By: Krysta Marie

Krysta Marie — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 23:35:06 +0000

You make really interesting points here Steven. I really appreciate what you said about the artist or performer educating themselves about the circumstances of what they are doing and the choices that they are making. If a performer chooses to educate themselves, realize what they are doing, what the potential reactions are, and have the confidence to appreciate their art regardless of how it is take, then good for them. What is art if it is not meant to question the boundaries of social norms? However, if they either do not know to educate themselves or unconsciously choose not to, then to me, they need to have open ears to what commentaries about what they have done have to say. They have the responsibility as an artist to uphold these educated standards, and if they do not, should be they punished? Should they be reminded? Or should their art be disregarded? I am unsure how to answer these questions because art is a very vulnerable thing, however, so is the issue of cultural appropriation. It is an individual question and we all have different answers.

By: Anna Robinson

Anna Robinson — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:13:16 +0000

During class, Julisa made a meaningful point that cultural appropriation is especially problematic because white people can wear, do, or perform black art and get positive feedback when a black person doing the same would be thought of as negatively. Seemingly embodiment of others art will cease to be as problematic when these double standards are no longer as prevalent.

Comments on: “Cultural Appropriation” – Where Do We Draw the Line?

By: Krysta Marie

By: Anna Robinson