CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
Is cultural appropriation harmful? Is using aspects of other cultures always harmful? Is there such thing as cultural appreciation or cultural exchange? These resources explore some of the key issues around harm, identity, and cultural appropriation. The links provided demonstrate how complex and multifaceted the issue is.
Braids and Appropriation in America | ELLE - youtube video
Lupita Nyong'o, Young M.A, Ayana Bird, Lacy Redway, Vernon François and more talk about the history of Black hair culture and why non-Black people wearing braids is a form of cultural appropriation.
All My Relations Episode 7 ‘Native Appropriations’ - podcast episode
All my Relations podcast episode and discussion hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), their take on cultural appropriation especially native appropriation in the USA.
You can’t copyright culture, but damn I wish you could - article by Nicole Hawkins 2018.
Māori educator Nicole Hawkins challenges the use of Māori imagery in non-Māori art and how cultural appropriation problematises the concept of ‘artistic expression’.
What’s Wrong with Cultural Appropriation? - article
What Cultural Appropriation Is (and Isn’t) In short: Cultural appropriation is when somebody adopts aspects of a culture that’s not their own. But that’s only the most basic definition. A deeper understanding of cultural appropriation also refers to a particular power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture of people who have been systematically oppressed by that dominant group.
The Dos and Don’ts of Cultural Appropriation - article
This article explores the ways in which cultural appropriation can be viewed as positive. Its worth thinking about if positive forms of appropriation are really cultural exchange.
Headdresses and Music Festivals Go Together Like PB and…Racism? - article
Native Appropriations is a forum for discussing representations of Native peoples, including stereotypes, cultural appropriation, news, activism, and more.