spiderarana

Ugh.  There's certainly such a thing as detrimental cultural appropriation, but with no borrowing from other cultures and no imitation there's no cultural evolution.  New ideas aren't some platonically pure phenomenon - they spring from re-interpreting the things we come into contact with: often the things that are new to us.  Those are likely to be from outside our own culture, or they wouldn't be new.  Without appropriation there's no Rock'n'Roll, no BBQ, no Kurosawa, no Picasso (at least not his best stuff).

Cultural appropriation? Heaven help us, the madness has knocked on the door and we've let it in. @fullfeeling understands this. I just wish more people did. I'm waiting for acting to be banned and only autobiography to be allowed.