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Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous ...
Another transgressive bit of cultural appropriation, according to a Pitzer College assistant professor of Chicano-Latino studies: white students (presumably female) wearing hoop earrings.
She shook her head and explained: ‘Not exactly. Cultural appropriation is when members of one culture — usually a dominant ...
Mexican-American clothing designer Willy Chavarria has apologized for an Adidas sandal that he created after being accused by ...
The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...
The brand's Oaxaca Slip-On was criticized by Mexican officials for copying design elements present in Mexican Huarache ...
Adidas has apologised after Mexico accused it of cultural appropriation by releasing a sandal based on a style made by ...
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 ...
Piers Morgan thinks Beyonce copied Marilyn Monroe's swag in her Levis advertisement. Read that ridiculousness again ...
In the globalised and hyper-connected world, we live in, culture travels at the speed of Wi-Fi. What once took centuries to ...
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 ...
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 ...