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Thread #158332   Message #3745695
Posted By: Richard Bridge
21-Oct-15 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: In defence of cultural appropriation
Subject: RE: In defence of cultural appropriation
I think not. It is the formation of a new and largely syncretic religion. It does not it seems to me involve the adoption of form without understanding, nor the theft of cultural identity. I wonder if the idea of a power structure (or taking from the disempowered) has a place in defining cultural appropriation, in the same way that racism and sexism depend on asymmetry of power.