White people with dreadlocks

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Anonymous wrote: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.

. Do you have the same issue with AAs who straighten their hair? That looks no less ridiculous.

There are AA with naturally straightly straight hair. No one naturally has dreads.

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Trustafarians.

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Anonymous wrote:Perfectly fine hair style choice or inappropriate/insensitive cultural appropriation? Does it matter if the wearer is 25 vs. 45, or male vs. female? Curious about AA people's opinions...

If it was inappropriate, the all the AAs that STRAIGHTEN their hair are just as guilty. I personally this the AA curls are awesome.

+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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There has a been a lot of criticism of white rappers...don't pretend all is sunshine and snowflakes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

. Do you have the same issue with AAs who straighten their hair? That looks no less ridiculous.

There are AA with naturally straightly straight hair. No one naturally has dreads.

But the question is do you feel the same about AA that straighten their hair? What about AA that use real hair wigs or extensions that come from the head of another race? Is this cultural appropriation?

[Anonymous]

These thread makes me want to get blond dreads.

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Anonymous wrote:I have yet to see a white person pull of dreads and look hot.

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^^ They aren't real though

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Anonymous wrote: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.

. Do you have the same issue with AAs who straighten their hair? That looks no less ridiculous.

There are AA with naturally straightly straight hair. No one naturally has dreads.

But the question is do you feel the same about AA that straighten their hair? What about AA that use real hair wigs or extensions that come from the head of another race? Is this cultural appropriation?

I don't feel that way about straightened hair or wigs or extensions. I do feel that way when AA gay men adopt white gay male speech.

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Anonymous wrote:I have yet to see a white person pull of dreads and look hot.

This looks hot to you?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's hot on a thin, blonde hippie chick.

Anything looks hot on one of these chicks.

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It just doesn't look good on white people. Black people don't get to own this hairstyle, but it actually can look good on them.

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I dont care but wash and care for them.

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Anonymous wrote:Perfectly fine hair style choice or inappropriate/insensitive cultural appropriation? Does it matter if the wearer is 25 vs. 45, or male vs. female? Curious about AA people's opinions...

If it was inappropriate, the all the AAs that STRAIGHTEN their hair are just as guilty. I personally this the AA curls are awesome.

+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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There has a been a lot of criticism of white rappers...don't pretend all is sunshine and snowflakes.

Yea, primarily those like Iggy who use it as a gimmick and have not embraced the history of hip hop. People do not dislike Iggy because she is White. T

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I don't even pay attention to iggy azalea.

How does she not embrace hop hop history?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even pay attention to iggy azalea.

How does she not embrace hop hop history?

You can Google it yourself. But there was a big controversy a couple months back about it and some comments she made. Her career has been going down ever since.