White people with dreadlocks
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Anonymous
| I'm AA and think it's cultural appropriation. It also just doesn't look right on straight textured hair and I include my 1/4 AA friend in this. She has thin, dirty-blond dreads that always look like she just needs a comb. |
Anonymous
+1. Cultural appropriation works both ways. If it us inappropriate for one group, it is inappropriate for the other. This over the top political correct nonsense has got to stop. Copying is the greatest form of flattery. |
Anonymous
| Im am white and just think they look so dumb on white people. Plus, white people tend to have much more oily hair and they cant wash locks so you know they are super filthy. |
Anonymous
. Do you have the same issue with AAs who straighten their hair? That looks no less ridiculous. |
Anonymous
AAs straightening their hair or wearing weaves and wigs has history in assimilation to what was considered "the norm." Learn something before spouting your nonsense. |
Anonymous
So some appropriation is okay because it is "the norm" and other is not because they are outliers? Who is spouting nonsense? |
Anonymous
Agreed, by definition cultural appropriation does NOT work both ways. When a minority culture takes on traits of the majority, it's called assimilation. And we flip the fuck out when people don't assimilate. |
Anonymous
AAs aren't appropriating white hairstyles by straightening their hair. Why do you think the Afro was considered "rebellious" in the late 60s? Because it didn't align with the norms expected from black people, which was to "fit in" with white people. |
Anonymous
Not the PP, but I think you are being intentionally obtuse. AA women historically straightened their hair because the historcally "American standard of beauty" called for light skin and long straight hair. In many instances, AA women could not get jobs in White people's homes and in certain other places unless their hair was pressed and straightened. Having tradionally AA features was considered ugly and undesirable by Whites. Over that time, AA women have come to internalize these standards of beauty. So whether you agree or not, there is a documented historical context for AA women straightening their hair. A White boy having dreadlocks - not so much. TBH, I do not care one hoot about how someone chooses to dress or wear their hear. I say - go for it. |
Anonymous
But you "flip the fuck out" if any whittle person dares to come near your culture. THAT is fucking nonsense--it us the ultimate form of flattery and you are too damn ignorant and biased to see that. Good grief. |
Anonymous
| The constant double standard is adding exponentially to racism in this country. |
Anonymous
I'm white, dear heart. Funny you assumed differently. |
Anonymous
Not that PP (I'm the other PP you were quoting). Is it really flattery when white people have taken the lowest common denominator of AA pop culture and copied it and made that their "truth"? Themed frat parties, real-housewives type attitudes, etc. All the garbage the media feeds us. To many whites (and I am white, by the way!) black culture is nothing more than sports, hip-hop, and spoiled women behaving badly. I don't see too many white people flattering AA culture by discussing contemporary AA writers, or asking for more positive AA portrayals in film and television. Or by supporting AA businesses or up-and-coming artists. |
Anonymous
Do we really? Look at all the White hip-hop artists that have been successful. Look at the White folks who sing R&B. AA's in general have not flipped out and have actually embraced those Whites who are sincere about the art form. |
Anonymous
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I have yet to see a white person pull of dreads and look hot.
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