RE: "Cultural Appropriation"
June 7, 2017 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2017 at 11:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
No, that can be cultural exchange. Cultural appropriation refers to a much more colonial relationship. 
So, for example. Let's say I use more spanish in my vocabulary. But, being the giant neck I am..I intentionally speak spanish with a redneck accent. I'm claiming spanish..and the manner in which I do it minimizes it's origin...but that's just a quirky method of cultural exchange.
If, however, I run a business in 1950 that takes subhuman negro music and gets a white singer to schlepp it...I've committed cultural appropriation.
If, however, I live in and support the actions of a state that depends upon some specific culture..say...spanish culture, and has benefited culturally from that culture....but simultaneously seeks to evict and erase that culture, demonizing them in the public square with the routine of a mechanical clock.....I've committed cultural appropriation.
So, for example. Let's say I use more spanish in my vocabulary. But, being the giant neck I am..I intentionally speak spanish with a redneck accent. I'm claiming spanish..and the manner in which I do it minimizes it's origin...but that's just a quirky method of cultural exchange.
If, however, I run a business in 1950 that takes subhuman negro music and gets a white singer to schlepp it...I've committed cultural appropriation.
If, however, I live in and support the actions of a state that depends upon some specific culture..say...spanish culture, and has benefited culturally from that culture....but simultaneously seeks to evict and erase that culture, demonizing them in the public square with the routine of a mechanical clock.....I've committed cultural appropriation.
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