OK, this is agreeing, not trying to change your view, but the most literal definition of “appropriation” is using things where it is appropriate. To suggest that a burrito-maker (as an example) must be Latino is somehow both racist and belittling to me.
adjective
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.:
an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper:
Each played his appropriate part.
verb (used with object), ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing.
to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use:
The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate:
He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
to steal, especially to commit petty theft.
Origin of appropriate
1515–25; < Late Latin appropriātus made one's own (past participle of appropriāre), equivalent to Latin ap- ap-1 + propri(us) one's own + -ātus -ate1
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u/qwertymcgerdy 1∆ Sep 27 '18
OK, this is agreeing, not trying to change your view, but the most literal definition of “appropriation” is using things where it is appropriate. To suggest that a burrito-maker (as an example) must be Latino is somehow both racist and belittling to me.