As a sociologist, you are very wrong. Cultural appropriation is a very real thing. You seem to misunderstand the very concept of it. It’s not people appreciating the culture and understanding it for what it is. It’s not people being invited into the culture or given gifts from people of that culture.

What’s happening is less cultural appropriation and more just reduction. In a perfect world, every time a culture is in the media, someone or multiple someones of that particular culture can contribute in a way that creates depth and nuance in representation.