{"id":183119,"date":"2023-01-11T01:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T01:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gwen-stefani-denies-harajuku-cultural-appropriation-draws-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T01:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T01:04:01","slug":"gwen-stefani-denies-harajuku-cultural-appropriation-draws-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gwen-stefani-denies-harajuku-cultural-appropriation-draws-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwen Stefani denies Harajuku cultural appropriation, draws backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello's noteworthy reactions to 'The Voice' performances\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gwen Stefani is once again addressing longstanding charges of cultural appropriation, doubling down on her <span style=\"font-size:14px\">controversial<\/span> Harajuku era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The &#8220;Hollaback Girl&#8221; singer, 53, has faced decades of cultural appropriation accusations, from wearing a bindi (a South Asian religious symbol) in the 1990s to her 2005 &#8220;Luxurious&#8221; music video, in which she imitated Hispanic culture and seductively danced in an Our Lady of Guadalupe shirt.  In 2012, Stefani donned Native American attire in No Doubt&#8217;s &#8220;Looking Hot&#8221; music video, which depicted a Cowboys vs.  Indians fight with teepees and feathered headdresses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But the most serious charge of cultural appropriation came from the Japanese-inspired imagery Stefani used heavily on her 2004 album &#8220;Love. Angel. Music. Baby.,&#8221; which birthed her No.  1 single &#8220;Hollaback Girl&#8221; along with her Harajuku Girls entourage and brands such as Harajuku Lovers fragrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Stefani, who has previously disagreed with criticisms of her Harajuku era, doubled down when asked about the backlash in a new interview published Tuesday.  This time, she cited her father&#8217;s job at Yamaha as her inspiration when speaking to Allure&#8217;s Jesa Marie Calaor, who is Asian American. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;That was my Japanese influence and that was a culture that was so rich with tradition, yet so futuristic (with) so much attention to art and detail and discipline and it was fascinating to me,&#8221; Stefani said, adding that her own visit to Harajuku led to an epiphany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I said, &#8216;My God, I&#8217;m Japanese and I didn&#8217;t know it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Her comments, which are similar to those she&#8217;s made in the past, drew backlash online.  USA TODAY reached out to Stefani&#8217;s rep for further comment.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;gwen stefani telling an asian american interviewer that she identifies as japanese is the kind of oblivion i&#8217;m trying to channel in this dark cruel world,&#8221;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanyachen\/status\/1612895322736562176\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\"> one user tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;@gwenstefani maam. You are not Japanese. You are not Asian like us You are not a minority like us. Being a superfan of Asian culture does not make you one of us STOP,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heysaveas\/status\/1612891825643327488\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">another user wrote. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;as much as I loved 90s gwen stefani in the 90s this unending parade of cultural appropriation, and a clear desire to ignore any criticism of her behavior, or learn anything from it, has really kind of ruined it for me,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/designerscott\/status\/1612841321873416192\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">one user wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1612841321873416192\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\" style=\"min-height:225px\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In response to the success of her brands inspired heavily by Japanese culture, Stefani told Calaor &#8220;a hit is a hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;If (people are) going to criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and sharing that, then I just think that doesn&#8217;t feel right,&#8221; she continued.  &#8220;I think it was a beautiful time of creativity\u2026 a time of the ping-pong match between Harajuku culture and American culture\u2026 (It) should be okay to be inspired by other cultures because if we&#8217;re not allowed then that&#8217;s dividing people, right?&#8221; <\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former &#8220;Voice&#8221; coach also shot down criticisms about appropriating Latinx and Hispanic culture, saying she identifies with both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The music, the way the girls wore their makeup, the clothes they wore, that was my identity,&#8221; she said.  &#8220;Even though I&#8217;m an Italian American \u2014 Irish or whatever mutt that I am \u2014 that&#8217;s who I became because those were my people, right?&#8221; <\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Appreciation vs.  appropriation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Stefani is one of many celebrities who has tried to walk the fine line between cultural appreciation and appropriation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dr.  Neal Lester, founding director of Project Humanities at Arizona State University, defined cultural appropriation to USA TODAY as &#8220;stealing something from a culture that is not one&#8217;s own and reaping the benefits or profits from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lester added that appropriation &#8220;reduces something to a kind of performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In comparison, cultural appreciation &#8220;is when someone seeks to understand and learn about another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and connect with others cross-culturally,&#8221; according to Greenheart.org, an organization that facilitates cultural exchange programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Cultural appropriation vs.  appreciation:<\/strong>Justin Bieber&#8217;s dreadlocks, Gwen Stefani music video sparks debate<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing: Cydney Henderson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/03\/USAT\/d9ce1fe8-c2ba-4915-b95a-f8449299baf5-GTY_1395051735.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/03\/USAT\/d9ce1fe8-c2ba-4915-b95a-f8449299baf5-GTY_1395051735.jpg?crop=2419,1361,x0,y402&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwen Stefani is once again addressing longstanding charges of cultural appropriation, doubling down on her controversial Harajuku era. 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