Who Owns Culture?

In general, I believe that culture can be owned by many different people. Initially, I thought that you own your own culture and the decisions and choices you make on a daily basis are usually influenced by your own culture. Furthermore, the people that surround you also influence your culture, your parents, friends, etc. I later formed an opinion and realised that no one really owns culture and that it should be okay for anyone to adopt any culture provided they are respectful. If everyone is respectful of one another, ‘cultural appropriation’ would no longer exist and it would be called ‘cultural appreciation’. Moreover, when people are no longer respectful of other cultures and perhaps ignorant there is a VERY blurry line. For some people, that line begins earlier with smaller actions and for others, it begins later and only has an impact after a big action was made. For me, I would say the line doesn’t really exist, to be honest. I think I generally just mind my own business and don’t see the point in getting that involved with people’s stuff. I think this may come from the fact that I am not necessarily that well connected to my English culture. Having never lived there I don’t really feel like it is a big part of me. I tend to just let others do what they want and hope that they are doing what they are doing for the right reasons and not the wrong ones.