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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a complete idiot though I feel like one now. I know better than to let my kid have braids to match her friend. Could I do french braids instead and put beads in her hair that way? I'm so lost on this. I am an immigrant, sorry for not understanding. I am trying.[/quote]

French braids would be cute.  Get them friendship bracelets or something that can match.[/quote]

Tell your daughter "Cornrows are for black girls.  White girls wear French braids.   Girls of all colors can wear friendship bracelets."[/quote]

Np. So are u saying Black girls can't wear French braids?  That's crazy![/quote] They also can't straighten their hair ever, according to this logic. Welcome to wokedom. It's so freeing![/quote]

Wait, you guys are joking, right? Cornrows and french braids are the same thing, aside from the hair texture they imply,  aren't they? [/quote]

Not the same thing unless you are french braiding a hundred tiny braids into your straight white hair?[/quote]

Because I was even more confused after reading your reply (that is probably crystal clear to all but me), I went to google, and found this 2015 piece in Fashion Magazine,[b] [url=https://fashionmagazine.com/face-body/braids-without-being-culturally-offensive/]8 braids you can do without being culturally offensive[/url][/b]. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA that some braids were culturally insensitive in 2015, and not just on DCUM. [/quote]

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