"Specific instances of what people criticize as cultural appropriation may well be wrong, but the term encourages us to call out a property crime when something else is going on... The key question in the use of symbols or regalia associated with another identity group is not: What are my rights of ownership? Rather it’s: Are my actions disrespectful?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/magazine/should-i-tell-my-aunt-that-her-costume-is-racist.html
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@theneurotrust
I’m far fr a scholar on it but while your at it, two other possible considerations:
#FrantzFanon books #WretchedOfTheEarth and #BlackSkinWhiteMasks and #KwameAnthonyAppiah book #InMyFathersHouse:AfricaInThePhilosophyOfCulture 🤷🏾♂️✊🏾
#frantzfanon #wretchedoftheearth #blackskinwhitemasks #kwameanthonyappiah #inmyfathershouse