But cultural practices or artefacts that don't 'fit' in well with a modern connected capitalist super-culture can be vulnerable or at least seen as vulnerable by their cultural guardians to assimilation/degradation.
Yet it's being used as a comical outfit and the culture is deprecated and not respected with improper use of the costume. — ssu
Cannibals in Papua New Guinea can be falsely portrayed, and have been, as blood thirsty savages who kill people to eat them. — I like sushi
Because of the kind of misunderstandings as above such views of cannibal activity can be misapplied to others who practice cannibalism for various other reasons. — I like sushi
3) Misuse is simple enough. This is by misnaming/misrepresenting a cultural item or tradition. There are multiple examples of this you can probably think of yourself. — I like sushi
I cannot think for you. Take it as is; if not go elsewhere with your pedantry.
I’m not trying to be nasty here, it’s just a small courtesy to let you know if I don’t reply to comments directed my way it isn’t because I didn’t read them. — I like sushi
I cannot think for you. — I like sushi
Well, in order to move on, here's the outrageous she had to apologize for. No, it wasn't a comedy skit, but a dance act she was training for (and a picture from not even the actual show act):Miss Finland was wearing it in a comical context? (Just curious--was she in a comedy movie, a comedy skit show, something like that?) — Terrapin Station
Mankind advances, but unevenly. Some cultures put men on the moon, others remain in the stone age.
The people in both cultures believe that the stone age culture is inferior to the man-on-the-moon culture. — Doug1943
Man-on-the-moon cultures generally develop a higher ethical standard, — Doug1943
it’s clear that not every person who speaks English does so by choice."--Obviously. I didn't speak English by choice. I speak English because I was raised in an environment where only English was spoken. That's how language works. You only speak languages by choice when you take up other languages later. — Terrapin Station
Just on this one as it's so very far off point. Cultures and particularly historically imperialistic cultures can deliberately destroy the languages of other cultures by forcing them to speak their own. — Baden
You seem to have proven my point for me. Cultural appropriation is a mostly rubbish concept.... — VagabondSpectre
The Redskins name might be insensitive, and in that sense they're "being a dick", but beyond a bit of emotional resentment the "Redskins" is more of an anti-example. Modern Native American tribes aren't worried about baseball team names, — VagabondSpectre
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