My target audience doesn't belong to a particular race or culture, they just enjoy the design aesthetic that I produce. This is why I want to be sure that I am neither offending nor alienating any potential clients. Also...her face is still white because we haven't been able to figure out how to shade it in to where it looks right. I haven't fully begun using the logo yet so I still have time to make changes, whether that means scrapping the idea altogether or altering the image to somehow make it more universally appealing.
did you see this article about a polish designer using native american designs and saying that she is honouring indigenous americans by doing so? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-31541088
"Cultural appropriation" is the worst kind of intersectional bogwash the Amerian left has ever come up with. Not only is it ridiculous in it very self, but also is it absolutely foolish and completely lacks a "raison d'être"("Oh my, did he just appropriate French? Racist!"). "Cultural appropriation" has always been around. Human beings are social creatures. We talk to people. We travel and borrow things from each other. Who ever came up with the term "cultural appropriation" should be mocked and bullied to death. Cultural phenomenas spread, even more so in todays globalized world. However, these phenomenas are naturally adapted to better fit the new context and thereby given a new meaning. For example Mc Donald's is not entirely the same thing in the US as it is in eg Indonesia. "Cultural appropriation" is due to this indeed a fact, however claiming that it would be something bad, evil and racist is nothing but Marxistoid bollox. When this foolishness is put into practise there are no borders or limits for what you can claim person x is not allowed to do; Afro-Americans are culturally appropriating the English language. Most likely it was the Sumerians who "Invented" the written language, by this all of us in here and pretty much most people on Earth are culturally appropriating "Sumerianess".Given this we are not even deserved of democracy as applying it is nothing but cultural appropriation.....And hey, don't anyone of you ever dare to enter an IKEA again! Ugh.
As an Englishman black Americans have culturely appropriated the english language from me ,and Rap has culturally approriated the cadence of Shakespeare.
I don't like the concept of cultural appropriation. People can express themselves however they want. I hope that you're being facetious. You should know full well that Blacks did not culturally appropriate the English language. They were forced to learn it from their White slave masters so they could communicate. Learning a different language is not cultural appropriation. As I understand it cultural appropriation is when you adopt a cultural custom as you own such as wearing a certain hairstyle, certain clothing or listening to music that is not part of your normal culture. Like I said I personally have no problem with this. I don't care if White people identify with things more commonly associated with Black people or vice versa.
I agree that the idea of “cultural appropriation” is one of the most ridiculous and ignorant whines ever to darken the American doorstep. A couple of points: 1) BB King, one of the best blues artists ever, said, in interviews that he was really happy that whites (many Brits at the time, too) started playing the blues. Those white bands and artists were able to bring blues music to white audiences in colleges and clubs, thereby opening up a giant new market for both white AND black players. This is what made it possible for BB King to begin to make some real money through his playing. If white players had not begun to play blues and jazz in their clubs, then it would probably have taken many decades longer for black players to be allowed to play in those same clubs (where they could also earn more, and steadier, money for themselves). 2) And, if we’re going to get really snarky about “cultural appropriation” then what shall we do with all the black women who are now wearing wigs made of hair that is obviously of European origin. And especially, what about the black women who dye or bleach their hair blonde? And who, in other cases wear blindingly bright blonde wigs. And what about the fact that most black women, it seems, go through a ton of trouble and expense to straighten their hair to project a look that obviously is NOT natural to them. Are we going to accuse THEM of cultural appropriation, and give them crap about it? In my opinion, they should be able to wear their hair, or their wigs, any way they choose. People everywhere have always taken this, and that, anything they found attractive or interesting, from other groups. This is nothing at all new, and it is certainly not particular to Americans. To make a big stink about this kind of stuff is imbecilic. It only serves to make loud-mouthed whiners look even more ignorant and stupid than they usually do (if that’s possible).
Of course, cultural appropriation is a cultural appropriation in itself as the term derrives from anthropology, but now has been appropriated by SJW's and other versions of intersectional leftists. Give us our term back!
Cultural appropriation is a good thing. It makes things better. Think about Mexican food for instance. Just the taco. Have you ever had a taco with beef, pork, or fish on it? How about cheddar cheese? They are pretty yummy right? Well before Spaniards came to Mexico there was no beef. So most of the tacos had potatoes and rabbit meat on them. Ever tasted rabbit meat? It's not bad but....tacos? If the English hadn't broght cheddar cheese to the party you'd have disgusting spanish quesoblonco. If the Germans immigrants never made fajitas you wouldn't have a fajita taco. So cultural appropriation is good.
I don't think I'd pay much attention to these so called "Social justice waitresses" they are just a bunch of fit throwing children that were nit able to easily skate through life.
I LOVE cheese, especially the stronger flavored yellow ones. So, I'm warning you. Bring your cheese around me, and it WILL be appropriated.
