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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Random new poster, just wondering because I do not understand anything these days.  Is the quote appropriation? (Yes, clearly the PTA story was BS).
Is the chicken tattoo or poster or bumpersticker appropriation?? [/quote]

No, none of those would be examples.

Examples I can think of all involved white people who copied the culture of non-white people for monetary gain or fame without giving acknowledgment to the culture of origin. For example, selling mudcloth fabric purses without explaining the designs were copied from an ethnic group in Africa or touting Ayurvedic health and beauty products without being honest that it grew from thousands of years of Indian culture. Often the appropriator will use loose terms like ancient or tribal that could apply to any culture in the world when they could just say this is from these people and I was inspired by their creativity.

I don’t think dreadlocks on white people are appropriation. I just think loosely textured hair doesn’t look good in that style because it never fully locks and often relies on not being washed to fake the texture. My mom and one daughter have 2b/3a mixed AA hair that will never lock. [/quote]

So isn't the quote of a Maya Angelou poem about a woman overcoming slavery... appropriation? Not being snarky, just want to best understand.[/quote]

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