Educate to Liberate | Ep. 3: Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation??

READ ME!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back ya’ll! This video is long overdue but I’m back with the series! Today’s episode is about cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation surrounding Black culture, where I spend time diving into the history and example in contemporary pop culture. I hope ya’ll enjoy and don’t forget to leave me a comment down below with your fav part. Also feel free to leave me links to more info as well! Each one teach one! Here are some resources for things I reference throughout the video: Cultural appropriation definition (book): Mostow, Joshua S.. Courtly Visions : The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation, BRILL, 2014. Kardashian Boxer Braid fiasco: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/boxer... Hairstyles in African Culture: https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.b... How the Maroon ancestors hid rice grains in their hair:    • How the Maroon ancestors hid rice grains i...   History of Hair Braiding: https://blackdoctor.org/history-of-af... Marc Jacobs Twisted Buns fiasco: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/t-... Mini Buns I don’t think so (blog): http://www.seriouslynatural.org/2015/... The racial divide on sneakers: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/... Evolution of the Blues: https://www.nationalbluesmuseum.org/w... TI interview on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah:   / 10154517779561800   “The Personal is political” reference (book): Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left by Sara Evans The myth of Black on Black Crime: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/0... Additional Sources: An ode to hood black girls (Personal Fav): http://www.wannasworld.com/blog/black... Let’s be friends! twitter: aliyahimani_ ig: aliyahimani_ "The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” ~James Baldwin