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IMO: cultural appropriation as typically defined is really just cultural exchange, which is broadly a good thing. When people argue against it *well*, they use examples that are cultural exchange PLUS something bad — disrespect, cruel intent, actual harm (intended or not), etc.
I think that having these discussions without splitting cultural exchange from [disrespect/harm/etc] has created a situation where one extreme side is basically arguing for cultural segregation & the other downplays disrespect/harm toward people from other cultures. Not good.
The conversation I *wish* we were having would be about how deceptively tricky it is to see what might be disrespectful toward or harmful to people with a culture you know little/nothing about, and how to share all our cool cultural stuff in a way everyone gets to feel good about
And yet look at the typical anti anti cultural appropriation arguments https://twitter.com/ositanwanevu/status/902905805040746496?s=21 …
I actually think he's making some good points, at least insofar as they're empirically testable and *should* be tested. Do white restaurateurs serving burritos, etc. crowd out minority restaurateurs? Or do they generate interest in that cuisine that helps everyone? Or both?
My impression is the issue of cult. aprop. only comes up when a culture feels under siege or like it is being attacked in some way. Under normal circumstances cultures generally enthusiastically want others to adopt their ideas, values and customs.
Sure — that's the problem I'm trying to point to. In that case, there probably is some [disrespect/harm/etc] happening, but if the focus is on the content of the cultural exchange rather than the nature of the harm, it's hard to actually fix the problem *or* learn from it.
From the examples I've seen, there's been kind of a lack of awareness around what I think is a real benefit: that mainstreaming x often immediately benefits the non-minorities promoting x, but rather quickly creates much greater interest in & opportunities around x
Great example of both sides bing angry:https://twitter.com/jere_bare/status/989981023076208640 …
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