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by readthenotes1 1260 days ago
as a white person, your culture is defined by taking things from others (e.g., the english language is a melange of many languages).

therefore, it is cultural appropriation to adopt cultural appropriation as a perjorative

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As a white person of only partial English descent, that's not my definition of my culture.
try to find purity in an american rendition of northwestern european culture. language, holy days, vakue systems--all are taken from elsewhere. lmk what you find. I'll wait until St Paddy's day to find you crying in your green beer...