“I'm sympathetic insofar as I think the 'cultural appropriation' critique has often gone too far. But what needs to be known is that African-American artists have created incredible, magical intellectual property -- only to have it monetized by white people, while the black artist gets nothing. That'…”— PieChart Guy, nytimes.comTagged: nyt, new york times, Cultural Appropriation, commentary, From the comments
“[Cultural] appropriation suggests theft, and a process analogous to the seizure of land or artifacts. In the case of culture, however, what is called appropriation is not theft but messy interaction. Writers and artists necessarily engage with the experiences of others. Nobody owns a culture, but ev…”— Kenan Malik, nytimes.comTagged: Culture, dialogue, Debate, controversial, Cultural Appropriation