In “Basmati Blues,” an American environmental scientist played by Brie Larson is outsourced to India to save the country with her revolutionary, genetically modified rice strain. When she realizes...
As Halloween approaches and costumed bar nights and basement parties await, the possibility of Northwestern students wearing culturally-appropriative costumes rears its ugly head once again. We’ve learned...
I had never heard of cultural appropriation before I arrived at Northwestern. I was raised in Hong Kong by South African parents and spent most of my life in international schools. I am also white, which...
To mark the beginning of Campus Inclusion and Community’s new webinar, CIC Talks, members of Social Justice Education led the first video discussion on Oct. 21 in which they tackled issues of race, identity...
Understanding the difference between appreciating someone’s culture and appropriating it can be difficult.
Cultural appropriation is when you essentially steal parts of another person’s culture...
