I am confused as to why it is good or bad or neither. Genuinely confused. Please and thank you.
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Typically it becomes problematic when someone takes important/serious cultural symbols, traits, practices etc and then adopted a veneer of them without understanding or having an actual connection to the underlying cultural significance of the culture they’re dressing up in.
If someone is playing dress up with a symbol/dress/etc that’s important to another group but can’t explain the significance behind the thing they’re adopting or why it’s relevant to them (which is a frequent occurrence) then they’re reducing these things to being mere logos, or “cool” images, that are then used devoid of any context.
The process also frequently ends up turning the original imagery, etc into a cartoonish fetishized version of the original stripped of any real meaning.
Some people aren’t thrilled about this being done to their important cultural symbols.
OTOH, some people and cultures generally DGAF, especially depending on exactly what is being copied.
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