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 In an article that's actually a bit (but just a bit) more thoughtful than the headline applied to it ("How Corporations Profit From Black Teens' Viral Content"), Fader writer Doreen St. Felix tackles the cultural appropriation of creative works. Sort of. While the article does quote from a 2008 essay about the historical cultural appropriation of black artists' works by record labels, etc., the article does not point out any specific appropriation occurring here -- at least not in terms of the two creators St. Felix has chosen to write about. And it has nothing to say about how these corporations are "profiting" from this supposed appropriation. One of those is Kayla Newman, whose offhand comment in a Vine video birthed a new slang term. Read More 
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