Is identity appropriation acceptable in the name of creative expression?
A number of writers, speakers, and other expressive artists will speak from identities which they do not personally possess. For example, a straight white male writing about a gay black woman. Under what conditions would this be acceptable, or is it even acceptable to begin with?
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Good point. I should have probably posed this as a perspectives debate. What I was trying to get at was whether or not authors or other artists have a responsibility for researching the identities they portray in their work, and where a line might be drawn in what is permissible (if such a line should be drawn at all). To me, appropriation implies a certain lack of such responsibility. Does that clarify? Side: Yes
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