If Cultural Appropriation is bad; shouldn't the cast of Hamilton be white?

Basketball and football were invented by White people (James Naismith and Walter Camp).

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Soul food is a hodgepodge of Native American and European food. BBQ sauce was invented by English, French and German Americans. Gumbo is cajun. Cornbread is Native American. Chicken fried steak is German/Austrian. Pancakes are Greek. Fried chicken originated from Scotland. Waffles originated from Belgium. Peanut butter was invented by the Incas. Potato chips were invented by a white Englishman named William Kitchiner.

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blues music wouldn't exist without the influence of Celtic music and non-black instruments such as the harmonica (German instrument) and guitar (Spanish instrument). Rock n roll is a fusion of blues and country music. Country music derived from Western which derived from Celtic music. Jazz wouldn't exist without the influence of classical music and the piano (Italian instrument) and saxophone (Belgian instrument). Rap, techno and house music wouldn't exist without the German electronic band Kraftwerk. Music as an art came from Europeans. Europeans created things like counterpoint, written music sheets, music theory, etc. Music became organized and philosophical. European culture spread to the Americas and led to the creation of the many genres we see today such as country, rock, blues, etc. They all originate from Europe.

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The traffic light was invented by a White man named Lester Wire. The original traffic light, based on a semaphore system, had been invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight (a White man). Blacks only created a handcrank signal that wasn't even a light.

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The lightbulb was invented in England by a Cornish man named Humphry Davy in 1800.

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lewis latimer only co-created (with Edison) a carbon filament that was only in use for three years until another one was improved by another White man. 

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The telephone was invented by a White man named Elisa Gray (who also invented the synthesizer).

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The first modern air conditioner was invented in 1902 by a White man named Willis Haviland Carrier

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The lawn mower was invented by a White man named Edwin Beard Budding in 1830 in Brimscombe and Thrupp, just outside Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England.

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The architect of the White house was a White man of Irish descent named James Hoban (a slave owner btw).

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All Humans are White if you go back far enough. Early Human ancestors started out with White skin according to biologists. dark skin evolved after Humans lost their body fur because naked skin was vulnerable to UV radiation as explained in the out of africa theory.

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black Africans have up to 19-percent genomic contribution from unidentified archaic hominids making them less H.Sapien than White people.