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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4553841, member: 45"]<u><i>Cultural appropriation</i></u> should not be confused with <u><i>cultural appreciation</i></u>. Cultural "appreciation" results in allowing traditional cultural crafts to continue, through sales to others, and provides income to the people producing items from their culture, to people from other cultures. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cultural "appropriation," on the other hand, usually involves a larger group profiting from the culture of a smaller group, by an inappropriate use of ideas and images associated with the other culture. </p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, it generally involves money, and intention (the latter sometimes being difficult to determine.) But, I agree with Komo, it might be better to wear an item actually made by the culture it was representing, if financially possible. You <u>thought</u> you were, but maybe didn't realize the background of this particular type of beaded item. (Examples are also imported from China.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The editors of Encyclopedia Britanica have a very good explanation of what cultural appropriation is, giving instructive examples, at: <a href="https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-cultural-appropriation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-cultural-appropriation" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-cultural-appropriation</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To quote from the above website:</p><p>"Cultural appropriation takes place when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way." </p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't say the bracelet is "disrespectful," but some might consider the images border on "stereotypical." It's, again, a fine line that determines what is traditional and what is stereotypical. And it's a life-long learning experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4553841, member: 45"][U][I]Cultural appropriation[/I][/U] should not be confused with [U][I]cultural appreciation[/I][/U]. Cultural "appreciation" results in allowing traditional cultural crafts to continue, through sales to others, and provides income to the people producing items from their culture, to people from other cultures. Cultural "appropriation," on the other hand, usually involves a larger group profiting from the culture of a smaller group, by an inappropriate use of ideas and images associated with the other culture. In other words, it generally involves money, and intention (the latter sometimes being difficult to determine.) But, I agree with Komo, it might be better to wear an item actually made by the culture it was representing, if financially possible. You [U]thought[/U] you were, but maybe didn't realize the background of this particular type of beaded item. (Examples are also imported from China.) The editors of Encyclopedia Britanica have a very good explanation of what cultural appropriation is, giving instructive examples, at: [URL]https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-cultural-appropriation[/URL] To quote from the above website: "Cultural appropriation takes place when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way." I wouldn't say the bracelet is "disrespectful," but some might consider the images border on "stereotypical." It's, again, a fine line that determines what is traditional and what is stereotypical. And it's a life-long learning experience.[/QUOTE]
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