Question

define cultural appropriation and why this might be considered controversial. Also, how might one avoid unintentional cultural appropriation?

Answer 1

Cultural appropriation is the adoption of the culture of one's by the members of another culture . It can be said that the tradition and culture of other members are copied by other members but in distorted form which is often misleading .

Controversy - it causes adoption of the culture in unappropriate form which is misleading . The culture of one group is manipulated and exploited by the member of dominant culture . The context is changed when this copy paste of culture is done . It is against the cultural preservation . The religious and cultural tradition is exploited for erotic fashion .

One can avoid cultural appropriation by doing research and should admit that the thoughts , culture are inspired and should create their own version but should give it the same name . The person should call it as learning experience .