Black culture has had a big influence on popular culture for many years, from fashion and music to art and literature. But unfortunately, this contribution often goes unnoticed. Cultural appropriation ...

Cultural appropriation does not exist. “Cultural appropriation” as described by Susan Scafidi, a law professor at Fordham University, is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural ...

"People are viewing race through a different lens right now." Halloween is three months away -- and seemingly a world away amid the coronavirus pandemic-- but is already a topic of conversation when ...

Cultural appropriation, to many, means people with a privileged status taking cultural identity markers from members of a minority community without permission or acknowledgment. It has become a ...

An Australian activewear brand has responded after being accused of “cultural appropriation” for using a Māori word as its name.

At this point, writing an article about cultural appropriation and race in pop music, specifically within hip-hop, is nothing new. Images of Miley twerking, Taylor Swift attempting to twerk, and Katy ...

A few years ago, my dragon-obsessed kid wanted to be the one and only Toothless from the How To Train Your Dragon franchise for Halloween. We scoured the internet and local costume shops and found an ...

As Halloween rapidly approaches, it is time to consider safe trick-and-treating routes for the children, whether the carved pumpkin will have a happy or scary face — and if the costumes to be proudly ...

The phrase “cultural appropriation” appears in many forms and many contexts. And the debates surrounding it have swelled periodically, especially in the last 20 years. But what does it really mean, ...

Gwen Stefani was accused of cultural appropriation for her look in the music video for her new song "Light My Fire," a collaboration with Jamaican rapper Sean Paul and singer Shenseea. In the video, ...

The month of April has been one of cultural disrespect in the music world. From celebrities wearing bindis at the Coachella music festival and the MTV movie awards to the use of women of color as ...

P1ece K-pop stans are proud of P1Harmony's leader Keeho after the group's appearance on the Zach Sang Show, during which Keeho addressed the issue of cultural appropriation in K-pop head-on. "Is that ...