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cultural appropriation

Simply put, by using pieces of a culture that go hand in hand with oppression, you participate in the erasure of that culture’s authentic experience.

Is cultural appropriation ever appropriate? Photo illustration by Tina Wallace Miley Cyrus’s new look has caused quite the stir amongst reporters and bloggers, especially after her racey Video Music Awards performance with Robin Thicke. The problem some people have with  Cyrus’s adoption of “ratchet” style, and with other pop culture and media phenomena like the …