• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    While there are people who are too trigger happy with the term, and a sizable gray area between cultural exchange and cultural appropriation, I do think there are cases where people cross over into objectionable cultural appropriation.

    A really good example was when white American college students wore fake native American headwear with significant cultural and spiritual importance as decoration for drunken parties. I can definitely sympathize with native Americans not wanting their culture treated with disrespect.

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      11 months ago

      Maybe it’s just may way of looking at things, but I think for something to be culturally appropriated, it would need to be done with sincerity.

      Ironically dressing up in Native-American headwear for a frat-party doesn’t seem like cultural appropriation, just kinda fucked up (like doing blackface).

      • Yeah, blackface is fucked up. And using spiritually significant indigenous clothing to go butt chug booze is fucked up. I think the difference is that blackface was never part of black culture. It was part of white culture. The appropriation part comes from the fact that it’s crossing cultural boundaries.