Cultural appropriation

A term used by racist bigots who are angry to discover that they don't have personal ownership of a generally available product, style, or service.

Box braids on white people are cultural appropriation.

by Thystle April 26, 2021

cultural appropriation

The notion that its racist and evil for a white person to wear dreads or corn rows. If you happen to be white and think this is hypochrisy as ca 90% of black women make their hair staight and/or use fake hair, you are also evil and racist because culturel appropriation (and racism) only works one way.

If you are white and dont stick to a purely white style, as defined by others and not you, you are abusing other races style aka cultural appropriation, which is racist and evil because you are white and thus have no right to steal other races style.

by BullyBanana May 28, 2017

appropriate technology

The term appropriate technology is broadly used to mean a technology that is simple to use, culturally sensitive, adoptable to prevailing local conditions and cost effective. So that, whether in a small farm processing agricutural raw materials or in an office complex handling large volumes of commercial client, the technology that is adopted must meet the above criteria, so as to maximize input, promote efficiency and reduce cost.

Appropriate Technology.
For example;
Tractors for relatively large farms.

by NdeiyaxyGh. December 3, 2010

Cultural Appropriation

Something that white people came up with because they have nothing better to complain about even though minorities like myself literally couldnt care less

Person: (wears something related to another culture)
White social justice warrior: OMG CULTURAL APPROPRIATION

Person from that culture: Oh that’s nice I like to see other people trying things from my culture in order to break the divide between our cultures

by asianandverytired February 16, 2018

appropriately tasteless

Anything that is blatantly tasteless, yet very funny and well received.

The movie "Team America: World Police" is appropriately tasteless.

by Scott Zz September 21, 2006

cultural appropriation

The act of taking customs, practices, or traditions from one culture (usually by a member of a dominant culture) to either mock or simplify the meaning or significance of that piece of culture. Also, taking/wearing something from another culture and appreciating it only when it is not on the body of a member of that culture.

Examples/applications of cultural appropriation:

Giuliana Rancic: OMG Kylie Jenner's dreadlocks are so cool and edgy!!
Giuliana Rancic: OMG Zendaya must smell like weed and patchouli.

Any male or female that is NOT Native American wearing a Native American headdress because those headdresses are reserved for MALE elders after a religious ceremony; it's not just a cute hat.

Wearing bindis, dashikis, dreadlocks, saris, kilts, clogs, or any other type of clothing that is not native to your own culture without acknowledging the history these clothes come from or the oppression that some people who wear those clothes have to face because they are different from the majority culture in a specific country.

by epitome_of_grace September 21, 2015

Cultural Appropriation

When a person takes something with cultural significance from another culture for their own, but doesn't respect or understand the cultural significance the something has. Instead they only claim to 'like' the culture because of what they can gain from it.

Eg:
White kid 1: Ugh, Indians have such stupid customs and shit.
White kid 2: Yeah OMG!

Later
White kid 1: OMG Bindis are so cool! I love Indians! I'm all for Hindu or whateverr
Indian kid: wtf cultural appropriation much.

by seriously253 May 15, 2015