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Here is a link to a great example of what we discussed in class yesterday - fakelore vs. appropriation. I would say this is fakelore because Starbucks took a traditional Mexican culture/food item and commercialized/re-branded it so it is now mass-marketed and sold. People eat them all the time and many probably have no idea of the cultural meaning or symbolism attached to a sugar skull for Dia de los Muertos. I did a search for this after seeing the famous author, Sandra Cisneros, post a photo of Pande Muerto being sold at Starbucks on her Instagram page!!! I put so many exclamation points because it is really a theft of culture to do something so outright, in my opinion. I will link the photo in an additional post.

The disgusting food from all over the world in different cultural backgrounds and in traditional cuisine are the most attractive part to audiences. However, response from the diversified audiences are differently and controversially, because people have various types in taste.