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Why it's better to talk about cultural exploitation than cultural "appropriation"...
"Verrit," a media startup recently endorsed by Hillary Clinton, illustrates the tendencies the Democratic Party needs to rid itself of...
Current Affairs shared SWOTI's post.
The WRONG ON THE INTERNET AWARD for August 30th goes to Bari Weiss at The New York Times. She wrote a very very "bad take" re Cultural Appropriation that manag...es to miss the mark in every conceivable way.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/opin…/cultural-appropriation.html…
Luckily! Brie wrote a piece in this month's print edition of Current Affairs that addresses every thought question and concern raised about the topic. It defends it where it needs defending and draws hard lines and rules to help delineate instances of overreach. (*Cough, Taylor Swift cough*).
I'll let you boos know when it's online, but I can't emphasize enough how #worthit it is to subscribe to Current Affairs. I'm giving you a taste below, but there's so much more!
Also, revisit Episode 18, where we have the conversation that led Brie to write the article. And when your friends try to step to you re cultural appropriation, hit them with this handy SWOTI guide to parsing what is and isn't #problematic.
https://soundcloud.com/…/…/stats/plays/2017-08-24/2017-08-30
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