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I have to admit that the one tiny silver lining of our horrific current moment is that you just don’t see people shanking each other over stuff like “is it cultural appropriation for a white woman to sell coconut water” anymore

I’ve never really understood the cultural appropriation thing. I get that it’s bad to try to pass off someone else’s idea as your own. But as long as you give credit to your influences, why would you avoid using good things from other cultures?

There should be a name for people opening a restaurant with a bad version of food from their own culture to cater to bad American tastes. There's an Indian place by us that my Indian coworker couldn't stand because it is objectively bad. Sadly, it's my daughter's favorite place. 😀

This is a huge part of my daily life, and for the most part, we are more concerned about misappropriation (using something for the aesthetic of it and not understanding the meaning) and respecting "closed practices" within religious context.