The article offers suggestions for choral groups for addressing issues related ethnic and cultural appropriation in choral music and fostering new relationships and making their music better. The suggestions include making sure that one knows the history and context of the music one sings, not using ...
The article offers suggestions for choral groups for addressing issues related ethnic and cultural appropriation in choral music and fostering new relationships and making their music better. The suggestions include making sure that one knows the history and context of the music one sings, not using ...
Cultural appropriation has been identified across a range of fields, including religion, music, sports, fashion, visual art, and film. The term cultural appropriation is thought to have emerged in the 1970s from academic discourse on Western colonialism. No one person has been credited with the ...
The term "cultural appropriation" has been used to describe everything from makeup and hairstyles to tattoos, clothing and even food and wellness practices. The phrase originated in the 1980s in academic discussions of colonialism and the treatment of non-white cultures. From there, it worked it...
However, the music style was adapted from Black musicians who did not receive recognition. 9 In fact, music executives of the time favored White artists in favor of Black performers, thereby confirming the notion that cultural appropriation has negative consequences for non-dominant groups. Sweat ...
said in a YouTube clip that went viral. “We have artists now that are much more willing to step into black genres.” Mars’s defenders say that his syncretic music honors the R&B and funk of yesteryear. How does success factor into how we discern between syncretism and appropriation?
While the hairstyle has historically been found in cultures around the globe, in recent popular culture it is most-closely tied to Africa, where it has a lengthy history. In Africa many different tribes sport particular hairstyles, including various kinds of braids, cornrows, and locks. The tex...
the effect would be infuriating: “I don’t speak Hebrew like this, and I don’t speak English like this.” Faced with this clear critique of Shefi’s cultural appropriation, Erez says “At this point I shut up and listen,” giving an example we would all do well to follow ...
Unfortunately, oppression isn’t a problem of the past. LGBT people still face incredibly high rates of violence, murder, poverty and homelessness. Complaints about slang and cultural appropriation usually come back to the same point: As long as LGBT people face discrimination, the use of their...
Cultural appropriation is defined many ways, but one such definition is an adoption of minority culture by members of the dominant culture. It’s also adopting a culture without fully respecting it. To ignore the difference between Mars’ music and say,Katy Perrywearing cornrows,Madonnadressing li...