Who remembers Rachel Dolezal?

[IMJ]

I think that everything is weaponized by a cross section of people nowadays - whether it's "appropriation" or "appreciation".

And the pattern I've found to the weaponization of any of these items tends to fall firmly into the peasant-thinker level of things and occasionally dips into some "elite class" who uses it to manipulate a peasant-revolt for whatever reason at the moment. I remember the girl in your example clearly and she is clearly a peasant-thinker relying on manipulation for perceived personal benefit xyz.

Most "normal" people can reasonably assign the difference between "appropriation" and "appreciation" and even then write it off because America is a "melting pot" within reason.