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One time, my whole flat decided
to go to one of the student union events.

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It was a seventies disco themed bar crawl.

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The whole idea was that
you dress up in disco themed clothes

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and I already knew that
this was going to have some problems.

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One of my white housemates decided

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to finish off her seventies
outfit with a brown Afro wig.

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Now, me
and my friend tried to explain to her

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that this was cultural appropriation

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and that she really didn't need the wig
to complete the outfit anyway.

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But some guy argued that
cultural appropriation wasn't even a thing

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and that she was showing appreciation
for my culture by wearing the wig.

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One of my housemates,
also a person of color, agreed with him,

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even though he experiences microaggression and
on a daily basis

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gets confused for other people.

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Many of my friends
tell stories about how people have used

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racist language to describe them
and then just say it's a joke,

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or even worse,
accuse people of being overly sensitive.

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It’s even worse in group chats,
even after it's been called out.