cultural appropriation

Jan 26, 2023

Avatar Does it Again

Director James Cameron has not been shy in revealing what inspired him to make the highest-grossing film of all time, “Avatar” and its sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Cameron said in an interview, “Avatar very pointedly made reference to the colonial period in the Americas, with all its conflict and bloodshed between the military…

Oct 24, 2018

Culture Appreciation or Appropriation?

Oluwajoba Ogun | Correspondent Halloween is one of the most anticipated days of the year. Children go trick-or-treating, scary movies are playing on the TVs, people are getting the scare of their lives in the haunted houses. And the best part? The costumes. Costumes are what make Halloween so popular. For one day of the…

Apr 18, 2018

Put Some Respek on Our Names

Yesenia Jones | Staff Writer “Her name is Reina, it means queen,” a white mother of two said as her daughter rambunctiously ran around my grandmother and I as we waited for our ice cream. Coincidentally, my younger sister’s name is also Reina, so I was very aware of the fact that it meant queen in…

Oct 18, 2017

Cultural Appropriation: A Halloween Reminder

Shawn Fredericks | Correspondent Halloween is coming up y’all, and you know what that means: we have to have a grown person conversation about cultural appropriation, because for some reason people feel entitled to minority cultures and, on Halloween especially, want to express how cool they are by bastardizing and diluting the cultural significance of other…

Nov 2, 2016

Does Your Costume Help Suppress a Race?

  Brianna Lloyd |Correspondent Cultural appropriation is a hot topic right now. Every week it seems like there is someone on the news either for misrepresenting a culture, or attacking someone they believe is appropriating a culture. There is a big debate on what exactly cultural appropriation is and why it is such a big…