Lack Of Multicultural Awareness In Black Culture

A situation that I observed where poor communication resulted in a lack of multicultural awareness is the cultural appropriation trend that has been going on recently. With old school styles coming back and just everyone wanting to be unique and different, white people and people that aren't black as a whole have started expressing themselves by culturally appropriating the black culture. Many have done this by wearing corn rows, bantu knots, and etc. While this may seem harmless to those that aren't black, I think the situation could've been avoided if those that aren't black understood why the black culture would find these things offensive. The black culture for years have been discriminated against and just made fun of for some of these
cultural expressions. So for another race to appropriate their culture is insulting. Empathy could come into play when the race appropriating the black culture can get an understanding on why the black culture feels how they feel, regardless of if they agree or disagree.