Is this like an American/British fear?

It was the 2015 Vice article that criticized young American women putting on red bindis at Coachella and Lollapalooza that really sort of made my head scratch.

I feel like everywhere around the world people playfully embrace different cultures. Even when it's done superficially, I never seen any hostility.

I mean don't so many Westerners celebrate Chinese new year? Even if it's superficially like a Google Doodle.

Didn't Mozart and Beethoven experiment with Turkish techniques?

Didn't basically all of Europe imitate Versailles culture for like 100 years?

Didn't many Italian maritime cities appropriate the Hindu-Arabic numerals during their mediterranean voyages?

Or how about when the Germanic tribes appropriated Roman culture?

Everybody takes something from each other.