cultural appropriation

noun
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/US

Definitions

  1. The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements…

    The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements of one culture by members of a different culture, often of those which have a history of stigmatisation.

    • White Americans engaged in cultural appropriation when they performed dances involving blackface and mock Native American regalia.
    • What are the implications for our understanding of the ethics of cultural appropriation when the sound of a Pacific island women's choir becomes the hook of a club hit in Europe, without reward, recompense, or credit for that choir?
    • Are yoga classes just bad cultural appropriation?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cultural appropriation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA