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In the globalised and hyper-connected world, we live in, culture travels at the speed of Wi-Fi. What once took centuries to ...
Cultural appropriation and cultural celebration, despite popular opinion, are not mutually exclusive. At a time when Hollywood is trying to change, this proof of coexistence could not be any more ...
Adidas has apologised after Mexico accused it of cultural appropriation by releasing a sandal based on a style made by ...
The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...
Mexican-American clothing designer Willy Chavarria has apologized for an Adidas sandal that he created after being accused by ...
We see cultural appropriation in the media all the time. It’s Selena Gomez wearing a bindi in her “Come and Get It” music video (and in several photo ops that followed).
Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous ...
Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria have been accused of cultural appropriation for their latest collaborative shoe design.
The progressive concept of “cultural appropriation” has become an increasingly mainstream idea. Do a Google search on, say, “yoga is cultural appropriation,” and you’ll see for yourself. What does ...
A more recent example of clearly unethical cultural appropriation and exploitation of Indigenous cultures for profit came to the fore in 2021 when the government of Mexico accused clothing ...