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If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
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Thursday, 1 June 2017
quote [ Oh, The Humanities! The author stressed he isn't claiming that eating, cooking or adapting the dish is cultural appropriation. The problem is poutine's status as 'Canadian' ]
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C18H27NO3 said @ 4:09pm GMT on 2nd June
Appropriation
verb
əˈprōprēˌāt/Submit
1.
take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
"his images have been appropriated by advertisers"
synonyms: seize, commandeer, expropriate, annex, arrogate, sequestrate, sequester, take over, hijack
The verb use inherently has negative connotation, so it's not a neutral or generic. Maybe the words people want to use when societies borrow culture is incorporate, absorb, integrate, assimilate, or the like. I understand words are constantly in flux in regard to meaning since much of a definition is based on context and use, but the only reason it's a source of debate is because we live in a racially charged environment, imo.
Cultural appropriation is simply taking something from another culture and claiming it to be yours or your invention without acknowledging it's source. Anybody that claims cultural appropriation is when a mexican cook whips up ramen is uninformed, defensive, and protectionist with a bit of arrogant narcissistic pride sprinkled in.
C18H27NO3 said @ 4:09pm GMT on 2nd June
Appropriation
verb
əˈprōprēˌāt/Submit
1.
take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
"his images have been appropriated by advertisers"
synonyms: seize, commandeer, expropriate, annex, arrogate, sequestrate, sequester, take over, hijack
The verb use inherently has negative connotation, so it's not a neutral or generic. Maybe the words people want to use when societies borrow culture is incorporate, absorb, integrate, assimilate, or the like. I understand words are constantly in flux in regard to meaning since much of a definition is based on context and use, but the only reason it's a source of debate is because we live in a racially charged environment, imo.
Cultural appropriation is simply taking something from another culture and claiming it to be yours or your invention without acknowledging its source. Anybody that claims cultural appropriation is when a mexican cook whips up ramen is uninformed, defensive, and protectionist with a bit of arrogant narcissistic pride sprinkled in.
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C18H27NO3 said @ 4:09pm GMT on 2nd June
Appropriation
verb
əˈprōprēˌāt/Submit
1.
take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.
"his images have been appropriated by advertisers"
synonyms: seize, commandeer, expropriate, annex, arrogate, sequestrate, sequester, take over, hijack
The verb use inherently has negative connotation, so it's not a neutral or generic. Maybe the words people want to use when societies borrow culture is incorporate, absorb, integrate, assimilate, or the like. I understand words are constantly in flux in regard to meaning since much of a definition is based on context and use, but the only reason it's a source of debate is because we live in a racially charged environment, imo.
Cultural appropriation is simply taking something from another culture and claiming it to be yours or your invention without acknowledging its source. Anybody that claims cultural appropriation is when a mexican cook whips up ramen is uninformed, defensive, and protectionist with a bit of arrogant narcissistic pride sprinkled in.
