The term cultural appropriation was birthed in progressive and academic circles as a tool to critique power imbalances.
And yet, one of the most troubling contemporary illustrations of appropriation today is not in fashion or pop culture but in the name of a once credible social science subdiscipline — genocide studies — that is being co-opted by those intent on exploiting the language of atrocity for ideological ends.
Enter, stage left, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (LIGP).
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