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Cultural Appropriation

Cultural appropriation is when someone steals something from a culture that isn't their own. This is not the same as Cultural Appreciation.

So when white people wear box braids or cornrows, IT IS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. AND YOU WILL GO BALD BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE THE RIGHT HAIR TEXTURE
1: You cant wear box braids, its cultural appropriation
2: Ok, so we are gatekeeping hairstyles now?
1: No, Box braids are from the AFRICAN culture... It started back in slave times.
2: Tf that gotta do wit me, Chile?
1: You are doing cultural appropriation and using aave? Educate yourself, please...
by Fqiry_hoon March 8, 2022
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Cultural appropriation

An excuse to bully somebody for expressing themselves for for liking another culture.
Cultural appropriation is not a real problem. Get a life.
by tigersharktax April 9, 2024
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appropriate

P1: urban dictionary is so damn sexual!
P2: IKR? It's inappropriate!
P3: who the hell says IKR IRL?
P4: this is real life dumbass we don't shorten shit here!
P5: GUYS STOP GOING OFF TOPIC WE'LL BE DELETE-
by fuck off nosy ass prick December 19, 2021
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Appropriate

Something you will never see here in the urban dictionary
Guy 1: Be appropriate!
Guy 2: No F***ing way!
by bubbleb***h37 December 15, 2021
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appropriate version

The appropriate version is not available as yet.
by Hercolena Oliver October 19, 2008
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swag appropriation

When an individual, who is swag greedy, takes someone else's swag and claims it as their own.
Aidan claims he was the first to stan the band STRFKR but everyone knew Katherine was. In other words he committed swag appropriation.
by swag greedy October 4, 2018
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cultural appropriation

Moronic idea that takes guilt by association... And uses it to justify literally segregating culture by race. The concept is believed to come from Western academic circles, now it's widely used by anti-white nationalists as a way of gaining power.
Person A: Hey, don't use that word! You're white, so that's cultural appropriation on your part!
Person B: Wait, I though you guys supported racial equality. Now you're trying to gatekeep culture by race, blood and soil style. Would MLK be proud of you?
Person A: He would agree with us! You whites were oppressing us POC for so long! Now you're trying to steal our culture!
Person B: How do you even steal a culture? Do you, like, lose an access to words when I use them? And besides, what "you whites" are talking about? I for one did nothing against your people, I wasn't even around during the times of slavery. And even if I was, I would likely be a serf. I'm from Russia.
Person A: But if you'll come to US, you'll benefit from the racist system. So it's only fair to compensate for it in advance by treating you as an oppressor, limiting your right for self-expresson, and...
Person B: ...and this is why I'm not coming to US anytime soon. Not until you guys come to your senses.
by Siberian Lynx August 12, 2023
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