So before I start I should say I'm white. I am really, really white; blind people with my legs, white. And I also live in a country where I am technically one of the invading hoard who has tried very hard to stomp out the local culture. But I've been thinking of cultural appropriation lately as I'm writing a book set in Canada with Japanese characters and I'm petrified I will offend someone with a cultural faux par. There are valid concerns when it comes to cultural appropria