1/ The idea and associated costs of cultural appropriation are routinely rejected by self-identifying 'objective', rational choice theorists. That's impressive, since the implications of cultural appropriation follow from orthodox signaling theory.
4/ Members of A may sincerely appreciate the adopted signal. And, it may eventually lead to acculturation and assimilation, normalizing the standing of B relative to A. But, it doesn't do so *instantaneously*.
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5/ Instead, in the short term, it tends to annihilate the suitability of the signal to members of B. That is, It destroys strategically useful and accessible information for the already short-stacked group.
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6/ It's reflexively (and emotionally) rejected by rational skeptics™ et al. because – demographically speaking – they belong to the A groups. They don't see the signaling value lost by members of B because they've never needed such a device.
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7/ And, rather than considering whether or not they could unintentionally cause harm, they reject the claimed harm. "My intentions were good, so fuck you for criticizing me."
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