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The incoherent, divisive dogma of cultural appropriation outrage

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 8, 2018

The incoherent, divisive dogma of cultural appropriation outrage

by Shaun O'dwyer

Clueless online crusaders risk doing real harm to the very cultures they claim to represent

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