cultural appropriation

Elle Canada became the latest magazine to culturally appropriate Black fashion, when it called Dashikis the new it-item.

In this week's news of cringe-worthy cultural appropriation: Allure magazine ran the article "You (Yes, You) Can Have An Afro" in its August issue

On Sunday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, Bravo TV personality Andy Cohen took his snarky behavior to a new level when he named 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg “Jackhole of the Day.” Cohen may be known for his candidness, but this time, his shocking comments were questionable. The host directed a question to his two guests, Orange is the New […]

The upside to teens in the limelight is the friendly reminder that not all are caught up in the vanity and fame it brings. Case in point: Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg, who gave a brief lesson on cultural appropriation to Kylie Jenner over the weekend. The youngest sister of the Kardashian klan posted a photo of […]

Cultural appropriation, while not new, has taken center stage in national conversations in past months, with the onslaught of White mainstream musicians adopting the fashion, music, and speech associated with Black culture or subsets of said culture. In fact, following former-Disney star Miley Cyrus’ insistence on “twerking,” Black feminists, scholars and pundits used think pieces […]

As has been the case for almost as long as Madonna has had a career, black folks are telling her “culture-y vulture-y” behind to have a seat. And yet the material girl has done it again—exploiting blackness to sell records. Yes, her newest effort has gone back to the same racially insensitive playbook that she always has […]