Kpoppies, CA is an extremely nuanced topic, one that cannot be simply explained intricately on twt. People here like using the word CA as a buzz word without understanding it's actual meaning. Let me explain from a non-western view.

Cultural appropriation is when a person borrows from a culture that is not of one's own; particularly from a group that is marginalised in that person's country (where said person is in the majority) and using it for purely aesthetic purposes without acknowledging its origin.

People in Asia have always exchanged culture, food, music, and attires historically. There has always been mutual cultural appreciation and respect. Cultural appropriation is a western centric view and most of the people on stan twt overuse it to a point where it's meaningless.

Non-desis bobbling their heads to make fun of desis is not CA it's racism. Non-Muslims using Islamic verses and clothing as aesthetic is not CA it's Islamaphobia. Mocking other culture, cuisines, using deities for aesthetic purposes, etc., is not CA it's ignorance.

Tl;Dr The world doesn't revolve around America and the west. Stop shoving your agendas down our throats.

+ read more books from the subaltern. Decolonize yourselves. Don't bootlick your colonisers into making you think that our cultures aren't meant to be shared.