Appropriation Quotes
Perspectives on borrowing, ownership, and cultural respect
These quotes examine cultural appropriation from several angles, from personal experience to broader economic and historical patterns. The debate touches themes found throughout our Africa quotes collection as well.
The concept of cultural appropriation is nothing less than an intellectual fence: Keep out.
That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age.
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Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.
The main problem with cultural appropriation comes from dominant groups 'borrowing' from marginalized groups who face oppression or have been stigmatized for their cultural practices throughout history.
Accordance Quotes
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.
Our modern understanding of cultural appropriation is highly individualised. It's all about what Halloween costume you wear, or who's cooking biryani. But the way in which the idea was first used was to describe a relationship of dominance and exploitation...
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Coldplay's 'Hymn for the Weekend' video featuring Beyonce is already caught in a heated conversation about cultural appreciation of Indian religion and culture versus cultural appropriation of that culture for the western gaze.
The conversation of cultural appropriation versus appreciation is especially important for the NFL as it seeks to expand its fan base to London and all over the world.
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Speakers here question who gets to claim a tradition and who is left out of the conversation. For related reflections on shared heritage, see our age quotes page.
