Cultural appropriation

Cultural appropriation can best be defined as the use or adoption of elements of one specific culture by members of a different culture. One of the primary ways to make best use of one’s travels is through immersion of oneself into the culture of the geographic location visited. In a land where all is green and unfamiliar, approaching such experience with an open mind allows for the experience to mold your identity. Alfred, Lord Tennyson in “Ulysses” states, “I am a part of all that I have met.”…

not—that build their cultural mark. This mark is learned and passed through generation. However, the diffusion yield a vast increment of cultural groups that influenced each other, so some exhibit mixed cultures. In fact, people nowadays engage in popular culture which is a result of this series of influence. Popular culture offers people the liberty to adopt a cultural mark, setting aside the formality of the culture. This diffusion and influence is the root of cultural appropriation and is…

the article “Culture Appropriation Vs. Cultural Appreciation” on The Odyssey, discusses the contentious line bordering appropriating and appreciating aspects of respective cultures by using rhetorical strategies to develop an educated argument about this controversial issue. It is crucial to comprehend both positions of the issue since it reflects into matters of racism, political correctness, and representation of an entire nation. Therefore, the meaning of cultural appropriation is to adopt…

April 2017 Feel The Noise and Step Up Cultural assimilation is defined as the “process by which a person or a group’s language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group”. (Webster) A good example of this is when someone from a foreign country immigrates to the United States and learns and eventually becomes a part of the American culture. Appropriation is defined as “taking something for one’s own use” (Webster). An example of appropriation is if someone builds a tree house but…

would be well off. Moreover, this outlines the differences between the assimilation that Pecola and Rodriguez seek to lead the contrast of their outcomes. Although Rodriguez has a slight issue with his complexion, it does not hinder his success in cultural assimilation. Pecola’s struggles with skin color and lack of confidence are the results of her failure in racial…

does mean. Being a Native American in the twenty first century is a constant battle; We continue to struggle to keep our culture alive, abolish stereotypes, and stop cultural appropriation all the while maintaining our existence in today’s society. Moving to Lawrence and starting school at Haskell made the fact of how fast our cultural traditions and practices are fading so apparent. Take my life for example. Since I was born, I have been thrown into and surrounded by the ways and traditions of…

Is Cultural Diversity Proving Compatible With Social Unity? Britain is a multicultural society that has evolved over centuries of empire building, immigration and warfare. however, there is a large debate about whether or not cultural diversity is in fact a meaningful or worthwhile policy to pursue by the politicians that we elect. In this essay, I will argue that cultural diversity is a policy that is compatible to the values of modern Britain and should be pursued by our politicians.…

How does culture become reconfigured for different audiences and how does that reproduce inequality? Who ascribes value to “high” and “low” culture? In order to answer these questions, we must look further into the rise and fall of American culture. Culture is not something tangible that anyone can put under a telescope to examine, it changes all the time. When the problem of culture comes into play in any point of American history it begins with the separation of class. This separation is…

But we need props—material culture—to shift our identity and broadcast our status. We want “tiny houses” so we can work less and experience more. Tiny houses are a kind of “poverty appropriation” that are not so simplifying in terms of the power of privilege to invert status. And travel experiences require an amazing complement of material culture: Just think about all the things required to prepare to get there, to get there, to experience…

Han Shaogong captures the emotion and experiences of the Cultural Revolution, and the Down to the Countryside Movement from the perspective of an educated youth in his novel, “A Dictionary of Maqiao.” In the novel, the reader follows an educated youth as he travels to the countryside as a part of Mao’s “Down to the Countryside Movement.” The “Down to the Countryside Movement” was an effort by Mao Zedong to eradicate the anti-bourgeois thinking that he believed was prevalent in his country. Mao…