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diff --git a/content/entry/on-cultural-appropriation.md b/content/entry/on-cultural-appropriation.md index 2c74e3a..365b910 100644 --- a/content/entry/on-cultural-appropriation.md +++ b/content/entry/on-cultural-appropriation.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ First, let's stop calling it cultural appropriation. The word "appropriation" ca Second, let's identify the real problem with cultural appropriation. American high school girls wearing Chinese dresses for prom are not a problem. Neither are non-indigenous people having powwows, calling people chief, or talking about their spirit animal. The root moral problem and, as far as I can tell, the only problem with "cultural appropriation" is it can spread false negative stereotypes by inaccurately depicting groups of people instead of harmlessly imitating "their" culture. -Third, let's lower the temperature on the discussion. We all have different ideas about how groups of people should be portrayed. Even those within a group may disagree. Instead of reacting to an indigenous American costume for halloween with "OMG!!! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!! THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPING! HOW DISRESPECTFUL! WHO RAISED YOU?! MAKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY NOW!", we should be more thoughtful and consider the precise mechanism by which indigenous American halloween costumes actually cause harm, if any. +Third, let's lower the temperature on the discussion. We all have different ideas about how groups of people should be portrayed. Even those within a group may disagree. Instead of reacting to an indigenous American costume for Halloween with "OMG!!! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!! THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPING! HOW DISRESPECTFUL! WHO RAISED YOU?! MAKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY NOW!", we should be more thoughtful and consider the precise mechanism by which indigenous American Halloween costumes actually cause harm, if any. We have to recognize that intelligent people can disagree about which contexts imply pure cultural imitation which is morally neutral and which contexts imply portrayal of a group of people. Sometimes it's a gray area. There's room for intelligent people to disagree about which representations of groups are harmful and which aren't. We don't need to resort to shouting matches or demand public apologies from those who have different intuitions than us. |