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6. "You can't use my stuff because it disrespects my group. It seems like a way of dividing people."

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:41 PM

Feb 2019

If this is your understanding of what cultural appropriation is, I encourage you to read more about it.

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How do you feel about "cultural appropriation?" [View all] grumpyduck Feb 2019 OP

FFS demmiblue Feb 2019 #1

What matters is respect. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #2

So, by those rules... Freelancer Feb 2019 #10

It's an easy thing to get wrong. It's not cultural diffusion. Bucky Feb 2019 #3

Poorly understood zipplewrath Feb 2019 #4

Cultural Appropriation is about claiming ownership. Adrahil Feb 2019 #5

I prefer the concept of "acculturation" Locutusofborg Feb 2019 #7

I do not give one goddam about it. Loki Liesmith Feb 2019 #8

Steal everything you can . . . Journeyman Feb 2019 #9

From what I've seen so far it's total B.S. mart48 Feb 2019 #11

Why would you assume Locutusofborg Feb 2019 #12

Cultures have borrowed from each other since the begining of time Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #16