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Topic: cultural appropriation

Strawberry matcha (dontree_m/Getty Images )

Our matcha is sweet. The truth, bitter

Francesca Giangiulio
Woman Burning Sage Stick, Smudge Stick (Getty Images/miniseries)

Rethink burning sage this new year

Nardos Haile
Middle Eastern food, Maklube (Getty Images/Esin Deniz)

Solidarity in this "upside down" dish

Melanie McFarland
Singer Justin Timberlake, lead singer for N'Sync, attends the Wango Tango Concert on May 13, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. (Brenda Chase/Getty Images)

Why do celebrities exploit Blackness?

Nardos Haile
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(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Yellowface's cutthroat publishing world

Alison Stine
Kansas City Chiefs players celebrate scoring a touchdown (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

Cultural taxidermy, not appropriation

Tim Thompson
Multiple exposures of a man moving or dancing (Getty Images/Tara Moore)

History of dances pilfered for profit

Jill Vasbinder - The Conversation
"American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Publishing/Salon)

The cancellation of "American Dirt"

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Illustration (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

I was accused of cultural appropriation

Jennifer Givhan
Tucker Carlson (Getty/Roy Rochlin)

Tucker Carlson claims tacos are American

Martin Cizmar - Raw Story
(Dove)

A year of insensitive ads

Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez - Alternet
A local porter walks towards Lukla to fetch daily supplies. (AP/Tashi Sherpa)

Silicon Valley's Orientalism

Anni Irish
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Moonlight (Tidal)

Jay-Z's black "Friends" remake

Alessandra Maldonado
Despacito - Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee (Youtube)

Bieber's racial tourism

Alessandra Maldonado
Rob Schneider (Getty/Valery Hache/Shutterstock/Salon)

Respect the paella

Mireia Triguero Roura
"Moana" (Disney)

Disney princess on a mission

Alli Joseph
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Donald Trump, Taco Bowl (Credit: Twitter)

Stuff white people like

Silpa Kovvali
Macklemore (Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Kovie Biakolo - Alternet
Taylor Swift; Beyoncé; Justin Bieber (TaylorSwiftVEVO/YouTube/Coldplay-Official/Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Joys of Cultural Appropriation

Neal Pollack
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-350587p1.html'>nito</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Imagination vs. appropriation

Svetlana Mintcheva
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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2549272p1.html'>SAYAN MOONGKLANG</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The "struggle" is not real

Brook Bolen
Singer Justin Timberlake arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (GRAMMYS-ARRIVALS) - RTR3DLOW (Reuters)

Brendan Gauthier
Daryl Hall (AP/Charles Sykes)

Daryl Hall didn't "destroy" me

David Masciotra

Patrice Waite
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