Honestly, I'm generally rather skeptical of overly broad applications of the cultural (mis)appropriation trope. Cultures are not self-contained, static wholes, human knowledge, ideas and creativity are not, or should not be bounded and origins are neither determinant of full proprietary control nor prisons. The point of humans learning about one another is in large if not whole so that we can open up. We all take, borrow, derive, get inspired. Not all such human interaction is violence and it would be silly to miss out on wisdom (or just an interesting new lens) because of the current but arbitrary and historically contingent belief surrounding notions of self, identity, culture and personhood.
And so, since you are curious, why not do some journey work? You can ask your own direct questions and maybe get straight answers there.
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Date: 2011-07-11 10:25 pm (UTC)And so, since you are curious, why not do some journey work? You can ask your own direct questions and maybe get straight answers there.