... you think it's okay to appropriate cultures not your own. You might be racist if you think that dressing up as a lil indian gurl and painting your pony with indian war paint is cute or stylish. You might be racist if you think it's okay to dressed up as an Arab just because you own a horse with the breed name of Arabian. You might be racist if you think it's okay that there's an entire breed named for a slur against the Roma people.Cultural appropriation is not a good thing. For those of you that don't know what it is, cultural appropriation is the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It describes acculturation (google that shit) or assimilation. One doesn't even have to feel negatively towards a people and/or their culture to participate in cultural appropriation, and one doesn't even have to be aware that that's what they are doing to participate in it.Yes, cultural appropriation is racist. And yes, painting a circle around your horse's eye is racist. Slapping some painted handprints on your horse is racist. Dressing up as ~a g*psy~ on your G*psy Vanner is racist.Cultural appropriation is NOT the only thing in the equestrian world that is racist, and I will definitely touch on that, as well. If you have anything that you want to bring to my attention, by all means, please!FOR YOUR EDIFICATIONIf you have questions or take issue with anything on this blog, please feel free to contact me in my ask box.