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Question
What is cultural appropriation?
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Cultural theft

This position defines cultural appropriation as a form of theft: the taking or exploitation of elements of a culture one does not belong to, often for personal gain. It frames the act as the unjust extraction of another group's cultural property rather than respectful exchange.

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  1. Cultural appropriation is the theft of elements of another culture for personal gain.
    Borrowing elements from another culture is not cultural appropriation. But leveraging them or exploiting them for financial gain is cultural appropriation.