Cultural Appropriation: Kim Kardashians By Gerald Sider

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Once said by Gerald Sider,“We can have no significant understanding of any culture unless we also know the silences that were intentionally created and guaranteed along with it." Cultural appropriation is act of a dominant culture fetishizing a minority culture without consequences. Simply, cultural appropriation is stealing another cultures ideals and costumes without living with the repercussions that could come from that culture. This leads to cultures being misrepresented and then stereotyped. The practice of cultural appropriation is racist and dangerous because it allows dominant cultures to distort the reality of a minority culture.

Cultural appropriation is racist and dangerous because masks the reality of a culture. Recently, the star Kim Kardashian from the show "Keeping up …show more content…

The Bo Derek braids were from an actress in the 1970s in the movie "10". Although she called the braids, Bo Derek braids, the braids were clearly corn rows and made many people angry at her for not giving credit to corn rows and black culture. Kardashians hairdo was not only offensive to many people but she also "had the audacity to call these braids Bo Derrick' braids" when "Bo Derek didn't invent cornrows." (thedailywire.com) Kardashians hairdo was racist and stereotypical because she was mislabeling braids and not giving con rows credit. Not only she not give credit but she also wore the braids even though she is not black. Furthermore, if Bo Derek did create the corn rows originated braids Kim Kardashian should not be attacked for cultural ignorance. Bo Derek was a white actress from the 1970s who was one of "the first white people to culturally appropriate braids in popular media" and inspiring "white women to wear the hairstyle." (businessinsider.com) Kardashian is not being culturally ignorant because she is using braids that we're created/worn

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