How Do We Define Cultural Appropriation?

In April 2017 on ‘The View’ Whoopi Goldberg said ‘If we’re going to go with cultural appropriation, wear natural hair. Cause if we’re wearing white lady hair, then isn’t that appropriation?’

How Do We Define Cultural Appropriation?

There is a difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation and the lines get blurred. In this documentary I wanted to show audiences the difference, as I don’t think it is made clear, for example in 2016 MTV UK called Kim Kardashian’s cornrows ‘boxer braids’. Calling cornrows ‘boxer braids’ is cultural appropriation, because cultural appropriation is taking something from another culture and getting the praise and credit for it. If you love Nigerian food and you are from another culture, host a dinner celebrating the culture and the food that is appreciation of the culture.

To produce this documentary I recruited participants via the casting website ‘Star Now’ and began shooting interviews throughout February and March 2017. For this documentary I wanted to get the opinions of young black women to share their opinion on the issue as in recent years black culture has been one of the main cultures which celebrities such as, Katy Perry, Justin Beiber, Miley Cyrus and many more have been accused of culturally appropriating. I interviewed 4 women from around the UK who were able to share specific examples of the differences between cultural appropriation and appreciation.

Check out my short documentary below

How Do We Define Cultural Appropriation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brSdpalNNbs&t=7s

Thanks,

Kashif

Kashif Boothe Entertainment

I produce short films, web series' and documentaries under my production company Kashif Boothe Entertainment. In the summer of 2015 I began producing a documentary series on relationships, the first episode was selected for the 2016 Ozark Shorts Film Festival. In February 2016 the third episode on Gay/Lesbian relationships was featured on towleroad.com and the documentary series was selected as the editors top pick on hiive.co.uk w/c March 7th 2016. In Spring 2016 I released the documentary 'Being Light Skinned', it was selected into the 23rd Annual African American Film Marketplace and S.E Manly Short Film Festival Showcase in Hollywood, California, was screened at the event forum ‘Afrocentrikal’ and featured various websites including ClutchMatchmagazine.com, trueafrica.com and on hiive.co.uk as the editors top pick w/c May 2nd 2016. In September 2016 I released my doc series 'What Is Good Hair?' and was screened at the Voices of Colour event in November 2016. In November 2016 I premiered the comedy web series ‘Nate & Jamie’ which has been featured on numerous websites including the britishblacklist.co.uk. This spring I released three short documentaries covering cultural appropriation, the stereotype of the angry black woman and on the controversial article by Satoshi Kanazawa that black women are physically the least attractive.