“White girl, take OFF your hoops!”

[Ale]

@Chimera

Syncretism: That which allows one group of humans to adopt beneficial or desirable customs and traits from other groups of humans.

See also: The introduction of horses to the American southwest and how that fundamentally changed native american societies.
“Hey, that (object/custom/belief/music/etc) is OURS! You can’t use it!” is, in the realm of Human History, a goddamned stupid idea.

It’s a stupid idea for very similar reasons inbreeding is a stupid idea.
The people that espouse that idea haven’t really thought it through, or if they have they are down right sinister in their goals.

[Guinastasia]

@octopus

What? How about people get on with their own lives and stop being so ridiculous with critiques about what people wear, eat, and listen to? Cultural appropriation is pure nonsense. What culture came up with the concept of cultural appropriation and are you a member of that culture or are you appropriating appropriation?

That was exactly my point.