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Posted: 2022-10-21T22:14:35Z | Updated: 2022-10-21T22:14:35Z

Its 2022, and fetishizing Mexican culture is still a thing. Whether its sorority girls wearing sombreros on Cinco de Mayo or clothing brands that copy/paste traditional Mexican designs without credit, some people seem to think they have a free pass to appropriate our culture.

Since he took office in 2018, Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has taken one step in combating that disrespect by calling out major fashion brands that appear to have plagiarized Indigenous Mexican designs. On Thursday, the presidents wife, Beatriz Gutirrez, went on Instagram and accused Ralph Lauren of appropriating Contla and Saltillo Native designs on a cardigan that was retailing for a couple hundred dollars.

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