Growing up as a South Asian Immigrant in a pre-dominantly white environment, establishing a single identity has always felt like a struggle. Breakfast varied from pancakes to parathas, and outfits from long dresses to lehengas. You can therefore imagine my surprise when, in the early 2010s, the debate of cultural appreciation and appropriation first started gaining traction on social media platforms of all kind, from Tumblr to Twitter (now, X).My original reaction was significant indifference an...