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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No such thing as cultural appropriation. This is a made up thing to cause conflict. We live in a free country made up of many many cultures. Feel complimented when someone of another culture “appropriates” yours. Stop all this bull crap intentional division of our society. Wear what you want. Cook what you want. Be happy. Be proud.[/quote]

A lot of the problem stems from things being weird, unprofessional, or unacceptable when someone from that culture wears it. But when white people start appropriating, it becomes acceptable, cool, and fashionable.

What comes to mind are cornrows. Cornrows on an African American are seen as thug, indicative of a criminal, and weren’t allowed in many places like schools and the military. But when white women like Bo Derek or Kylie Jenner wear them, they’re seen as sexy.

Or often, if someone wears traditional clothing from their culture, they’re seen as weird and received bullying or negative commentary. But when a white person wears it, it’s seen as exotic and cutting edge.

Also, people mess it up a lot. I get ads for some cornrow/braid styler, and the videos show white women putting braids in their daughters’ hair. The comments are full of POC explaining exactly how that woman is doing the braids wrong and will ruin her daughter’s hair. Or I see food bloggers make something like “Thai green curry” and the comments are full of Thai people saying “wrong, we don’t even have half of those ingredients here”. When money gets involved, it just makes a whole big mess of everything. [/quote]

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