The cultural appropriation rhetoric generally says that it ' s appropriation to adopt practices from a nondominant culture , like a minority immigrant population . I don ' t get this double standard . Why is it only appropriation if you ' re adopting something from the nondominant culture ? There ' s obviously appropriation happening in the other direction as well , arguably even more . As memealchemy points out in response to this tweet , nonwhites wear suits and ties , nonwhites make ample use of Western i . e . white musical heritage . I ' ve never heard anyone that uses the cultural appropriation meme talk about that . It makes much more sense to call them both appropriation and specify that you approve of one but not of the other though that still doesn ' t make sense . I never really thought about it until now , but that means that immigrant populations are being offered two choices 1 assimilate to the dominant culture , or 2 remain isolated . There ' s no option for the dominant culture to change meet the immigrant culture in the middle . Good point .