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Cultural appropriation a term that you've probably been hearing more recently. As influencers wear accessories to music festivals, as your friends go to parties in costumes, and as celebrities post videos of themselves talking in accents, they might be called out for cultural appropriation. What Is Cultural Appropriation? Here's Why the Practice Is So Harmful—and How You Can Avoid Doing It
Project Humanities fall-kickoff lecture sheds new light on the debate over transgender athletes in sports.Do sports police femininity?
ASU initiative connects with people in dire straits
At its very core, “cultural appropriation” is stealing—whether intentional or not. It’s profiting off something that is not materially or culturally one’s own. It’s like plagiarism an idea or paper, submitting it as one’s own and then getting credit for it.“R-E-S-P-E-C-T . . . Find Out What It Means to Me”: Appropriating vs. Appreciating Cultures
AZ HUGS for the Houseless, formed by Austin Davis, continues to provide necessities to people who are unsheltered a year after the project's formation.A student's continuing effort to support Phoenix's unsheltered community
An online disagreement on a Scottsdale school group’s Facebook has sparked a community discussion on race and institutional racism. The argument focused on SB 1532, which passed along party lines in the State House and was amended by Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, to include a stipulation imposing fines of up to $5,000 on teachers who don’t present both sides of controversial topics.Facebook post sparks discussion of racism here
ASU’s Project Humanities hosts event on 'toxic positivity' with author and podcast host Nora McInerny.The not-so-positive side of positivity
My daughter's elementary school in Tucson does a Civil War reenactment play. The 5th graders write the play based on their readings/studies, and act it out. Some children act as slaves and Confederate soldiers.Ahwatukee prof looks at 'Curriculum violence': teachers, classrooms and race