What is Culture Appropriation?
Karlie Kloss during Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Image from The Closet Feminist. Katy Perry dressed as a geisha at American Music Awards in 2013. Image from ThoughtCo. Culture Appropriation is an act of using somethings that from other people's culture without showing respect and understanding. A ppropriation occur when a leading group of people utilizes the craftsmanship, culture or religious images, thoughts and expressions from long-marginalized groups to profit themselves. This kind of issues usually happened in music, fashion, beauty industries. For example, wearing a Pocahontas (Native American) costume for Halloween, or Katy Perry dressed as a geisha at American Music Awards in 2013. But this does not mean that we can not use other people's culture, Quote from TheStar.com " Cultures are fluid and we constantly appreciate and take from one another." Instead of just making money from other people's culture, we should understand an