Cultural appropriation

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Can a culture belong exclusively to one person or people? Even if a culture is closed, exclusive and xenophobic – unaccepting of outsiders because of racism and selfishness – a member must either be extremely ignorant about anthropology, history and fashion, or else living in a constant state of delusion to believe that they have sole rights to learn about, celebrate or even adopt parts or entirety of a culture. If culture was indivisible, immutable and permanently attached to one place or people, the world would not exist as it does in reality – as a pluralistic and multicultural melting pot, where borders between civilisations are fluid, and there are constant cultural exchanges at a whole host of levels, from language to customs, and festivals to fashions.

As an integral (and perhaps less positive) aspect of this diverse and cosmopolitan world, some of these ignorant and deluded individuals also have social media presences, and continue to scream “cultural appropriation” every time they see something that they want to selfishly claim exclusive rights to for themselves. Adele may be the latest target of their vitriol, and drawing attention to the haters like they do in this article gives them much more attention than they deserve, but this absurdly intolerant behaviour seems to be happening in increasing frequency and needs to be called out for what it is – an abominable form of cultural bigotry. Otherwise, anyone not from England should STOP SPEAKING ENGLISH IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT’S CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!
 
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/01/adele-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-over-instagram-picture
 
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💡這個專欄目的是訓練同學聰明閱讀。
 
上面的貼文內容是我們的實力派外師Alex，針對每週一篇英文文章閱讀後，親自寫出的批判性思考文（不是copy & paste的東西啊）。旨在讓同學知道如何用不同的角度來讀文章。你可以選擇先讀Alex寫的批判文，也可以選擇先讀本次的英文文章連結，但最好兩處都要閱讀才能達到最好的效果。
 
這是個訓練批判性思考的好機會，希望同學不要被文字牽著鼻子走，在閱讀時可以多思考。大家可以善用這個寶貴的資源～
 
舊文連結：
https://www.leedsmayi.com/alex-column
 
Alex是我們的御用老師，每週都會幫梅姨、托托、慕華、金金上英文課。目前星期一晚上有開一班 #里茲螞蟻外師應用英文課程 ，程度高級，充滿知識性與深度。有開放單次付費上課。若你想學習用英文來深度探討各項主題，check it out！
 
Alex老師的應用英文課：
https://www.leedsmayi.com/applied-english.html