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Happy Lunar New Year (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

but as a way to stop them from “stealing” from other cultures

It's not possible to steal culture, this is ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

You wouldn't download a culture...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hence the quotation marks, telling someone they're doing cultural appropriation is basically accusing them of stealing something that's unique to another culture and that can't be replicated by someone who isn't part of it.