♲ @KoriOtter@twitter.com: @BobWieting @ChelseaHerps That’s only half of that quote. The whole thing is “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” Imitation is petty and small.
Especially so when it systemically undercuts the work of Black creators.
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Jul-2021 06:05:07 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" has never sat well with me but I've never looked into it more. Now I know the full quote and it makes way more sense to me.