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WanderingEng · 2490 days ago · link · · parent · post: Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible
I agree that's the difference, and I don't think mocking or stereotyping a culture is appropriation, it's racism or homophobia or misogyny or another negative bias worthy of scorn. I agree, though that gets muddied because a small number of people within a culture don't get to decide for the entire culture what is or is not offensive.and usually when one makes a costume out of them, it's to get a laugh. That's the difference.
I think the broader point is that we don't get to decide what other people in other cultures find offensive.