Cultural Appropriati0n
It has become a thing. It is most particularly about someone appropriating the significant symbols of another culture to use them without respect for the value they hold for that other culture. Like dressing up models in Plains Indians' war bonnets, essentially trivializing them to achieve 'a look.' I heard about a taco food truck in Oregon that was shut down by public protest on the basis of 'cultural appropriation' because the vendors were not themselves Mexican. In fact, commerce between... Sign in to see full entry.