I'm sure that people in the dominant culture are facing the same resistance but since they don't have a reference to follow(they are at the cutting edge, the top, the front trenches) they can brand their work as innovation much easily. If you are in a "follower-culture", people will not accept your work as good unless it is recognised by the upper culture. It happens a lot in Turkey, where the local artists doing unusual things won't be accepted by the local critics or academia until they make a name for themselves in the USA, UK or EU.
It's not limited to artist. Game developers, app developers, inventors will be initially branded as "scammers" or a "joke" if they do something in a way that's not usually done up until they receive recognition from abroad.
This is one of the most insightful comments I've read on HN today. I experience this a lot, especially in the arts, in my own country. That constant reference to "the rules" and "the way it's supposed to be done" reflects the kind of "follower-culture" that, I think, impedes innovation.
That is not to say innovation does not (or cannot) happen within such a limiting framework; the framework is limiting and works against an innovative spirit.