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His 2017 Tony-winning revival of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s “Once on This Island” not only made the 1990 musical politically viable in an era more scrupulous about racial representation and cultural appropriation, but the vibrancy of the staging uncovered new realms of enchantment.

While guest-starring on the Canadian show ‘Dragon’s Den,’ Simu Liu criticized a bubble tea company he said risked ‘cultural appropriation.’

Discussing race and cultural appropriation attracts the predictable insistence that we’re “seeing things,” that the malice we notice lurking behind innocuous-seeming language is imaginary.

Discussing race and cultural appropriation attracts the predictable insistence that we’re “seeing things,” that the malice we notice lurking behind innocuous-seeming language is imaginary.

She has also been accused of cultural appropriation for recording straight-ahead salsa tunes — an unfair accusation to this writer, considering that she is a dedicated student and collector of Afro-Caribbean music.