind that needs to be confronted.
Carmen Lee but the problem isn’t the white person wearing dreads. It’s the perception that black people *shouldn’t* do it- and I can tell you, most people who wear dreads that are white are not the people who look down on black people who also wear dreads.
Let me guess, those complaining are americans with "Irish heritage" In other words someone whos great great grandmothers cousins wife came from Ireland.
Actually, no. The Irish Americans seem happy to be appreciated.
Moving forward, progressing vs regressing, moving backwards. People believing the latter are certainly the biggest obstacle to peace!
Appreciation, not appropriation. "Imitation IS the sincerest form of flattery." The guy from RIVERDANCE invited her to come dance with them! That's phenomenal!