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.
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
Something a lot of ignorant people try to discredit and write off as bullshit but it is when a person from any background takes something from someone else's culture and tries to make it their own. Literally a person trying to disassociate a culture from it's people.
Cultural Appropriation is not just Kim Kardashian wearing cornrows but becomes that when the media calls them "Kardashian Braids". More examples are if a girl were to wear an native american headress and call it a "feather hat," or A person wearing a bindi and calling it "the new forehead dot," must I go on???????
by JWizzleOnThaBlock October 12, 2016
Cultural Appropriation is the very real theft of the elements of a minority culture, stolen by the majority, and joined into pop culture, without acknowledging the original creators of that culture. Elements that the original culture are usually made fun of for embracing, but are made trendy by the majority while abusing its significance. Anyone can appropriate culture.
"Do you see Steven with that tribal tattoo? "
"Total cultural appropriation he isn't even native American and he doesn't know what they stand for. He said they just looked cool"
"Total cultural appropriation he isn't even native American and he doesn't know what they stand for. He said they just looked cool"
by thatrudeblackgirl May 16, 2016
When a jungle bunny screams and assaults a white boy for wearing dreads. But nonetheless you'll see said jungle bunny and beaners all over the place with blonde wig/dye jobs/ streaks. And blue contacts.
Fuck this shit i know shanikwa wasn't born with blonde hair, she is appropriating my culture. Thats text book cultural appropriation.
by Maga trump 2020 August 21, 2018
The act of contaminating white culture with outside influences.
Proponents of this term demand that customs, practices or traditions that originated in a non-white culture be kept out of it.
Increasingly, the term is used to purge non-white culture altogether.
Proponents of this term demand that customs, practices or traditions that originated in a non-white culture be kept out of it.
Increasingly, the term is used to purge non-white culture altogether.
"You can't wear a colombian costume on Halloween, that's cultural appropriation!"
"I am colombian."
"That doesn't matter; it might trigger the other white racists."
"I am colombian."
"That doesn't matter; it might trigger the other white racists."
by Andy Eier November 17, 2015
by TheRealKingJ October 30, 2015
when white people thinks it's okay to steal all the ~~~pretty~~~ or appealing things from cultures and use them for attention (i.e basically every white female celebrity with a bindi or miley cyrus and 'twerking') . It's pretty annoying and i ask you to please stop
example of cultural appropriation:
miley cyrus: i may be a hill-billy but i can twerk!!!
white audience: lmao raise da roof!!!!!! holla!!
black audience: "hysterical laughter"
miley cyrus: i may be a hill-billy but i can twerk!!!
white audience: lmao raise da roof!!!!!! holla!!
black audience: "hysterical laughter"
by pissedoff123 November 13, 2013