i am in favor of cultural appropriation with no harmful intentions; i think it’s wonderful and love to see two cultures mix together
if you think that’s wrong or offensive, let me direct you to your mother’s tit
there is a difference between cultural appropriation and cultural diffusion. intent is irrelevant because the outcome is the same. most people who do appropriate cultures that are not their own are doing it only to make themselves feel: worldly, educated, spiritual, unique, accepted, etc, even though wearing these costumes do not make one those characteristics. They are doing it for selfish and superficial reasons. There is no honor in that and nothing worth defending.
people who care more about their own cool, spiritual image over the cultures and races they are stealing from are racist.
i’m going to compliment you on your argument because i like the way it was presented without really being immature or childish or rude or anything like that
Cultural appropriation is harmful because it reinforces racist stereotypes while diminishing the original meanings behind the objects, clothing, and items being appropriated; this turns people, cultures, and races into a costume to be laughed at and discarded. It is dehumanizing and when a race or group is viewed as subhuman violence and oppression towards that group is inevitable. It is harmful because it is the opposite of respect; stealing pieces of my culture (or another person’s culture) for your own amusement is not respecting me, my culture, or the people of my culture. It is exerting power to forcibly take something meaningful to someone else and misusing it all while mocking and stereotyping said culture. It is harmful because too often cultural appropriation becomes hyper-sexualized which leads to and/or promotes the fetishization of women of color. Native women, using this example because I am a Native woman, have been stereotyped into hyper-sexualized costumes: “the sexy squaw”, “indian princess”, etc. These costumes portray us as primitive sex objects. 1 in 3 Native women will be raped in her life time at least once, 85% of those rapes will be performed by non-Native men. We are not costumes. We are not jokes. We are not a feeling that can be felt by fake warbonnets. (not limited to warbonnets!)