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Cultural Appropriation Defined
As defined by Encyclopedia Britannica. (I promise, I didn't ask them to use the headdress/warbonnet example, but how perfect for this topic and point of education.) Cultural appropriation , adoption of certain language, behaviour, clothing, or tradition belonging to a minority culture or social group by a dominant culture or group in a way that is exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical. An imbalance of power between the appropriator and the appropriated is a critical condition of the concept. Cultural appropriation often is viewed as a problem of the postcolonial world; in this way, the term commonly is used in reference to Western or white populations’ adoption of aspects of non-Western or non-white cultures. Cultural appropriation has been identified across a range of fields, including religion, music, sports, fashion, visual art, and film. The term cultural appropriation is thought to have emerged in the 1970s from academic discourse on Western colonialism. No ...
The name Yakima originates from the Yakama Nation Native American tribe. It's nothing derogatory like Washington Red Skins. They should keep it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I certainly agree that the name is not the derogatory part. If you can clarify, it seems as though you are referring to the name of the City of Yakima and aren't referring to the actual logo image. Is that correct? If so, this isn't a campaign to change the name of the city but to remove the Native man in a headdress image from the Yakima police department logo.
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