Cultural appropriation is the learning of a new culture by the person of another culture. It is different from acculturation, assimilation, and even cultural exchange and appropriation, greatly linked to colonialism.
Cultural elements copied from minority groups by a dominating culture will enable the use of elements outside the cultural context. Cultural appropriation can include exploiting another person’s cultural religion and entire tradition and being taken harmful by various people advocating for rights and cultural preservation, indigenous specialists included. Cultural elements having deep meaning to original culture may be misused and taken lightly by the culture that adopted it. Cultural appropriation is sometimes misapplied in some areas, such as eating diverse culture or learning cultural differences. Cultural appropriation does not necessarily cause social harm since its terms lack conceptual coherence. It involves the use of symbols, artifacts, ideas, and other social made aspect. Various cultural adoption has taken place in the following fields; Arts, Religion, fashion, dances, food, and even sports. Cultural appropriation is a learned gradual issue; its ideas will always flow from one culture to another.
Reference
Nguyen, C. T., & Strohl, M. (2019). Cultural appropriation and the intimacy of groups. Philosophical Studies, 176(4), 981-1002.