Cultural appropriation is the practice of using or taking something from another culture without recognition or respect to that culture. Cultural appropriation looks like pop stars dressing up as Geisha girls, social media influencers donning Native American headdresses, and white people wearing cornrows, dreadlocks, or box braids. Cultural appropriation is, at its heart, about power It's about who has the power to steal from somebody else and not offer any consequences.
Exactly. It's possible to be respectful of another culture and to create something of value which celebrates that culture, but most don't care to actually do that and just steal aesthetics.
It's not about "not being allowed" to do things. It's about the level of respect and appreciation you show for something, and whether or not you put in the effort to do so. The bar isn't that high, and people are just contorting themselves into knots to not do the right thing.
If this were the YA author space, I could believe it was that general of a proscription, but it's musical theater and one of the most famous living playwrights, so I doubt it.
I wonder why this is so vague, it's almost like specific details might provide important context about this
The context delivered: Nobody actually told him this. He just assumes "The Woke Mob" wouldn't let him make Evita today because he's not Argentinian.
Cultural appropriation is the practice of using or taking something from another culture without recognition or respect to that culture. Cultural appropriation looks like pop stars dressing up as Geisha girls, social media influencers donning Native American headdresses, and white people wearing cornrows, dreadlocks, or box braids. Cultural appropriation is, at its heart, about power It's about who has the power to steal from somebody else and not offer any consequences.
Exactly. It's possible to be respectful of another culture and to create something of value which celebrates that culture, but most don't care to actually do that and just steal aesthetics.
It's not about "not being allowed" to do things. It's about the level of respect and appreciation you show for something, and whether or not you put in the effort to do so. The bar isn't that high, and people are just contorting themselves into knots to not do the right thing.
If this were the YA author space, I could believe it was that general of a proscription, but it's musical theater and one of the most famous living playwrights, so I doubt it.