Writing About Other Cultures. Right or Wrong?

I’ve been seeing a lot of discussions about diversity, but more than that, the concepts of cultural appropiation vs cultural appreciation that are at play in literature. This is a very delicate topic, and I’m writing this in the hopes of learning about what other people think about this, even though I’m sure some could disagree.

My interest began from simple convos on twitter I skimmed through. Bottom line: It felt wrong to me that it was oh so bad for ‘white’ people to, let’s say, use anoth...