Cultural Appropriation Cracker.

Anonymous asked: Hi there! I'm a white person and I am constantly trying to educate myself on issues surrounding people of color. I am admittedly still somewhat ignorant on issues surrounding cultural appropriation. From what I've read, I believe that a white person getting a dream catcher tattoo is apprpriating something that doesn't belong to them. When I mentioned this on my blog, I had someone try an argue with me that it's different than a white person wearing a headdress for example because it is...

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…appreciating their culture. I’m lead to believe that this view is false because it still doesn’t belong to white people and affixing it to your body implies some sort of ownership. The person then tried to argue that all tattoos would then be considered appropriative. Help? Am I on the right track here or am I off base? Any links regarding dream catchers would be appreciated.

you’re on the right track. taking a symbol from another culture and affixing it to your body is not appreciation. think “look, but don’t touch.”