Cultural Appropriation: Google Scholar Research

Cultural appropriation may also include DNA tests to corroborate or discount cultural membership claims. This is because many people claim that even the human genome is a cultural product which is inherited through generations.

According to J.O. Young and C.G. Brunk (2012), there are two ways that cultural appropriation could bring a negative effect. The first way is the violation of a property right, which is often regarded as a form of infringement or plagiarism, which only occurs when the appropriated subject belongs to another culture. The second method is assaulting the identity of a culture or its members. Cultural appropriation usually discriminates or undermines members of a culture, causing serious harm to them.

Reference:

J.O. Young and C.G. Brunk (2012). The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation. 1^st Edition. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. p5.