Cultural Lunch and Learn

Upper School students attended a lunch and learn about cultural appropriation vs. appreciation hosted by the Upper School Equity Council and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Racheal Quinn.

Seniors and Equity Council members Ria Mittal and Aleesha Adhami explained the differences between the two and Quinn helped illustrate it using pop culture examples.

“You can understand culture or learn about culture and still participate in it. Appropriation doesn’t mean we can’t do that. It’s about how we can be supportive and how we can appreciate and push culture forward as a collective,” Quinn said.

Students then broke into groups each focusing on a way to avoid cultural appropriation, such as listening first, examining and sharing their own culture, and considering context.