Impressed with Zendaya and her response to having her hair style associated with drug culture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't she the same person who referred to one of the Jenner girls as being "edgy" or some other positive thing for wearing dreds a few months back? I might be more inclined to side with the people who say this isn't a race thing if there wasn't this history of it being good when a white girl does it, but apparently dirty when a black girl does. Not the GR was having overtly racists thoughts, but more the latent racism that plays out in more insidious ways.

EXACTLY

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Anonymous wrote:I have to say that I give Guilianna props for not saying "but" or making caveats in her apology so it seemed honest and genuine- she is sure to note that her intent wasn't there but that doesn't matter, you can hurt without malice being in your heart and her acknowledgement of that is important.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patchouli, dreadlocks, and weed are white hippie things, especially to someone Guiliana's age. It was a stupid comment, but it wasn't racist.

Locs are not a white hippie thing, but much more prevalent in the black community as a normal hairstyle. Therefore if the only thing you think when you see you see a loc style is weed and patchouli, you're denigrating a whole natural hair choice of a race of people. Who already have enough pressure on hair choices without your misguided judgment.

Oh, Lord. Get over it! I actually stayed in a white hippie commune in the late '80s, and about half the kids had dreadlocks. Long, curly white hair that isn't brushed dreadlocks naturally. For that crowd, it was a very normal hairstyle, and it was a choice for them, just as hairstyle is a choice for anyone, white or black. But you wouldn't know that, because your own misguided judgment can't see beyond your own experience.

[Anonymous]

I guess other celebrities have thicker skins. Lindsay Lohan was commonly referred to as Fire Crotch(including on FP) and she never felt compelled to take to social media and complain.

Now I guess we can all thank Zendaya for making FP even more boring...cuz you know G won't joke around anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess other celebrities have thicker skins. Lindsay Lohan was commonly referred to as Fire Crotch(including on FP) and she never felt compelled to take to social media and complain.

Now I guess we can all thank Zendaya for making FP even more boring...cuz you know G won't joke around anymore.

Jokes should be funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to say that I give Guilianna props for not saying "but" or making caveats in her apology so it seemed honest and genuine- she is sure to note that her intent wasn't there but that doesn't matter, you can hurt without malice being in your heart and her acknowledgement of that is important.

+1. Great comment.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but tying it to race was unnecessary. I think Giuliana meant it in a "dreads, like hippies and weed ha ha" type of way. She didn't mean it in a "you're black so.... Weed." Way.

As a black person I'm so over the race card being played at the wrong time.

I agree with you! Let's face it when we see dreads we all think the same thing

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes but tying it to race was unnecessary. I think Giuliana meant it in a "dreads, like hippies and weed ha ha" type of way. She didn't mean it in a "you're black so.... Weed." Way.

As a black person I'm so over the race card being played at the wrong time.

I agree with you! Let's face it when we see dreads we all think the same thing

I don't so there!

[Anonymous]

I don't know who she is, but she looks beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Another reason why the comment was racists/ignorant:

Black folk of all different backgrounds, SES status, educational status and profession wear dreadlocks. It's is a hairstyle choice one finds throughout all levels and types of black people, and especially women. I know many black women and a few black men with dreadlocks in my personal life and work environment. I am upper middle class, white and a lawyer. Zendaya's hair seemed totally normal to me as its a hairstyle I see in the course of my typical DC life. I didn't even think twice when I saw a picture of her on the red carpet. Just thought she looked really pretty. Her hairstyle was just a pretty hairstyle but not unusual in any way.

One rarely sees white folk with dreadlocks anywhere but on a hippy commune. It is just not a typical hairstyle for white people across all levels of society.

To me, therefore, it seems pretty clear that GR does not spend much time around white people if she felt this hairstyle was unusual enough to make a refer me to pot and patchouli. That is why is sounded off, or racist, as it seemed like she lives in a world where "normal" peoe don't wear dreadlocks.

[Anonymous]

A quip about her dreads smelling like weed is funny. It's a joke, not a racial statement. Since when have weed references become racial??? Weed transcends race. Duh.

This is the dumbest nonissue. Seriously.

But it's also brilliant PR. I had never heard of Zendaya before, and I suspect many others hadn't either. And now we are talking about her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason why the comment was racists/ignorant:

Black folk of all different backgrounds, SES status, educational status and profession wear dreadlocks. It's is a hairstyle choice one finds throughout all levels and types of black people, and especially women. I know many black women and a few black men with dreadlocks in my personal life and work environment. I am upper middle class, white and a lawyer. Zendaya's hair seemed totally normal to me as its a hairstyle I see in the course of my typical DC life. I didn't even think twice when I saw a picture of her on the red carpet. Just thought she looked really pretty. Her hairstyle was just a pretty hairstyle but not unusual in any way.

One rarely sees white folk with dreadlocks anywhere but on a hippy commune. It is just not a typical hairstyle for white people across all levels of society.

To me, therefore, it seems pretty clear that GR does not spend much time around white people if she felt this hairstyle was unusual enough to make a refer me to pot and patchouli. That is why is sounded off, or racist, as it seemed like she lives in a world where "normal" peoe don't wear dreadlocks.

Meant to say, she doesn't spend much time around black peopleif she saw this as an unusual enough hairstyle to comment on...

[Anonymous]

Whatever pp. You know that's not a common hairstyle...if it were, we wouldn't be talking about it.

[Anonymous]

If Joan Rivers had said it no one would have batted an eye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason why the comment was racists/ignorant:

Black folk of all different backgrounds, SES status, educational status and profession wear dreadlocks. It's is a hairstyle choice one finds throughout all levels and types of black people, and especially women. I know many black women and a few black men with dreadlocks in my personal life and work environment. I am upper middle class, white and a lawyer. Zendaya's hair seemed totally normal to me as its a hairstyle I see in the course of my typical DC life. I didn't even think twice when I saw a picture of her on the red carpet. Just thought she looked really pretty. Her hairstyle was just a pretty hairstyle but not unusual in any way.

One rarely sees white folk with dreadlocks anywhere but on a hippy commune. It is just not a typical hairstyle for white people across all levels of society.

To me, therefore, it seems pretty clear that GR does not spend much time around white people if she felt this hairstyle was unusual enough to make a refer me to pot and patchouli. That is why is sounded off, or racist, as it seemed like she lives in a world where "normal" peoe don't wear dreadlocks.

Wasn't that her exact point???!!!!