One of the early stars of cinema, Al Jolson is also one of the most problematic. From an era that gave us the 1915 racist film The Birth of a Nation, a celebration of the Ku Klux Klan featuring White ...

"Cultural appropriation" has become the latest evil denounced by soi-disant social justice warriors, on campus and off. Examples: "I was taught that white people shouldn't listen to rap music because ...

The term "cultural appropriation" has been used to describe everything from makeup and hairstyles to tattoos, clothing and even food and wellness practices. The phrase originated in the 1980s in ...

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 Daum, who in ...

If you’re looking for a hard line on what constitutes cultural appropriation what does not, I unfortunately don’t have the answers you seek. When we look at examples of cultural appropriation, there ...

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"Cultural appropriation" has become the latest evil denounced by soi-disant social justice warriors, on campus and off. Examples: "I was taught that white people shouldn't listen to rap music because ...