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What are your thoughts on this? I agree. (However I'm sure more than just Americans care about cultural appropriation.)

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I'm irish.

And every March 17th people world wide dress I'm green and wear ginger wigs.

I am highly offended each time 😂😂

Cultural appropriation IS BS and another way for the world to have an issue with something.

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Uh this is completely wrong. East Asians have been very vocal about cultural appropriation and many don't like it all. As a jamaican though I don't really care about the "appropriation" of locs. As long as the person gives credit where it's due I don't care. But I also know I don't speak for the whole nation.

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I think there are some things that come from certain cultures that can be offensive but not everything is. Like if you were to go around wearing an Native American Headress, I personally think that is offensive to the Native Americans.

I also think it can be considered offensive when you take something from another culture and give 0 credit and rename it and make it a "new trend".

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I'm still trying to understand cultural appropriation.

I personally don't take offense to non-POC using hairstyles that are typically used by POC but I'm starting to understand why some people do

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Yea but you aren't going around talking crap about them doing it then taking it for yourself.... You're simply embracing their culture. Cultural appropriation is not wearing something another culture does. It is taking someone else's culture and claiming it to be your own. Op clearly didn't understand this

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First of all, it's Rastafarians who you would have to ask, and not just basic Jamacians, who call them Locs, because there is nothing dreadful about it. Secondly, many other places don't like appropriation, but Americans are more vocal about everything. So no, I don't agree with what he is trying to say.

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I agree.

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It just depends. I know cultural apropriation is often talked about by the people from India I know, but my Japanese friends are all about culture sharing.

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I agree with half of this. Sometimes people will not tell you when they're offended by something or won't be so direct. I do think it is a tad disrespectful to wear an article of clothing or to style your hair a certain way that is sacred to a certain type of religion, culture, ethnicity, etc. if your only goal is to look good in it instead of to appreciate its meaning. However, with all that sad, I do agree that we don't need to speak for people. Let them speak for yourselves. For example, if you're a white person like me and I'm wearing something that you think will offend others, mind your business. If it isn't your culture that's being offended, mind your business. Those who are truly offended by it can speak for themselves. Because the truth is, that white person very well could've had a black friend who did their hair for them in cornrows or dreads. That is sharing culture. Not cultural appropriation. I will never understand the hardcore SJWs out there who are not any kind of minority who try speaking for others because the truth is, just because someone is black doesn't mean they're going to be offended. It just depends on who the person is. Not all Hispanics, Asians, African Americans, native Americans, etc give that much of a crap what others choose to do. If they do, let them speak. You don't need to.

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