Quick reminder: someone's culture is not a costume. So what is cultural appropriation? Can a Halloween costume be a form of cultural appropriation? But also, how incredibly fun is cosplay in general?

"What respect is being paid to this very Asian drink?" That question was top of mind for Simu Liu on a recent episode of CBC's "Dragons' Den," the Canadian equivalent of "Shark Tank." The owners of a ...

Cultural appropriation is a hot topic that has gained significant attention in recent years, though it’s been happening for much longer. But what is cultural appropriation exactly? According to ...

As Halloween rapidly approaches, it is time to consider safe trick-and-treating routes for the children, whether the carved pumpkin will have a happy or scary face — and if the costumes to be proudly ...

A recent article in The New York Times, “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” by Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College, addresses an ...

One of the early stars of cinema, Al Jolson is also one of the most problematic. From an era that gave us the 1915 racist film The Birth of a Nation, a celebration of the Ku Klux Klan featuring White ...

The month of April has been one of cultural disrespect in the music world. From celebrities wearing bindis at the Coachella music festival and the MTV movie awards to the use of women of color as ...

I noted a recent call for a boycott of a show at the Brownsville Museum of Art on the grounds that the featured artist, an Anglo, was appropriating and exploiting Mexican themes, while many ...

I am first generation Chinese-Vietnamese. Both of my parents immigrated to the United States as a result of the Vietnam War. My closest connection to my Vietnamese culture, like many children of ...

Gwen Stefani is once again addressing longstanding charges of cultural appropriation, doubling down on her controversial Harajuku era. The "Hollaback Girl" singer, 53, has faced decades of cultural ...