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.
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Replying to @webdevMason
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.
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Replying to @MatjazLeonardis
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.
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