St. Patrick’s Day is not my thing. I never liked people pretending they were Irish to act stupid. I always felt that if they really liked the thing they were doing, then they would make an effort to do it justice. I always felt that people did the opposite on St. Patrick’s Day. What they are doing is cultural appropriation. I challenge everyone to learn about cultural approbation.
Brittanica defines cultural approbation as the following: Cultural appropriation takes place when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way. To fully understand its consequences, though, we need to make sure we have a working definition of culture itself.
In the meantime, lets focus on someone good:
When I was researching this, I came across a great article. It can be found at:
– https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/a-biblical-guide-to-the-dos-and-donts-of-cultural-appropriation#:~:text=A%20Biblical%20Guide%20to%20the%20Do%E2%80%99s%20and%20Don%E2%80%99ts,followers%20of%20Jesus%2C%20to%20conversations%20around%20cultural%20appropriation.
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