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In the globalised and hyper-connected world, we live in, culture travels at the speed of Wi-Fi. What once took centuries to ...
Mexican-American clothing designer Willy Chavarria has apologized for an Adidas sandal that he created after being accused by ...
The sandal was created by U.S. designer Willy Chavarría for Adidas Originals. Its thin leather, braided straps bare an ...
Piers Morgan thinks Beyonce copied Marilyn Monroe's swag in her Levis advertisement. Read that ridiculousness again ...
The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...
Adidas has apologised after Mexico accused it of cultural appropriation by releasing a sandal based on a style made by ...
We see cultural appropriation in the media all the time. It’s Selena Gomez wearing a bindi in her “Come and Get It” music video (and in several photo ops that followed).
What is cultural appropriation? If you’re searching for a concise definition, it’s more complicated than most. In many cases, it’s better explained through example. Take Utah teen Keziah ...
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 ...
Mexico City — Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, ...
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 ...