Yeah, yeah, I realized the slip after I'd posted but didn't think it was worth changing. Presumably members of a culture would not sell an object unless those members were willing for it to exist somewhere outside of their control. It doesn't change the argument.
I don't think selling out the culture applies here, certainly not uniquely here; one Jew may invite a goyish type to services and thereby irritate everyone else present at the service. Similarly, maybe the restaurant owner is fine selling samosas to white dudes, but maybe every other person in there rolls his eyes the minute you walk in. You can't go taking a poll before you indulge in any particular kind of cultural exploration; one invitation is as a good as another, as far as I can tell. Why should the restarateur be assumed not to be a sell-out, but the boutique owner to be one? It doesn't hang together well.
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Date: 2008-09-27 06:27 pm (UTC)I don't think selling out the culture applies here, certainly not uniquely here; one Jew may invite a goyish type to services and thereby irritate everyone else present at the service. Similarly, maybe the restaurant owner is fine selling samosas to white dudes, but maybe every other person in there rolls his eyes the minute you walk in. You can't go taking a poll before you indulge in any particular kind of cultural exploration; one invitation is as a good as another, as far as I can tell. Why should the restarateur be assumed not to be a sell-out, but the boutique owner to be one? It doesn't hang together well.