She shook her head and explained: ‘Not exactly. Cultural appropriation is when members of one culture — usually a dominant ...

In the globalised and hyper-connected world, we live in, culture travels at the speed of Wi-Fi. What once took centuries to ...

Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous ...

Mexican artisans and authorities say the intricate leather braids look strikingly similar to the traditional footwear known ...

Adidas has apologised after Mexico accused it of cultural appropriation by releasing a sandal based on a style made by ...

The brand's Oaxaca Slip-On was criticized by Mexican officials for copying design elements present in Mexican Huarache ...

The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...

Another transgressive bit of cultural appropriation, according to a Pitzer College assistant professor of Chicano-Latino studies: white students (presumably female) wearing hoop earrings.

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 ...

Project Humanities' cultural appropriation symposium aims to address these discrepancies about the issue. Director of Project Humanities and ASU professor Neal Lester said there's a difference between ...

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 ...