At the University of Ottawa in Canada, a yoga class was cancelled because of complaints that the lessons were an unacceptable “cultural appropriation” of a non-Western practice.
Yes, that’s terrible. Like Canadians stealing US college students’ culture of whining like a toddler who dropped his ice cream.
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The link above explains the concept. What you’re actually wanting to look at is a 4-page pdf file, which you can get by clicking here.
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Part of my connection with this, I think, is that I was stationed on an aircraft carrier, so I know how slow and ponderous large ships are. I can’t imagine how frustrating it was to keep having to back up and change directions over and over to avoid getting stuck.
Also, I’d always thought icebreakers just indifferently plowed straight ahead through mile-thick icebergs. Didn’t know they had a preference for channels of clear water.