Examples Of Cultural Appropriation

Cultural appropriation is when someone adopts aspects of a culture that’s not their own. Cultural appropriation shouldn’t be confused with cultural exchange or cultural appreciation. Cultural exchange is when someone is willing to find out about the culture and their history. The same principle applies to cultural appreciation, that is when one doesn’t wear the culture as a costume but out of respect for the people. A prime example of this is when Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan she learnt about the culture and when visiting the people and historical locations decided to cover her hair and dress in a way that Pakistani women would. The reason why Angelina Jolie wasn’t appropriating the culture was because the people showed her why they did