"Cultural Appropriation"

[Shell B]

Khemical, I have no idea why you're unwilling to admit that at least a large portion of the world doesn't define cultural appropriation the way that you do. I provided definitions and usages from two of the most prestigious dictionaries in the world. Yet, you still continue to make statements like "that's not cultural appropriation the way the term means" and "unless you're an alt-white racist, your culture doesn't think of cultural appropriation as buying a dream catcher." The only time I've seen cultural appropriation described as you have just described it is by you in this thread. I bet that's the case for several people.

Benny, my race is still irrelevant, and you might think gender is not important, but you're the one who described me as a white woman and then dismissed me for it. I didn't dismiss the feelings of the person who doesn't like people using dreamcatchers. I simply am not going to apply them to my everyday life. I personally think he or she is being a bit of a crybaby about it. Given that it's in reference to "spirituality," I'm not given to caring about the origin of these items. They don't get more respect because they're native.

ETA: I did see that you used the term "in my usage" in your most recent post, Khemical. Well, there you go. The way you define it, it's shitty. I doubt that's in question. Killing, hurting, disenfranchising people and then using their culture is bad. Having dreadlocks is not. /thread.