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Cultural Appropriation is the very real theft of the elements of a minority culture, stolen by the majority, and joined into pop culture, without acknowledging the original creators of that culture. Elements that the original culture are usually made fun of for embracing, but are made trendy by the majority while abusing its significance. Anyone can appropriate culture.
"Do you see Steven with that tribal tattoo? "
"Total cultural appropriation he isn't even native American and he doesn't know what they stand for. He said they just looked cool"
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When a jungle bunny screams and assaults a white boy for wearing dreads. But nonetheless you'll see said jungle bunny and beaners all over the place with blonde wig/dye jobs/ streaks. And blue contacts.
Fuck this shit i know shanikwa wasn't born with blonde hair, she is appropriating my culture. Thats text book cultural appropriation.
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The act of contaminating white culture with outside influences.
Proponents of this term demand that customs, practices or traditions that originated in a non-white culture be kept out of it.
Increasingly, the term is used to purge non-white culture altogether.
"You can't wear a colombian costume on Halloween, that's cultural appropriation!"
"I am colombian."
"That doesn't matter; it might trigger the other white racists."
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A female who is a tomboy or a male who is metrosexual.
She is dressed like a dude, I can't stand people who think gender appropriation okay!
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The practice of using something from another culture that you're not a part of.
Miley Cyrus had dreads. Only black people can have dreads. That's cultural appropriation.
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when white people thinks it's okay to steal all the ~~~pretty~~~ or appealing things from cultures and use them for attention (i.e basically every white female celebrity with a bindi or miley cyrus and 'twerking') . It's pretty annoying and i ask you to please stop
example of cultural appropriation:
miley cyrus: i may be a hill-billy but i can twerk!!!
white audience: lmao raise da roof!!!!!! holla!!
black audience: "hysterical laughter"
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The adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture. Many people mistake cultural appropriation with Cultural Appreciation. As there is a difference between taking the time to learn about a culture and taking a culture's traditions, clothing etc. and misrepresenting them.
Cultural Appropriation: Wearing a Native American costume is offensive because the clothing in that culture is very sacred
Cultural Appreciation: Taking some time to learn about Native American culture (traditional dances, clothing, foods etc.)
Not to mention some cultures have a dark history attached to them and they still face present-day issues.
So if you truly want to embrace a culture, then do a bit of research on the culture and do it properly.
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