ipl-logo

Effects Of Appropriation On African American Culture

688 Words3 Pages

African Americans much like myself have a deep desire to have an identity rooted in cultures. Often times We're left in a no-man's land, we don't often ever see ourselves reflected in today’s society. America loves appropriating African American culture, even though America, at time, doesn’t show much love to black people. From our dreadlocks to our dashikis White America continues to take black tradition and use it for their own personal entertainment hardly ever giving proper credit, stepping over historical background, or just feeding into stereotypes. Every year Whites receive all the proper credits for succeeding at mocking “black culture”
This year was filled with white people receiving praise for hairstyles that African American men and woman have been wearing for years, and have been looked down for wearing. They call them “new trends” but they have been worn for years. They completely erased black people from our own culture making it there’s and bringing light to it. …show more content…

A definition of Appropriation is when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated but is deemed as high fashion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for the themselves. Appropriation occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep significance of what they are partaking. People often have a hard time understanding that it is more than just hair, just clothes, or just slang often times that is a part of our livelihood of our communities, yet America still doesn’t get

Open Document