Cultural assimilation

Cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture. For centuries, many groups of people are guilty of this act, especially the white race. Because the U.S population is made up of people from hundreds of different ethnicities and over 13.3 percent of immigrants, it is not surprised that cultures will rub off on you. Even making the culture greater. But wearing a culture and disrespecting a culture are two different things. For example,…

What is Cultural Appropriation? It is hard being a minority in America. The struggle for identity is a common thread amongst minority communities in this country and that issue is constantly exasperated by the white washed media. According to Susan Scafidi, cultural appropriation is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission.” (Scafidi) I would add that using those artifacts to make a profit is what…

Cultural appropriation has been defined by Susan Scafidi as, “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture's dance, dress, music, language, folklore, cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc.” In an article written by Brittany Enoghayin, she talks on the recent trend on African print clothing that has become conspicuous in prom attire.…

only does art and music become hindered when cultural appropriation is shunned, but so does personal expression. For instance, it is a human right in the United States to express oneself freely, whether that expression be of religion, language, or even as simple as hairstyles. In March of 2016, a video taken at San Francisco State University went viral when an African American student confronted a white student with dreadlocks, accusing him of cultural appropriation. The black girl, Bonita…

our hair and the art forms we can create through braiding." This quote shows the background of braids. They are not just used for style and appearance. Cultural appropriation is a concept dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. Appropriation and appreciation are two different things. Cultural appropriation is a bad because people being a hypocrite, black women are being penalized for their natural hair, and people loving black culture…

According to the Cambridge dictionary, cultural appropriation is the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture. Andy Pratt’s “Cultural appropriation: theft or fair exchange?”published on April 10, 2017, in the Conversation shows that the multinational company Nike inappropriately designs the burkini a religious dress of Islamic religions as swimwear. Pratt explains that burkini is not simply a piece…

Appropriation is the social, passionate, and legitimate process in which kids who won't be raised by their introduction to the world guardians turn out to be full and perpetual lawful individuals from another family while keeping up hereditary and mental associations with their introduction to the world family. Selection has numerous aspects and touches individuals in various routes—contingent upon their part and viewpoint. While anybody can watch over a tyke in requirement for short or…

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…

Cultural appropriation, or more commonly known as the misrepresentation of different cultural groups, has been a hotly debated topic in the new media. But did you know that cultural appropriation in America’s music industry has been going on since the 1930s, during the era of Paul Whiteman, a popular Jazz artist? Strangely enough, some of his music was appropriated from black music artists. This act of “theft” has brought about many controversies throughout the years. But more importantly, it…

Appropriation Art is the concept of taking a previously imagined and created idea and altering it either dramatically or slightly to the artist’s liking to fit the artwork. It is the idea that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create the new work. In most cases the original 'thing' remains accessible as the original, without change.The ‘copied’ artworks can be comprised of objects seen in everyday life or can be from another artist’s work.The earliest cases of Art…