I think it's interesting how the US used to be touted as a cultural melting pot. There were essays and all kinds of other prose written about it. Yet now we are seeing these cultures pulling back and putting up barriers to that amalgamation. Which I think is fine, but you can't have it both ways. The whole cultural appropriation thing confounds me. I believe you should be able to respect and admire another culture without being called out for it.
Inclusion through inclusion. Makes total sense!
I completely agree. If there is no intention to ridicule, what is the problem?
Yeah, it's gotten out of hand. It makes you wonder how the majority of these cultures actually feel about it. I have a feeling most of them could care less one way or the other.
My mother would wear sarees (dresses) given to her by my grandma. My grandma felt good about it, respected, honored. Perhaps others in the same community or culture might not, but do they speak for everyone in the culture? It is the height of self-centeredness to believe an individual or a small group or even a large group, speak for everyone else-