Last week model Shanina Shaik was accused of cultural appropriation when she braided her hair for the annual music and arts festival in Coachella, California.
I didn’t realize how serious this was until I read Jessica Andrews’s piece at Teen Vogue where she claims the Coachella festival “is mired in cultural appropriation” because of the white people there who dress up in “bindis, feathered headpieces, dashikis, [and] war paint.”
Upon further research, I discovered writer Adrienne Keene who suggests that dressing in Native American gear is cultural appropriation unless you buy it from a Native American. And, to my horror, I learned that white male chefs making money by cooking ethnic food is also a form of cultural appropriation, according to Michael W. Twitty.
