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324. The root is in power dynamic

This article is a good read if you're curious to learn more:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/cultural-appropriation-wrong/

"A deeper understanding of cultural appropriation also refers to a particular power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture of people who have been systematically oppressed by that dominant group.

That’s why cultural appropriation is not the same as cultural exchange, when people share mutually with each other – because cultural exchange lacks that systemic power dynamic.

It’s also not the same as assimilation, when marginalized people adopt elements of the dominant culture in order to survive conditions that make life more of a struggle if they don’t."

When I've had a white girlfriend who likes to wear ethnic clothes, it's fine and fun and she looks cute. If I did it, people think I'm stealing jobs away from Americans and probably need someone to verify if my documents are as fake as my accent. My neighbor who is a very liberal Hillary supporting old white woman still accuses me of appropriating white culture simply for wearing a suit and tie to work. It's not a joke, she grew up in the south and doesn't believe I was born in America. For example of the power dynamic.