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  • Dumbfoundead. Asian-American man with dark hair wearing K Town white and black jersey.

    Rapper Dumbfoundead Talks Cultural Appropriation and More

    “Hip-hop taught me to be unapologetically Asian because it was so unapologetically Black.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm May 7, 2020 4:30PM EDT
    Land-O-Lakes. Packaging for butter that has yellow background with green trees alongside a blue lake.

    Land O'Lakes Retires Native American Image After Nearly 100 Years

    Instead of a Brown woman wearing a feathered headdress offering butter, some packages will feature farmers.
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Apr 16, 2020 5:20PM EDT
    Dia de Muertos doll. Plastic doll with face painted like a white skeleton wears a crown of marigolds and a black dress with multicolored flowers and yellow butterflies.

    Barbie Celebrates Día de Muertos With New Doll

    The Day of the Dead doll honors the 3,000 year-old Mexican tradition.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Sep 12, 2019 1:59PM EDT
    Gucci Sikh. Middle aged Sikh man wearing blue turban, gray beard.

    Gucci Under Fire for Appropriating Sikh Culture

    The company is still selling inappropriate designs.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm May 17, 2019 10:34AM EDT
    Awkwafina. Asian-American woman with blond hair, wearing red and white top

    Performing Blackness Won't Fill Our Asian-American Culture Deficit [OP-ED]

    The fight for media representation has become one of the most prominent rallying cries among Asian Americans. But if we wish to subvert White hegemony, we must step away from the imitation of Whiteness’ exploitation of Blackness.

    Muqing M. Zhang Aug 22, 2018 6:02PM EDT
    Three smiling Native people

    #NotYourNativeStereotype is Trending and It's Beautiful

    Dismissing stereotypes and acts of appropriation one tweet at a time.

    Kenrya Rankin Jul 29, 2016 10:08AM EDT
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