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Cultural Appropriation

Kat Rosenfield | Lex Villena, Reason

Free Speech

Kat Rosenfield: Why It's Important for Novelists To Speak Freely

The mystery writer and cultural critic is an outspoken defender of free thinking and cultural appropriation.

Nick Gillespie | 2.22.2023 12:01 PM

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Comedy

Noah Rothman: The Progressive War on Fun

A conservative argues today's left is channeling Puritan theocrats when they try to prevent us from enjoying ourselves. Is he correct?

Nick Gillespie | 7.13.2022 5:15 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

American Dirt Author Cancels Book Tour, Claiming Safety Concerns

The tour may be canceled, but the book is benefiting from the controversy.

Robby Soave | 1.30.2020 12:08 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Booker Prize Winner Bernardine Evaristo: 'This Whole Idea of Cultural Appropriation Is Ridiculous'

"I refuse to construct some kind of character who is going to appease everybody."

Robby Soave | 12.3.2019 9:55 AM

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Campus Free Speech

Indiana Wesleyan Student Kicked Out of Honors College for Questioning Cultural Appropriation

Bias incident reports, safety concerns, and harassment charges, all because of a slightly trollish Facebook post.

Robby Soave | 11.26.2019 10:00 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Don't Let the Woke Scolds Ruin Cinco de Mayo

Tacos, tequila, and sombreros are not the path to white supremacy.

Robby Soave | 5.5.2019 8:00 AM

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Texas

Is Gentrification Still Bad If Local Owners Profit from White Hipsters?

A tale of chicken and cultural appropriation in Austin.

Liz Wolfe | 2.8.2019 12:00 PM

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Reason Roundup

Another Blow for Fake News About Fake News: Reason Roundup

Plus: Author Zadie Smith talking cultural appropriation, and Budweiser versus Big Corn

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.4.2019 9:30 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Yes, White Kids Can Dress Up As Black Panther for Halloween

"The idea that only black kids would wear Black Panther costumes is insane to me."

Robby Soave | 10.31.2018 2:15 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation? British TV Chef's 'Jerk Rice' Isn't Jamaican Enough for Critics

"This appropriation needs to stop," says one Labour Party member of Parliament.

Joe Setyon | 8.20.2018 4:15 PM

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Reason Podcast

'It Became Normal, It Became Hot, to Be Alternative' — Reason 50th Anniversary: Podcast

Nick Gillespie talks about the end of the cultural mainstream, the rise of DIY everything, and the quaint, unacknowledged power of $6 DVD players.

Nick Gillespie | 8.2.2018 3:40 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Southern Poverty Law Center Calls Cinco de Mayo Festivities 'Textbook Cultural Appropriation'

"Mexican culture cannot be reduced to tacos, oversized sombreros and piñatas." True, but those shouldn't be off-limits either.

Robby Soave | 5.7.2018 3:35 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Is This Prom Dress an Act of Cultural Appropriation?

Social media can actually be pretty good at hosting heated conversations about racism and sexism.

Nick Gillespie | 4.30.2018 9:50 AM

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Tattoos

Your Tattoos Are Problematic

Liz Wolfe | 2.24.2018 6:00 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation Means Never Having to Say You're Sari

Kennedy wears Indian garb, gives anti-cultural appropriators a mass coronary

Shikha Dalmia | 11.9.2017 11:16 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

The Death of a Nacho King Proves the Media Are Cultural Appropriation's Biggest Enablers

This isn't the first time the MSM have gotten their tortilla-chip meal provenance wrong.

Gustavo Arellano | 11.8.2017 3:23 PM

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Reasontv

Remy: Trigger (Thriller Parody)

No one's there to save you from a joke that you don't like.

Remy | 10.31.2017 11:18 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Screw Cultural Appropriation and Let Your Daughter (or Son!) Be Moana for Halloween

Cosmopolitan isn't very cosmopolitan when it comes to costumes.

Robby Soave | 10.24.2017 11:21 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Us Silly Right-Wingers and Our #Problematic Sombreros!

The New Republic unwittingly praises Reason and Lionel Shriver with faint damning.

Matt Welch | 9.28.2017 11:59 AM

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Political Correctness

Katy Perry Is Very Sorry She Once Wore Her Hair in Cornrows

The cultural appropriation hysteria reaches a fever pitch.

Brendan O'Neill | 6.14.2017 3:44 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

A U.N. Effort to Make Cultural Appropriation Illegal?

An intergovernmental committee meets in Geneva this week to talk about "protecting" traditional cultural expressions.

Ed Krayewski | 6.14.2017 1:35 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

White-Owned Restaurants Shamed for Serving Ethnic Food: It's Cultural Appropriation

'It's about profit, ownership, and wealth in a white supremacist culture.'

Robby Soave | 5.23.2017 4:05 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump's Tough Talk in Saudi Arabia, Cultural Appropriation Follies, And Protesting Mike Pence [Reason Podcast]

What happens when rhetoric is good but totally divorced from reality, whether the topic is the budget or war?

Nick Gillespie and Ian Keyser | 5.22.2017 3:30 PM

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Political Correctness

A Canadian Writer Defended Cultural Appropriation and All Hell Broke Loose

"...a space that is not safe for indigenous and racialized writers."

Robby Soave | 5.20.2017 1:35 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Boujee, Bougie, Bourgie: Who's Appropriating Whose Culture? An Answer in 12 Songs

In the spirit of an interracial, equal-opportunity orgy of bougie-ness, check out these tunes and videos.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2017 1:45 PM

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Literature

Lionel Shriver Doesn't Care If You Hate Her Sombrero

The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Mandibles pulls no punches when it comes to race, sex, or economics.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.8.2017 7:00 AM

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Cultural Appropriation

Rob Schneider's Paella and the Mortal Sin of Cultural Appropriation

"When celebrities-and celeb chefs like Jamie Oliver-render Spain's beloved dish unrecognizable, our culture suffers."

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2017 1:26 PM

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