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Locutusofborg

(524 posts)
7. I prefer the concept of "acculturation"
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:50 PM
Feb 2019

To "cultural appropriation," which is often used as an accusation: "you're stealing my stuff!"
When people of various cultures inhabit the same geographic space, they will impact and change each other through the processes of their interactions.
Being asked and agreeing to wear a yarmulke is different from coming to a Seder already wearing a yarmulke without having been asked.

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