Several parents have asked me why cultural appropriation has become such a big deal when it comes to choosing Halloween costumes. After all, if a child loves a certain character or person, why shouldn ...

The phrase “cultural appropriation” appears in many forms and many contexts. And the debates surrounding it have swelled periodically, especially in the last 20 years. But what does it really mean, ...

This story was written by Irene Mairemí Pita Vaca and Isabel Collazos Gottret for Muy Waso (Bolivia). It is republished by Global Voices under a media agreement. Cultural appropriation is a sensitive ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on who should be allowed to find their “spirit animals.” By Kwame Anthony Appiah I work as an art therapist at a hospital, where I invited a group of patients to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwen Stefani recently came under fire for saying "I'm Japanese" in a new interview. Stefani is just one of many pop stars who have ...

In the 1960s, when Roy Lichtenstein began incorporating comic strips into his paintings, he framed the gesture as a form of ironic appropriation. His use of cartoons and comics was meant to ...

Luxury brands continue to draw controversy for appropriation of Indigenous communities’ culture, reducing motifs and symbols ...