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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoTrue, but there are nuances. Stealing a symbol and giving it new meaning by using it for a different purpose is obviously a worse kind of appropriation than adopting language and culture.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoSo it’s not just regular appropriation, it’s the bad kind of appropriation. Because they’re bad. Have I got that right?
minus-squareMaevelinkfedilink2•4 days agoYes. Cause it’s different when I do it. I really have to sit with this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 days agoAppropriation implies a form of exclusivity and denying the original’s validity. As in: KKK took that symbol and forever changed everyone’s association with it to their own org. It’s not appropriation to use a thing, it’s appropriation to treat your use of the thing as the correct/real one.
True, but there are nuances. Stealing a symbol and giving it new meaning by using it for a different purpose is obviously a worse kind of appropriation than adopting language and culture.
So it’s not just regular appropriation, it’s the bad kind of appropriation. Because they’re bad.
Have I got that right?
Yes. Cause it’s different when I do it. I really have to sit with this.
Appropriation implies a form of exclusivity and denying the original’s validity. As in:
KKK took that symbol and forever changed everyone’s association with it to their own org.
It’s not appropriation to use a thing, it’s appropriation to treat your use of the thing as the correct/real one.