Cultural Appropriation
Culture Appropriation versus Culture Exchange
Cultural Appropriation is the means of borrowing features of one culture by members of a different cultural group. The term “Cultural Appropriation” is often negative, because the use of one cultural outside their minority, oppressed culture 's symbols or other cultural elements, music, dance, costume. A cultural exchange, on the other hand, can be an intentional act of bringing two or more people together to exchange information about their differing backgrounds to understand each other. Culture exchange may have positive or negative side depends on how people interact with the exchange. Cultural Appropriation is different from Cultural exchange; however, many people are making the misunderstanding between this two terms. …show more content…
For example, for example, white musicians steal the musical stylings from black people. This problem still remains until 20th and 21st century; however, in 1950s, the use of black music style by white musician can be a problem because black musicians were the pioneer in their music but since White musician “steal” the sound of black musician and form the rock and roll, it became White’s music. Consequently, “borrowing” act became a financial problem because rock and roll went success and the founder of the art “African American” has no contribution or any pay for their art. On the other example, Non-native Americans, who wears war bonnets, can be considering as Cultural Appropriation. According to Ruth Hopkins Ruth (2010),” the only people who should be wearing war bonnets are chiefs or well-respected warriors, like Tatanka Iyotanka, Chief Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota—not Chloe Kardashian, or the pop star Ke$ha.” Eventhough Cultural Appropriation might be offensive or negative; nonetheless, there are many people don’t realize the different between Culture Appropriation and Culture
Cultural Appropriation is the means of borrowing features of one culture by members of a different cultural group. The term “Cultural Appropriation” is often negative, because the use of one cultural outside their minority, oppressed culture 's symbols or other cultural elements, music, dance, costume. A cultural exchange, on the other hand, can be an intentional act of bringing two or more people together to exchange information about their differing backgrounds to understand each other. Culture exchange may have positive or negative side depends on how people interact with the exchange. Cultural Appropriation is different from Cultural exchange; however, many people are making the misunderstanding between this two terms. …show more content…
For example, for example, white musicians steal the musical stylings from black people. This problem still remains until 20th and 21st century; however, in 1950s, the use of black music style by white musician can be a problem because black musicians were the pioneer in their music but since White musician “steal” the sound of black musician and form the rock and roll, it became White’s music. Consequently, “borrowing” act became a financial problem because rock and roll went success and the founder of the art “African American” has no contribution or any pay for their art. On the other example, Non-native Americans, who wears war bonnets, can be considering as Cultural Appropriation. According to Ruth Hopkins Ruth (2010),” the only people who should be wearing war bonnets are chiefs or well-respected warriors, like Tatanka Iyotanka, Chief Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota—not Chloe Kardashian, or the pop star Ke$ha.” Eventhough Cultural Appropriation might be offensive or negative; nonetheless, there are many people don’t realize the different between Culture Appropriation and Culture