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How to respectfully share cross-cultural wisdom without appropriation

My best friend and I started a podcast about fool wisdom from different cultures, thinking it would be fun, but we realize we're two privileged Americans potentially trivializing sacred traditions for entertainment, and we're paralyzed about whether to continue.

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Two people are grappling with the tension between genuine appreciation and potential exploitation of sacred cultural knowledge.

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“Where Are You with The fool tradition across cultures?”

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