Copped Culture
This accessory carries cultural significance reserved for respected figures of power but is often misused by festival-goers and in Halloween costumes
Native American Headdress
This term is refers to when speakers alternate between two or more languages (or dialects or varieties of language) in one conversation
Code Switching
Dubbed the Mother of Feminism, this social activist and writer founded Ms. magazine and was the leading face of the movement in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
This is the term for policies that systematic deny various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities
Redlining
This Oscar-winning film is based on the actual travel guide for African-American motorists to navigate the dangers of the racially segregated South
Green Book
Celebrities including Iggy Azalea, Awkwafina, and Ariana Grande have been accused of this form of vocal distortion in order to imitate African American Vernacular English
Blaccent
The exertion of energy for the purpose of addressing people's feelings, making people comfortable, or living up to social expectations. It's often expected of women and less so of men.
Emotional Labor
Founder of the #MeToo movement to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society and Time Person of the Year 2017
Tarana Burke
This policy is intended to promoting the education and employment of members of groups that are known to have previously suffered from discrimination, but has been criticized for disproportionately impacting Asian-American students
Affirmative Action
This critically acclaimed book turned movie was the first mainstream Hollywood film featuring a majority Asian cast
Joy Luck Club
This ancient grain and staple for many Latin American people disrupted food supply for it's original consumers and economics for farmers due to growing popularity in the U.S.
Quinoa
Genderqueer people may prefer to use these pronouns for identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine
They/Them/Their
This prominent Mexican painter and father of the Muralist movement used his artform to advocate for social and political causes
Diego Rivera
A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that defines access to public toilets by gender (restrooms) and excludes transgender individuals from restrooms which conform to their gender identity
Bathroom Bill
These transgender sisters are successful directors responsible for the Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta, and Netflix series Sense8
Lana and Lilly Wachowski
In 2015, the theme of this highly anticipated celebrity gathering highlighted the fine line between cultural appreciation and appropriation with its theme, China: Through the Looking Glass
Met Gala
Questions like "where are you from" and statements like "you speak English well" are forms of this interpersonal transgression that establish people of color as "perpetual foreigners"
Microinvalidation
This American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen was known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights and one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969
Marsha P. Johnson
This American immigration policy that allows undocumented migrants with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S.
DACA
This biopic features a strong female character that shows enormous strength of character to push barriers and challenge archaic conventions in this David vs Goliath tale starring Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
The infamous Madonna and Brittney Spears kiss is an example of this social phenomenon that results from limited or villanous representation of this group
Bisexual Erasure
Wearing a bindi when invited to an Indian festival or supporting designs of a Navajo artist are examples of ________ that looks more like an exchange between culture
Cultural Appreciation
These social activists were responsible for founding the Asian American Political Alliance that challenged the pejorative term "Orientals" in 1968
Emma Gee and Yuji Ichioka
This form of proposed legislation puts advances in science and technology at odds with the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling
Heartbeat Bill
These films are tied for the most Oscar nominations by a foreign-language film
Roma (2018) & Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)