cultural appropriation

Culture is not a costume

Victoria Howard

As Halloween approaches, the yearly discussion of culturally insensitive and appropriating costumes has returned in full force. The dialogue became very prevalent thanks to the website Yandy. Yandy is an…

Educating on cultural appropriation

The Johnsonian

Following Halloween festivities, the Winthrop Spirit Squad posted a photo deemed culturally insensitive and many used this photograph as an opportunity to educate Winthrop’s community Winthrop University’s spirit squad posted…

I am not a costume

Staff Writer

We have all seen it before — Native American headdresses, sugar skulls, bindis, elements of Romani dress. Bits and pieces of costumes uprooted from the center of cultures and paraded…