Cultural appropriation: Make it illegal worldwide, Indigenous

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http://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/the-united-nations-may-finally-make-cultural-appropriation-illegal

>Indigenous groups around the world are currently calling on the United Nations to make the appropriation of native cultures illegal, reports CBA News. A special committee has been asking for sanctions since 2001, long before Twitter and Instagram became the default ways for offended communities to call out BS and make their cases heard. This week, though, the ball is really getting rolling. Delegates from 189 countries are currently meeting in Geneva as part of a specialized international committee within the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

>The committee is pushing for three pieces of international law to put sanctions place. This will expand international property regulations to protect indigenous property ranging from designs to language. The UN should “obligate states to create effective criminal and civil enforcement procedures to recognize and prevent the non-consensual taking and illegitimate possession, sale and export of traditional cultural expressions,” James Anaya, dean of law at the University of Colorado, told the committee.

How much you wanna bet no indigenous people thought of this and that this was an idea by white guilt white liberal douchebags who dragged some token indigenous people along for the ride?