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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow I did not expect this to have so many responses! To update, I spoke with the other mom and we agreed that the girls will order matching outfits and even shoes online so they can have their twin idea. I will braid my daughter's hair into pigtails and I will offer to add ribbons in the same color as her friend's beads. Then we will do a twin day and they can choose their activities they want to do, like a project or ice cream. I already have talked to my daughter about her hair being a different kind and that the braids will not work the same.

(I'm OP)[/quote]

Still not comfortable with this. Strays too close to the line.[/quote]

Pigtails with ribbons aren't okay? White people have been doing that forever. [/quote]

Who did they steal it from?[/quote]

Pigtails and pony tails with ribbon have been used by caucasian women for thousands of years.  I suspect it came about from farm safety and to keep your hair out of your face when working in the fields.[/quote]

Braids have been prevalent in Africa, Egypt (let's not forget the Potolemies were Macedonian Greeks), Ancient Greece, very popular in Europe in the Medival/Renaissance period etc. The "woke" thought police are not only ahistorical, they also seek to deny natural human expression and interaction. Akin to the "Cultural Revolution" which sought to destroy and rebuild culture in accordance with strict doctrinaire principles imposed by some on others. This is a small, silly debate--but the ideology behind it should make people deeply uneasy. [/quote]

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