Just wondering

If a lovely young lady in Utah can be abused for "cultural appropriation" when she wears a dress styled after traditional Chinese attire, would we then infer that people of other cultures can be treated the same way when they wear traditional American attire like blue jeans, tennis shoes, and T shirts?   Can non-Ethiopians be treated harshly if they drink coffee, and should non- Aztecs be treated harshly if they eat chocolate?  Should those who are not French or Italian be abused if they drink red wine?


As I've noted before, borrowing things from other cultures is a good thing.  While there are certainly obnoxious uses of other peoples' culture, generally stemming from actual clear mockery--e.g. Jolson's blackface routines, "Uncle Tom" minstrel shows--we are all richer because people have "appropriated" items generated by other cultures.  Or, put more bluntly, a lot of us are alive because our own cultures have used items generated by other cultures.  Miss Daum made no apologies, and neither should we.


Update: apparently Miss Daum's dress played well in at least some households in China.