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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham ...through denial of access and equality, while blindly enjoying black culture aka american culture at the same time.

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham You pointed out that black history is american history (Baldwin). Which is true, and yet many Americans continue to deny this...

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham *act

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham because there is still a power imbalance rooted in these boundaries, and fighting back against cultural appropriation is an of preservation

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham was the piece really trying to be about cultural appreciation / engagement / exchange but appropriation has more buzz?

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham perhaps the topic for your next piece? because cultural appropriation is about power and access, not strictly identity.

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham ... power and access in cultural appropriation in their work.

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham one could argue that Durant's and Schutz's artwork are products of their self-identities, but that still doesn't resolve the issues of...

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham my skin, my country, my home, my education, my upbringing, my community are all aspects of my identity, some by choice, others not.

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@VictoriaPeckham @kenanmalik And your cry against 'censorship' without analysis of cultural complexities is what exactly?

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham nope, or I'd be a pretty bad example of it myself.

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@VictoriaPeckham @kenanmalik this half-brown Canadian girl raised in Poland and has no exposure to her Bangladeshi roots was just waiting for you to chime in again

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham ... both were also British / lived in the UK although I am sure there are Brits out there who still see them as outsiders

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham Both were also brown and from India, amongst other communities and identities they identified and engaged with...

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@erinarlinghaus @VictoriaPeckham @kenanmalik @nytopinion Unfortunately our northern and indigenous communities outside of Toronto regularly travel further.

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham go on?

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham Now the argument of how we define cultures, communities and identities is definitely open.

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham Both were engaging with aspects of their cultures, communities and identities. Neither are examples of cultural appropriation.

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@erinarlinghaus @VictoriaPeckham @kenanmalik @nytopinion totally fair. also suggests the important role of context and placement we disregard when we yell 'this is censorship!'

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@kenanmalik @VictoriaPeckham ... why not before? and ongoing? Or is that what we are doing now?