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Bri Lafond
M.A. Composition, emphases in Literature and TESL/Applied Linguistics
Exploring Cultural Appropriation
1. Had you heard about the issue of "cultural appropriation" before today? What are your opinions on the issue now that you've read this piece?
2. What does your article or essay have to say about the issue of cultural appropriation? Come up with a 2-3 sentence summary of the writer's argument.
3. What kinds of claims does the author make in this piece? What kinds of evidence does the source use to back up their claims?
4. Who is the author of the piece? What are their qualifications to write about this subject? What forum was this piece published in? How does that seem to affect the piece's content?
5. Do you think the writer does a fair job of describing the issue of cultural appropriation, or does it feel too one-sided?
FOR WEDNESDAY, 11/19:
Use the Rhetorical Precis Template to summarize your given article.
Click HERE for the Rhetorical Precis Template.
"Iggy Azalea’s post-racial mess: America’s oldest race tale, remixed"
by Brittney Cooper
"Public Enemy's Former Lawyer Talks Cultural Appropriation and Copyrights in Hip-Hop"
by Lauren Schwartzberg
"You Can’t ‘Steal’ a Culture: In Defense of Cultural Appropriation"
by John McWhorter
"The Conspiracy to Whitewash Hip-Hop"
by Travis L. Gosa
"Macklemore, Iggy Azalea and the emergence of white hip-hop"
by Daudi Abe
"From Miley to Macklemore: The Privilege Spectrum"
by Davey D
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