A letter to the Editior

http://socialjusticenonsense.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/cultural-appropriation-and-why-i-dont-give-a-fuck/
To whom it may concern,

I have a few qualms with the article known as Cultural Appropriation and why I Don't Give a F***. Firstly I would like to say, your title does not come across the way I believe you want it to. It seems that you are aware of cultural appropriation and don't care that it is an insult to a peoples why of life. The title also seems to imply you are one of those minorities that have experienced that sort of affront. In reality, the only people that can forgive and truly say with any certainty that something is no longer offensive is someone from the culture being robbed.
You also kindly provide some of the worst examples of cultural appropriation. Being the Native American Headdress, Dreadlocks, Bollywood 'Garb' etc. The true horror of these things is not even really that they belonged to someone else culture before. It is that the meaning is not cared over. Meaning that by wearing that headdress you devalue it and its original culture. In essence saying, "Not only we will discriminate against you, but we will also take the things we mock you for". Even if the reason behind doing something like this is dressing for a party, it is still offensive. It brings cultural pillars down to nothing more than a costume to be worn by someone who knows nothing of their costumes past.
While it may be true that you and your ancestors had nothing to do with the original harming of say the Native Americans, you do not know what your ancestor of later on may have done. The oppression of many did not occur all at once.
Dispute all my qualms, there is one thing you have mentioned that I have to agree with. The  use of cultural appropriation for insult is wrong.
I advice that, in future, you write about things you know more about, or at least do more research on.

Sincerely,
A concerned internet guy