I read both articles you wrote and I agree with you. I didn’t know “cultural appropriation” was a thing until some weeks ago. People have access to social media and comment like they are experts on every topic, but end up spreading intolerance. I am from El Salvador (a small country in Central America), so that makes me a POC, but I do not live in the US.

Anyways, what bothers me is that many people who are POC and apparently live in the US complain about harmless stuff relating it to struggles of their people. They say that the whites do not acknowledge them or their communities’ issues. While I do not deny that people of color have suffered injustice, if they are US-born citizens, then they are at privilege. They probably didn’t live what migrants from all over the world endure. My country has lived through military dictatorships, a bloody and sad civil war, and the post war years are filled with economic crisis and gang violence. If their ancestors had troubled backgrounds such as my country’s, presenting appropriation as the worst social issue just belittles the real problems.

Thanks writing such a great post.