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Adidas has apologised after Mexico accused it of cultural appropriation by releasing a sandal based on a style made by ...
Mexican-American clothing designer Willy Chavarria has apologized for an Adidas sandal he created after being accused by ...
The brand's Oaxaca Slip-On was criticized by Mexican officials for copying design elements present in Mexican Huarache ...
The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Adidas was already in talks with authorities in Oaxaca to provide “compensation ...
Piers Morgan thinks Beyonce copied Marilyn Monroe's swag in her Levis advertisement. Read that ridiculousness again ...
Another transgressive bit of cultural appropriation, according to a Pitzer College assistant professor of Chicano-Latino studies: white students (presumably female) wearing hoop earrings.
What is cultural appropriation? If you’re searching for a concise definition, it’s more complicated than most. In many cases, it’s better explained through example. Take Utah teen Keziah ...
Cultural appropriation does not exist. "Cultural appropriation" as described by Susan Scafidi, a law professor at Fordham University, is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural ...
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 ...
Project Humanities' cultural appropriation symposium aims to address these discrepancies about the issue. Director of Project Humanities and ASU professor Neal Lester said there's a difference between ...
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 ...