Men in Gorilla Suits Ep. 230: Last Seen…Appropriating Cultures

The Gorillamen took long weekends off work, but they did manage to record their first Skype episode in some time. About Cultural appropriation.

This is what they talked about:

• When was the first time you heard the term cultural appropriation? What was the context?
• My iPhone now auto-corrects cultural appropriation. Is that a sign of our times?
• Have you ever appropriated another culture?
• What is cultural appropriation to you?
• Is cultural appropriation a huge problem in today’s world?
• What’s the weirdest complaint of cultural appropriation you’ve seen?
• The dumbest?
• The most egregious example of cultural appropriation you’ve seen?
• How common is cultural appropriation?
• Where do we draw the line?
• How do we fix the problem of cultural appropriation?