It is Bangkok's Mexican Gangsters an example of cultural appropriation?
Bangkok's Mexican Gangsters can be considered an example of cultural appropriation, the reasons we can doind it in the definition of "cultural appropriation". Cultural appropriation is a term used to describe the process by which the style of a subculture is adopted by a big amount of the people, even if that people do not belong to that subculture. In the case of Bangkok's Mexican Gangters that was what happened.They feel identity with that style, and they feel very good sharing between themselves their music, their tatoos, clothes and their way to enjoy the life. However, in contrast to the concept proposed in the book appropriation involves commercial gain, which is not the case of Mexicans, since they adopted this culture as a way of enjoyment.
I think cultural appropriation it is not wrong in all the cases. Bangkok's Mexican Gangster keep their jobs and they are not dysfunctional. conversely they use their subculture to relax and share things wich they feell identify with, and they are happy in their group of friends. Cultural appropiation is a way to express how diverse is the being human, and that is one the the most beautifull things we have. Societies feed of that diversity and improve their customes and they become richer (better) every day.
Hi Sharon, What you mention is what caught my attention throughout the video, a group of people belonging to a dominant culture are attracted to a subculture and not only that, the sense of belonging, the knowledge that (although the subculture who are imitating is not too close) they feel they belong to a social group.
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