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CULTURAL APPROPRIATION: The Latest Fashion Whites Shouldn’t Wear

Robert Kraychik

Whites should not wear hoop earrings, according to a Tuesday-published column at VICE.

Ruby Pivet, the column’s author, describes whites wearing hoop earrings as engaging in “cultural appropriation,” framing the fashion accessories as somehow belonging to “minorities.”

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