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    evidence by what Sander Gilman and Evelyn Nakano Glenn identified as symbolic violence or instances of internalize racism. Most often symbolic violence manifests itself as a cultural appropriation in the form of racist appropriation or anti-racist appropriation. This essay focus on showcasing an example of anti-racist appropriation in which the Duke‚ Ellington

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    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

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    I claim to see if there will be any difference if there is a cultural appropriation within two different cultures. Cultural appropriation is the adoption or make use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture. However‚ Cultural appropriation is not talked about much but it has an enormous impact towards any culture that is threatened by any culture making a parody of their culture. Although Cultures are no longer being celebrated as often as they are “Celebrated” from a different

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    stereotypes of the culture who created the movements and style are the only thing people see. This is why it is important to not take other elements of a particular dance because its real meaning gets overshadow by other perceptions. Cultural appropriation has

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    Cultural appropriation is often described as when somebody takes something of significance from a culture that is not their own without showing respect for what they have taken. While some people do this on purpose for personal gain‚ that being profit or just popularity‚ many may not even know what cultural appropriation is. Miley Cyrus has shown evidence that she either does not know about or does not care about cultural appropriation at her 2013 Video Music Awards performance on live television

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    The Dichotomy of Cultural Appropriation | Womanist Musings Wednesday‚ September 12‚ 2012 Cultural appropriation is the ultimate dichotomy. The conqueror or oppressor says that a group of people are worthless‚ that they are less than human and don’t deserve equal rights. The oppressors strip these people of their rights‚ their dignity‚ and often‚ their culture. At the same time‚ this isn’t good enough for the conquerors. The culture that these people have created and the fruits of their labor are

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    Cultural Appropriation in America is a valid reason as to why there is a prejudice and racism problem. Throughout the United States social issues considering racism and prejudice occur within the “borrowing” of varying cultures (Nittle). While affecting millions of minorities‚ this cultural thievery is not to be confused with cultural groups rubbing off on Americans which grew up in diverse communities. In example‚ diverse communities could potentially pick up the dialect and traditions of the cultural

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    colonization era and their audience were interested in these voyages to unknown lands‚ but these two authors show different points of view. First‚ Robinson Crusoe is written in the form of an autobiography‚ and seem to be a true story; on the contrary‚ Gulliver’s Travels is almost a fantasy tale. In “Robinson Crusoe” the relationship between a “civilized” man‚ Robinson‚ and a savage‚ Friday‚ is still a master-slave relationship: Friday is a "good savage"‚ but remains wild and linked to the tolerance of his

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    An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or remade by a composer and presented in a new way. Appropriation is defined as the means to change a text for a particular purpose or for a type of people. It is about taking the essence of a text and changing it for another use. The two texts that I will be analysing are Shakepeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet 1996 film adaption. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare explores the themes of conflict and rebellion and their

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    In its modernity‚ Halloween is the only day out of the entire year where a person is encouraged to be someone wildly different from themselves‚ with (almost) no negative repercussions. Thus‚ people tend to outdo themselves when it comes to crafting their "persona" for the night‚ taking much of their inspiration from movies‚ video games‚ the news‚ and even Internet memes to build the greatest costumes. In retrospect‚ there is a lot of taking during the biggest let-loose-before-the-season-of-giving

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