I like to stay current with what’s acceptable and what isn’t, but sometimes I get confused. This is one of those times, and I need some clarification. Tell me if I have this straight.
If Starbucks, McDonalds and Marvel want to sell their products to overseas consumers who clearly want them that’s cultural imperialism. It is horrible and shameful and generally one of the most awful things in the world.
If a white American of European descent wants to practice yoga or cook pad thai that’s cultural appropriation, which is also horrible and shameful and one of the most awful things ever to happen.
But if a few hundred thousand people illegally cross national borders, settle in a country and flout all of its established legal, social and religious norms… well, that’s just folks exercising their basic human rights.
Sound about right to you?