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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute: On Cultural Appropriation

Bruno Mars, Little Mix and Kim Kardashian are the latest celebrities to be accused of cultural appropriation.

The dictionary definition is: 'the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, of one people or society by members of a typically more dominant people or society.'

In this Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute series, Sylvie Carlos investigates what the term really means and why it is so contentious.

(Photo: Black woman having her hair combed. Credit: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

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