Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation occurs
when a group of people who do not belong to a specific subculture take on the
characteristics of these, either the style of dress, the music they listen or
habits in general.
An example of this is the
Bangkok's Mexican's Gangster who copied the style of Mexican gangsters. Mexican
gang members and a particular style of dress, with illegal activities such as
theft, murder and drug trafficking identified
.
Is tempted to observe that in
some way the Thai job of mimicking the lifestyle of the Mexican's gangsters
however Thai only meet at night because in the morning each of the group
members working as a teacher, police or government worker, even with stable
families and consult with their wives if they can or not a tattoo done. This is
a behavior not seen in Mexican gangs because gang members do not work and
engage in other activities. That is, these men of Bangkok do not understand the
negative connotation in the Western world means to belong to a Mexican gang.
Finally, I do not think that
Mexican gangs may change their style because some men in Bangkok decided to
imitate them.
