WHEN IT’S JUST NOT FUNNY

CULTURAL APPROPRATION

CULTURAL APPROPRIATION• THE ADOPTION OR THEFT OF ICONS, RITUALS, AESTHETIC STANDARDS, AND

BEHAVIOR FROM ONE CULTURE OR SUBCULTURE BY ANOTHER.

• GENERALLY APPLIED WHEN THE SUBJECT CULTURE IS A MINORITY CULTURE OR SOMEHOW SUBORDINATE IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, OR MILITARY STATUS TO THE APPROPRIATING CULTURE

WHY IS IT WRONG?1. IT TRIVIALIZES VIOLENT HISTORICAL OPPRESSION

2. IT LETS PEOPLE SHOW LOVE FOR THE CULTURE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME REMAIN

PREJUDICED AGAINST ITS PEOPLE

3. IT SPREADS MASS LIES ABOUT MARGINALIZED CULTURES

4. IT PERPETUATES RACIST STEREOTYPES