I remember when "cultural appropriation" was seen as a sign of an inclusive society

[ancianita]

267. Yes. The inequity of access to high profit from using another's cultural style without consent.

There should be legal recourse for that. I don't know how cultural style borrowing is provable as 'theft,' though I suppose it can be proven. Actual words and musical compositions are protected.

Some standard of cultural borrowing and/or payment is the fair cost of dominant/minority cultural interaction, I suppose. It's only a off-the-top-of-my-head idea I've got.

If white people profit from borrowing what I call other cultural styles, I'd prefer that the offended cultures lawyer up and take them to court to get this so-called 'appropriation' issue resolved. Or, while imitation can be understood as the highest form of flattery, I think that whites profiting from such flattery should lead to setting up some legally determined royalties payable to a registered escrow account accessible by artists of the offended race or culture.

It sounds like a legalized form of cultural turf segregation, though. I'm only suggesting the above because I don't believe that markets or white performers are fair to creators, and because so many whites here believe that white performers should stay in their own 'white culture' turf. Cultural segregation.

Some standard of cultural borrowing and/or payent is the fair cost of dominant/minority cultural interaction, I suppose. It's only a off-the-top-of-my-head idea I've got.

As the kids say, "Don't bite!"