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    Quote Originally Posted by Liam View Post
    My first thought is why
    do you want to identify with Scottish heritage if you have no connection? Yes I would view it as cultural appropriation.
    Just my opinion....
    Slante
    Just how Scottish does it have to be?

    Wearing the clan tartan of someone else's Scottish clan? Probably, although others do that and see nothing wrong with it.

    Wearing a Scottish tartan kilt when you have no links to Scotland? Ditto.

    Wearing an Irish tartan/solid green/saffron kilt when you have Irish heritage but not Scottish? Some think so, but I might tap them on the noggin' with me shilelagh!

    Wearing a kilt in a corporate/fashion tartan or another solid colour when you aren't of celtic descent? Possibly, but who really cares?

    Wearing a denim or leather kilt? I doubt that anyone in their right mind sees that as cultural appropriation.

    At some point it is just a garment. I don't think that someone wearing a solid colour kilt and no sporran is trying to look Scottish, unless of course they ARE Scottish, and if, say, they are wearing the corporate tartan of an organisation and are a member of same, I'd say that's the definition of being fully entitled to wear it, even if they are from Outer Mongolia of Serbian and Finnish descent.

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