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WHEN IT’S JUST NOT FUNNY CULTURAL APPROPRATION
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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