I never heard of culture depreciation but I was once told that I am culturally deprived because my parents never took me to see "100 And One Dalmations".:(

My view is that it is a New Age psychobabble term, possibly extracted from this speech by Brigitte Wyngaarde on behalf of the "Guiana's Federation of Amerindian Organisations" at the U.N Palace, Geneva July 2000. To wit; Culture depreciation and defiance towards their own community group have led the youths to a deep self-denial of their identity. Most of them end up finding it ridiculous to wear traditional attire, to fish for a living, to dance or even take part in collective tasks in their community. Many of them consider their culture a mere collection of antiquated and worthless rules. Another tool instrumental to that strategy of domination is the consecration of the society of affluence and a typically western way-of-life style which has become quite an ideology, thus debasing the traditional way-of-life’s image. In the so-called modern society, supply is conditioned by demand. Young Amerindians are now overwhelmed by the so-called benefits and extravagances of a society in which everything seems to be taken for granted: goods and services, media-culture, leisure galore, let alone family allowances, social security, welfare state, to mention a few. As a result, those native youngsters are now questioning the capability of their community world to meet their new needs. This society of affluence, together with the welfare state, exert an overwhelming attraction on the indigenous youths who , as a result, will show a tendency of repressing their feeling of belonging to their own original community and village, which are, of course, nowhere near to be organised well enough to satisfy their new needs. Those needs are mainly inspired by fleeting trendsetters and mass-mediatisation . Those same indigenous youths are keen on having self identification and obviously inclined to unwaveringly turn themselves towards the newest icon and the most profitable activities, unaware that this trend is the reason why so many people are left out and excluded.