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Halloween costume makers and retailers make generous profits from selling costumes that allow their wearers to be indian princesses or gypsies. by profiting from the stereotypical display of marginalized groups without fully understanding and appreciating the culture, they are engaging in:

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Cultural appropriation

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Cultural appropriation is a tradition and a system where one culture is adopted by individuals from another culture. This can be questionable when individuals from a prevailing society try to adopt a culture that is not so prevailing and when its a minority culture. And evidently cultural appropriation is different from cultural exchange and there are different aspects that are debatable.

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