co-optation
- n the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership)
- n the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
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News & Articles
- The politics of Rihanna’s hair: Her AMA do was a powerful form of resistance
In an award show celebrating the co-optation of black musical forms, a star's hairstyle was an important statement
Nov. 26, 2013 - Salon.com
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- Noam Gonick in Xtra.ca
...the police's checkered history with the queer community, including bathhouse and sex club raids, as well as arrests at Pride itself, Gonick says, "I can't think of a more perfect example of co-optation than police presence at Pride."