Appropriation Does Not Combat Racism
Endorsement From A Few Don’t Make It Right Sweetie
Every where we look, there’s a white person, often liberal, who is using the styles, sounds and slang from other cultures and excusing under the guise of “love”. They just want to show their love. Appropriation is about taking from other cultures and ignores the people upset in that community. Kind of like how cries for justice from those same communities are ignored.
Cultural Appropriation Does Not Fight Racism
In fact, cultural appropriation plays into racism, misogynoir and anti-Blackness. It strips the history that comes with those styles (be it clothes or hair). It continues mining Black culture for clicks, influence and attention while the people are not seen. There is no crossover or correlation between appropriation and better treatment toward the community whose culture is appropriated. People ignorantly try to claim that there is a love for the people if there is a love of the culture. They are not synonymous. Because the people are not seen, but a caricature, a cliche, a one-dimensional cutout is what is seen—not a person.
