Racism is systematic of the mundane and useless. If someone can't stand on his own merit, they will stand on the merit of their group. If their group has no merit, then they will hate another group. It's really no different than cliques in highschool. Humans are what they are and as such they are entirely predictable.
The problem with police shootings isn't racism -- it's police policy. You can click through the dead of 2017, if you want, and see for yourself that the police are equal opportunity shooters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/
Here an off-duty cop pulls a gun on a man buying CANDY. That's right, he threatens lethal force for CANDY. That's certainly worth someone's life, don't cha think?
The fact is, you want to believe it's racism and sadly, doing so ignores the real problem. BTW, if I have one social issue I care about, it's this.
It's my understanding that "Indigenous Knowledge" is lost by shopping at the supermarket and not living out in the woods anymore. If supermodels walking down the walkway in an American Aborigine headdress causes the loss of this knowledge -- as you have stated -- then The Village People would have been a holocaust of culture. There would simply be no American Aboriginies left. They would all be doing funky and fun disco moves.
At any rate: Hank Williams Jr. would definitely disagree with you.
I would have to explain how native "status" is regulated by the government in such a way that the "Native" is essentially bred out of the people over time.
Please explain how the government assigns a "status" and then "breeds" it's own self-created designation out of people over time.
BTW, did you notice I said I was "white-ish"? My grandmother was American Aboriginee, genetically. Her connection was that culture was very little and mine is nil. Should I consider this an unspeakable crime? Or is it horrible that I don't care to be pretentious and wear feathers in my hair? We're hillbillies and farmers. My connection with THAT culture is very little. So what? What happened to valuing individuals as individuals?
My overall point is not to discredit your experiences.
My overall point is that you want to interpret my experiences and experiences like mine as something that gives "credit". I'm discrediting that idea. :) You completely ignored my point about Uhura, and the fact that people just want to be people. You're discrediting that.
When people speak of "cultural appropriation" they mean petty bullshit like this: