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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · October 22, 2020 · P5

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Jerry Crownover ed to be African-American that might represent the kid areas of Polynesia now take
for enough years to become as being from a culture other offense if you wear bright, flo-
a leading authority on Black than their own, because of the ral designed shirts. Again, I’m
studies and a leading activist threat of offending someone safe.
in the minority community; from that culture. I certain- In retrospect of my life, I
the use of Native American ly hope I did not offend any guess I did, inadvertently,
headdresses by people with ghosts when I was a child. culturally misappropriate at
little to no Native American Evidently, many Scottish one point. About 45 years ago,
ancestry; white, female celeb- people are offended when peo- I decided to get a curly perm
rities wearing hairstyles that ple without a Scottish heri- in my hair. Even though I was
have traditionally been asso- tage choose to wear a Scottish trying to look like the singer
ciated with minority women; kilt as a costume. Since I’ve and performer, Mac Davis (he
and the list goes on. never had the urge to wear a seemed to have no problem in
Parents are cautioned to re- skirt, I think I’m pretty safe attracting women), too many
frain from dressing their kids from ever committing that of- people were coming up to me
up in Halloween costumes fense. Even people from the continued on page 19
Cultural appropriation (or
misappropriation) has be-
come a ‘big thing’ in recent
months. Loosely defined, the
Green Springs
term refers to one culture of
people adopting the culture Green Springs
of another people in terms
of fashion, style, language,
appearance, and/or manner-
Bull Sale
isms. Performance &
Examples of cultural ap- Efficiency Tested
propriation that have made Bull Sale
the news of late, and created
meltdowns on social media,
are: a professor at a major
university who had pretend-

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