Cultural appropriation is using cultural symbols or icons of another culture in a way that is inappropriate or offensive to that culture, like supporters of the Exeter Chiefs rugby team wearing Native American head-dresses to show their support for their team. Cultural appreciation could be having a Japanese-style tea-party because you really love the way they do it!

Dunno, but everyone loves ethnic food and many Caucasian women love to wear ethnic clothes, have pinatas at parties, do yoga, twist their hair into dreads, or braid their hair with beads, etc.

People are taking their favorite cultural elements and using them for themselves, almost as a tribute. For instance, although I'm Caucasian American, live very much like a Thai; I wear Thai clothes and shoes, eat Thai food and shop at small Thai places, carry an umbrella for both sun and rain, drive a motorbike instead of a car, take off my shoes in my doorway, etc.

Sometimes Thai people take me for a Thai and I have to tell them halfway through the conversation that I'm a foreigner.

I like to be culturally ambiguous. Although not Scottish I like to wear Scottish baronial style clothes. It does not matter to me. I also like to wear Asian clothes when its warm enough. I also have played in an Irish music band. So go figure?