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

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270. We're an agreement

I think whether or not someone's trashing a culture is an excellent standard when judging these things. When some jag hole goes to a party in a sombrero and a poncho shouting "Ole!" we should let him know he's being an insensitive jag hole.

But, using the two examples DU is quarreling over - Katy Perry's hairstyle? It's pretty on her, and I don't see how she's trashing African American women. Perhaps someone could explain - and I'm open to hearing it - how the mere existence of her hairstyle is trashing. I'd like some contextual evidence that she is being disrespectful outside of the mere fact that her hairstyle exists.

Iggy Azaela? I'm open to the argument there about her sound, but the one sticking point with her (outside of her ignorance when talking about racial issues) is that she's a creature of TI. A black man plucked her out of anonymity to make her a star. No racial group is a monolith and will agree on these things, but when she's promoted by a black producer and ostensibly is surrounded by black artists who are seemingly fine with what she does, where does that leave us? When black music industry figures present white people with an artist saying "Listen to her, you'll like her!" and then white people do exactly that, which causes ire from some African Americans, isn't that an awfully mixed signal? How do we decide? Who makes the determination there?

"Because I personally don't like it," doesn't carry enough power to control the tides of culture, IMO.