Draco Malfoy: A Cultural Appropriation
“I’m from Florida,” the girl said, smiling politely.
The boy’s eyes were a lighter shade of brown in the light, squinting into the afternoon sun. The girl stared back at him, watching him carefully. She knew the truth behind his question, its true intention, but she ignored it, answering the same way he would if she’d asked him.
“No, where are you really from?” he asked, smiling a little.
“Florida,” she repeated, her smile ever so slightly strained.
Our society is evolving. We are at the precipice of a new era, a new era more reliant on technology and the internet than ever, one where there is equality between all citizens of many nations, no matter the tongue they speak, who they chose to worship, the colour of their skin, or the gender of …show more content…
Many people who are guilty to cultural appropriation are not aware that they have crossed the boundary, and are not longer appreciating the culture. Imitating traits of a minority or part of a minority’s culture for one’s own personal gain, is not appreciation—it is appropriation. Appropriation is considered offensive, as rude as Draco Malfoy is to his Muggle-born peers. If it is for one’s own personal agenda, for instance, as a fashion statement, then you are no longer appreciating a culture. Traditional clothing is one of the most common ways cultures can be appropriated: Native American headdresses, wearing chopsticks in one’s hair, bindis, parasols painted with “oriental” designs, “kimono” cardigans, conical hats, niqabs and burqas, and saris. However, wearing a race’s traditional clothing for the benefit of someone and those of that culture, and not for only one’s own personal gain, then you are appreciating, not …show more content…
Another common form of discrimination currently is one’s sexual orientation, as the debate about whether or not it is “natural” or “normal” has been brought to national attention with the mandatory legalization of same-sex marriages in all states, and by those who continue to defy such laws. One of these people is Kimberly Davis, the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky who refused to grant marriage licences to several same-gender couples. She, along with many other who oppose the law use their religious beliefs as their reasoning for taking a stance against such laws. They say they cannot support homosexual matrimony because their religion states only men and women can marry, and because it is the most “natural” (and only) form of marriage, as only men and women can reproduce with one
The boy’s eyes were a lighter shade of brown in the light, squinting into the afternoon sun. The girl stared back at him, watching him carefully. She knew the truth behind his question, its true intention, but she ignored it, answering the same way he would if she’d asked him.
“No, where are you really from?” he asked, smiling a little.
“Florida,” she repeated, her smile ever so slightly strained.
Our society is evolving. We are at the precipice of a new era, a new era more reliant on technology and the internet than ever, one where there is equality between all citizens of many nations, no matter the tongue they speak, who they chose to worship, the colour of their skin, or the gender of …show more content…
Many people who are guilty to cultural appropriation are not aware that they have crossed the boundary, and are not longer appreciating the culture. Imitating traits of a minority or part of a minority’s culture for one’s own personal gain, is not appreciation—it is appropriation. Appropriation is considered offensive, as rude as Draco Malfoy is to his Muggle-born peers. If it is for one’s own personal agenda, for instance, as a fashion statement, then you are no longer appreciating a culture. Traditional clothing is one of the most common ways cultures can be appropriated: Native American headdresses, wearing chopsticks in one’s hair, bindis, parasols painted with “oriental” designs, “kimono” cardigans, conical hats, niqabs and burqas, and saris. However, wearing a race’s traditional clothing for the benefit of someone and those of that culture, and not for only one’s own personal gain, then you are appreciating, not …show more content…
Another common form of discrimination currently is one’s sexual orientation, as the debate about whether or not it is “natural” or “normal” has been brought to national attention with the mandatory legalization of same-sex marriages in all states, and by those who continue to defy such laws. One of these people is Kimberly Davis, the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky who refused to grant marriage licences to several same-gender couples. She, along with many other who oppose the law use their religious beliefs as their reasoning for taking a stance against such laws. They say they cannot support homosexual matrimony because their religion states only men and women can marry, and because it is the most “natural” (and only) form of marriage, as only men and women can reproduce with one