Blackfishing - pretending to be black - cultural appreciation or appropriation?

This attitude implies that the cultures are compatible and that what is a 'negative' is clearly defined, which it's not. For example drinking is a sin for some cultures and they don't even approve of alcohol being sold openly- wouldn't it be sensible to keep your mouth shut and just not drink yourself if you moved to Britain from such a culture? In the same way if I moved to a place where drinking in public was frowned upon I would definitely not do it even if it was 'my' culture to drink. I of course agree that nobody has the right to tell anyone to do anything else, e.g. if you don't drink nobody should ostracize you or force you to do so. But equally if you move to a country where drinking is commonplace it's wrong for you to judge its people as savages, just because it doesn't align with your values. If you hate it so much then why did you go there in the first place?

But if you were a citizen of saudi arabia, you worked there for 30 years and you had the strength in numbers to launch a political movement, you have a right to demand the government and the people respect your wishes as Saudi Arabian citizens to make drinking legal. That is your right and the Saudi government should respect that and listen to it's population.

Exactly- and the key phrase here is 'strength in numbers'. If you are a minority then by definition you don't have that, and it doesn't make sense for the majority to change to accommodate you instead of the other way around. Especially when there are conflicting needs between minorities- then bowing to political pressure from a single minority group risks pushing aside the rights of the others.

Note that I'm saying this in the context of Britain- the latest data I can find is 2011, and this is what it says:


white 87.2%, black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7%
Compare it to a country like Malaysia, where the largest 'native' ethnic group accounts for around 50% of the population, and the next largest is 20%. You can clearly see a difference, which is why Malaysia has a diversity of political parties, national holidays for the festivals of each ethnic group, etc. It's a different paradigm. Granted, Malaysia also has its problems, and its a fascinating study in the best and worst of diversity.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_Kingdom#Ethnicity
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/ethnic-groups-of-malaysia.html

But if you were a citizen of saudi arabia, you worked there for 30 years and you had the strength in numbers to launch a political movement, you have a right to demand the government and the people respect your wishes as Saudi Arabian citizens to make drinking legal. That is your right and the Saudi government should respect that and listen to it's population.

What you might see as a right in Britain is not necessarily a right in Saudi Arabia. Doing something like that would get you thrown into gaol pretty fast there, as the women who campaigned to be able to driver recently found.

The majority at one point thought slavery was ok. Being the majority does not make one right.

No but I'll give the majority more credibility than one random guy and his baseless assertions.

cool man, inshallah you'll be muslim one day alhumdullilah allahuakbar,

I don't think I could ever take anyone seriously who thought this was any kind of genuine issue.

"We're forced to toil in the plantations everyday for no pay, fed nothing but gruel and if we don't work hard enough we get whipped and beaten. When will this oppression end?" - African Americans 1818

"Some white girl in England is too tanned and curly haired, and she's getting more likes on Istagram than me. When will this oppression end!?" - African Americans 2018