“I would rather be sitting in the most claustrophobia-inducing Broadway theater than be sprawled out comfortably most anywhere else in the world”— Natalie Walker, vulture.com
“The point is that everything great and iconic about this country comes when seemingly disparate parts are blended in revelatory ways. That merging simply doesn’t happen in places where people are separated by race and ethnicity and class. And it’s not only what makes American culture so rich, but it…”— Bari Weiss, nytimes.com
“I'm sympathetic insofar as I think the 'cultural appropriation' critique has often gone too far. But what needs to be known is that African-American artists have created incredible, magical intellectual property -- only to have it monetized by white people, while the black artist gets nothing. That'…”— PieChart Guy, nytimes.com
“[Cultural] appropriation suggests theft, and a process analogous to the seizure of land or artifacts. In the case of culture, however, what is called appropriation is not theft but messy interaction. Writers and artists necessarily engage with the experiences of others. Nobody owns a culture, but ev…”— Kenan Malik, nytimes.com