Cultural appropriation in magic is something that hasn’t really been addressed much and perhaps ought to. I’m actually guilty of it myself too a tiny degree in one of my routines. A lot of people don’t really know what cultural appropriation is though and it’s both a big topic to get into and something I can only really give a tiny insight into, given that as a white woman with roots into the ancient history of Yorkshire, the only thing that has ever appropriated my culture is The Last of The Summer Wine¹.
But today I want to blunder through a topic which magic has a terribly history with. That topic is Orientalism.
Content warning on this post for examples of some stuff that’s kinda racist.
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or Inappropriate appropriation”