appropriation
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She Tried It: Brazilian Designer Accused of Stealing Dashiki-Print Designs from Nigerian-American Label [Updated]
Updated Wednesday, July 18 2018 at 4:00 PM: Silvia Ulson, the Brazilian designer accused of plagiarizing swimsuits from Nigerian-American brand Bfyne, has released a statement about the controversy. The statement, which appeared at FashionWeekOnline (FWO), was translated from Portuguese. In it, Ulson says that her Miami Fashion Week show “is for fun only, usually around the…
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'We're More Than Capable': Pose Stars Push Back on Cis Actors Playing Trans Roles
Actors Mj Rodriguez and Indya Moore have recently become part of television history as part of the cast of producer Ryan Murphy’s latest offering, Pose. The series, which features both the largest-ever number of transgender actors as series regulars and recurring cast of LGBTQ actors for a scripted series, also broke new ground with series…
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Flawless or Forgery? Did Bey and Jay’s Homage to the Louvre ‘Borrow’ From This Black-Owned Label?
Angelic iconography. The streets of Paris. Baroque architecture. The halls of the Louvre Museum, lined with French and Italian masterworks and iconic Greek and Egyptian sculptures that date well before Christ. The murals that adorn the ornately gilded ceilings of the museum’s Galerie d’Apollon (the Apollo gallery) … The first single and video from the…
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Just Book a Black Girl: Model Gigi Hadid Faces Accusations of Blackface (Again)
(This is an open letter to Gigi Hadid.) Gigi, you in danger, girl. You are in danger of having to issue an apology every time you work with your friends at Italian Vogue if you don’t start checking them when they start trying to slap bronzer and Afro wigs over your blond, blue-eyed beauty. Because…
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Watch: The Last Dragon’s Taimak Talks Appropriation vs. Appreciation Within Black and Asian Cultures
The Last Dragon is a cult-classic film that features ridiculous stereotypes flipped on their head. We got to see Chinese men talking like they’re auditioning for the latest blaxploitation film, and Bruce Leroy himself adopt a quiet and quirky kung-fu-master attitude. With all of the culture swapping going on, my favorite video producer and editor…
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Us Weekly Wants the World to Know Hoop Earrings Are Back, and Black Women Are Like, ‘They Never Left’
Attention, ladies and gentlemen: Hoop earrings are back! Sure, you may be sitting in your cubicle at work, rocking the same pair you’ve worn since 1994, but never mind all that. It doesn’t matter, because we have celebrities like these rocking them: Kendall Jenner Adriana Lima And of course, nothing says a resurgence of fashion…
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This Is What Happens When People of Color Appropriate Other Cultures
Everyone knows we do not hesitate to call out cultural appropriation at The Root. So what happens when someone reports a person of color to the fashion police for engaging in that misdemeanor? Will that person use their nonwhite privilege to excuse their behavior? Will they push back against the accusations? Will they shuffle the…
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The Last Black History Month
After Donald Trump issued a statement that refused to acknowledge the 6 million Jews slaughtered by Nazi Germany during the 1940s on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday, black America should prepare ourselves for what may be the last Black History Month. I’m sure many of you doubt that the Cheddar Comb-Over could erase a tradition…