A young man with matted, disheveled hair was recently harassed at San Francisco State University by a female student.

Was he exposing himself? Was he making lewd comments?

No. He was “appropriating her culture.”

The young man, Cory Feldstein, was handed a flyer by a black female student when she withdrew the flyer and told him “sorry, we don’t want people with your hair here.”

I kid you not. Here’s a video of the incident.

Black conservative pundit Kevin Jackson wrote at his blog, The Blacksphere: “Who is this chick, Shaniqua X? Who died and made her the “Keeper of Blackness?!”

So what constitutes this so-called “cultural appropriation?”

Fordham University law professor Susan Scafidi describes “cultural appropriation” as the following:

“Taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else’s culture without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture’s dance, dress, music, language, folklore, cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc. It’s most likely to be harmful when the source community is a minority group that has been oppressed or exploited in other ways or when the object of appropriation is particularly sensitive, e.g. sacred objects.”

Bovine. Excrement.

If white Americans were to stop “appropriating” from the cultures of minority groups, can you imagine the impact?

Have you ever observed who dines at Mexican or Asian restaurants? Plenty of white people. What would happen to all those yoga studios that dot the suburbs if multitudes of white women were to feel guilty about “appropriating” Indian culture? What would happen to the livelihoods of Native Americans who create stunning pieces of turquoise jewelry that are purchased by Caucasians? What about jazz and blues music brought to a unique art form by black musicians — should it not be enjoyed by whites as well?

For that matter, no social justice warrior had better try to make me delete the Bob Marley music I have downloaded to my iPhone.

Of course “cultural appropriation” only works one way. As the “Race Relations Expert” at About.com admonished, “In the United States, cultural appropriation almost always involves members of the dominant culture (or those who identify with it) “borrowing” from the cultures of minority groups.”

I see. So as a woman whose grandparents were German immigrants, I have no right to accuse racial minorities of appropriating lager, sauerkraut, Oktoberfest, or dachshunds should any members of those groups decide to acquire or enjoy those parts of German culture.

Like I would even care.

This nation is officially riding the Crazy Train, and boarding stations can be found at just about any college campus.