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cultural assimilation

A Culture, Not A Costume

October 26, 2015 by Archived posts 144 Comments

By Erica Wong |Copy Editor| Cultural appropriation is already a problem in fashion and pop culture at large. However, each year on Halloween, people find it acceptable to imitate and ridicule cultural symbols that aren’t theirs. Cultural appropriation happens when elements from a minority culture are copied by members of the dominant culture and used outside of their original cultural context – “sometimes even against the expressed, stated wishes of representatives of the originating culture,” according to Wikipedia. The term cultural appropriation is frequently confused with cultural assimilation. “Cultural assimilation is the process by which a person or a group’s language … [Read more...] about A Culture, Not A Costume

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: costume, Cultural Appropriation, cultural assimilation, cultural symbols, discrimination, Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Met Gala, Nicki Minaj, prejudice, racial fetishization, racism, Rihanna, stereotypes

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