Can or Does Brunette refer to other ethnicities outside of Caucasian?

[Anonymous]

Does brunette refer to girls with naturally black hair? Predominately Brown hair cultures too?

I never have asked this to anyone in person, but does that term also apply to cultures with predominately dark hair?

I am African and South Asian fwiw.

Can African or Asian girls also be considered brunette?

[Anonymous]

I always assumed brunette referred to anyone with dark brown hair regardless of ethnic origin. So I wouldn’t call someone with black hair brunette but an Asian or African with natural or died dark brown hair? Sure, brunette. May not be everyone else’s definition though I guess.

[Anonymous]

Brunette is brown hair not black hair
All ethnicities

[Anonymous]

Brunette describes the range of brown from light to dark and all the shades in between. Black is black. There is no light black or dark black hair.

[Anonymous]

Brunette just means brown hair. It's somewhat redundant when referring to cultures where everyone has dark hair, so i guess i tend to picture a white woman with brown hair because otherwise, why distinguish brunette? Technically you could though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brunette just means brown hair. It's somewhat redundant when referring to cultures where everyone has dark hair, so i guess i tend to picture a white woman with brown hair because otherwise, why distinguish brunette? Technically you could though.

Well - if an Asian woman with naturally black hair, lightens it to brown… voila! Brunette!

[Anonymous]

The term brunette is white-centric and thus racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term brunette is white-centric and thus racist.

While I agree that its origin is from white culture, I would not call it racist. For example there are some mix race people who call themselves brunettes. They can call themselves as they wish.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was for "brown" hair. So if a person of another ethnicity has brown hair, not black, I would consider them brunette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term brunette is white-centric and thus racist.

This is tongue-in-cheek, correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term brunette is white-centric and thus racist.

I agree white-centric because of the huge variability of hair color in the white population, not seen in other races. Racist? Troll another thread, please.

[Anonymous]

I use brunette to mean dark hair (whether brown or black), regardless of ethnicity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use brunette to mean dark hair (whether brown or black), regardless of ethnicity.

And I also don't like to divide people by ethnicity, because I am mixed race myself!!!

Forcing people into little categories is ridiculous and discriminatory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use brunette to mean dark hair (whether brown or black), regardless of ethnicity.

And I also don't like to divide people by ethnicity, because I am mixed race myself!!!

Forcing people into little categories is ridiculous and discriminatory.

How will the small-minded people spend their time otherwise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use brunette to mean dark hair (whether brown or black), regardless of ethnicity.

Brunette is for brown hair, usually darker. That's the definition. If someone has black hair, it's not brunette.