What is cultural appropriation and why is it so harmful...
Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
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Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
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Die Antwoord is a South African band that uses hip-hop music to create a style it calls “zef”. Since it first appeared in 2009, Die Antwoord ha
"Just because the name is loosely associated with a character in brownface doesn't mean it doesn't have other associations," said one reply.
"Names, like languages, are sacred; they are bound up with identity," explained author and professor Rina Arya, Ph.D.