Appropriation Nation: Is It Ok For Kim Kardashian to Wear Cornrows?

[@SamahMakawy]

From a black woman in Africa, it is mind blowing how some black americans are over offended with anything

[@locita2068]

That’s because they don’t have culture

[@Zobokolobozo]

America's gotten out of hand for sure.

[@slobodanjevtovic7102]

Offended by everything embarrassed by nothing.

[@GeorgePoulakis-kf8os]

It's natural for human beings to exchange ideas,thoughts,language,food,culture, and everything they can. Try explaining that to these 'cultural appropriation' idiots, you'll end up committing suicide out of frustration. It's amazing to me that people(yourself)from majority black and brown countries understand common sense better then people from majority white countries. Maybe majority white nations need, with left wing ideologies, to turn into 3rd world dictatorships in order to understand the concept of 'common sense'?

[@yr2180]

Right? It’s insane.

[@melissalutz9003]

When people think it’s more offensive to wear a dress than to send a death threat 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@brialeah7351]

Lmfaooooo

[@beyond-samsara]

I know right- sociopaths divorced from reality

[@crispyfriedtoes]

i hate it when people justify harassment with "being in the right" like guys thinking your in the right doesn't make being a horrible back to the other person okay

[@HighTopHigher]

If the black community put this energy into fixing themselves and the things that REALLY matter, I couldn’t put into words how much further you’d be in life .

[@ciciciena]

Fr we stay stuck on the wrong things 😢

[@vision2096]

You should get million likes for your comment💯👏I think this goes for every race, colour ethnic groups. People are offended by every little thing these days.

[@amandawinters3967]

This ❤

[@eileencamacho2221]

Well said

[@LengJai89]

That's a fact, they need to look in the mirror n stop blaming every other person but themselves

[@haynknight2002]

As a part Asian myself, I can tell you that majority of Asians really don't care if you wear those outfits. More power to you if you can pull it off. The smallest opinions have the loudest voices and Twitter is a cesspool anyway.

[@ronaldpraja9992]

this is true, if its wore not in a negative way.. most asian would be proud if someone in other culture wears them.

[@hibaabdelgalil330]

It’s different because black people get denied jobs over hairstyles while other races get applaud and credited for wearing them.

[@haynknight2002]

@@hibaabdelgalil330 That's a discrimination issue and regardless if you are a conservative (which I am) or a liberal or anything else on the spectrum, I think we all agree if someone is discriminated about hair style, unless company policy specifically states that hair needs to be groomed a certain way, then there are avenues for people to take action against being discriminated. Sure hold companies accountable IF and that's a big IF they discriminate but on the same coin, take your L's when you're not chosen for a job that maybe someone else who applied for it was more qualified for. Now if said person goes on twitter or tictok to complain about it but takes no action, that sounds like a them issue and not an our issue. Absolutely NO ONE goes to an interview with an Asian dress so making the comparison, I think, was a weak argument. Aside from our discussion, I hope you have a great day! 🙂

[@7663226]

I thought the reason why the qipao was a problem was not because she wore the dress but because she took pictures with all of them pressing their palms together to look "chinese". She purposely lied by omission because she knew people would see that as inappropriate if she included that piece of the story.

[@haynknight2002]

@@7663226 If she did that, I still don't think it's that bad. Honestly, people in the Asian community don't really take offense to it. Go ahead and do it. We'll just laugh at you rather than get offended. The Asian lady she probably got the dress from would probably help her tape her eyes slanted if that meant she got the money for the dress.

[@mariyaa111]

NOBODY thought Kim Kardashian CREATED corn rows😂😂😂

[@dondog3123]

Literally no one 🙄 kim as a person is way more bigger problems than her hair

[@OodieSoodie]

Unless they were like under the age of 11….yeah lol

[@pickleeater6483]

People are really stupid they probably did

[@Luvxanastasia]

She was just desperate to win the argument lol

[@kelseybluemusic]

👏🏼

[@riyachatterjee7111]

I love it when people outside of my culture do stuff in our way. It just means they like it

[@miraclemixx]

exactly like they wouldn’t get it if it was ugly

[@dejadior6477]

But are the people in your culture getting murdered , ridiculed and fired over it?

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

@@dejadior6477 What makes you think white people who wear black hair styles have never been ridiculed or fired over it? Also, imitation is the best way to stop ridicule. Have you ever heard the story of why we eat asparagus with our fingers? The story of the European king and the foreign dignitary?

[@dejadior6477]

@@Dennis-nc3vw who is eating asparagus with their fingers ? And if they are it’s usually by the black people calling out their appropriation… never by the white community. Couple weeks ago it was a white girl saying how much she loved braids and wanted them and a bunch of people were donating to her for her to get braids but they never do that for black girls instead they make fun of her and judge her for her hair not being done

[@j5110]

@@dejadior6477 doesn’t matter. That’s terrible if it is happening but it’s not the fault of the person outside the culture. They can still wear whatever they want. It’s not their responsibility.

[@AWKWARDCONFIDENCE]

I’m black but I don’t even care. Let people do whatever they want. Why are people so easily offended. If people are bitter just say that 😂 it’s insecurities

[@nikirrae8495]

Girl same. I’ve never seen people try to dig up so many reasons to be offended in my life.

[@pattishea2289]

Your hair is a little red for being a black lady. Stop it. Your making my Irish feel bad.

[@distracted5767]

Bitter... thats one way to call unvalidated emotions on slavery and heritage,

[@samanthaschultz6082]

Love you, exactly.. we're all beautiful and different cultures are meant to be shared. I'd hold them all at my table I think it's beautiful

[@jay-jayconner8180]

I mean from experience I have been told as black man to cut my braided hair but my white male co woker can keep his dreads. So justify that one for me please?

[@grizzlehatchet1]

I have yet to hear someone explain cultural appropriation without sounding incredibly hypocritical and petty. id love to hear someone intelligent properly explain it.

[@DocWhiskey1776]

Nobody intelligent thinks it is really a thing 😂.

[@stjeandemonts1]

Let me give it a go, numerous people get tribal Maori tattoos because they look 'cool'. However these tattoos have deeply spiritual meanings, using them in such a shallow way is deeply insulting to Maori culture. It's pretty simple.

[@colinjensen]

So Maori’s shouldn’t be able to wear crosses, for example? And who is anyone to say a white guy wearing tribal tattoos isn’t spiritually sincere? Heck, who is anyone to say he’s not 1/4 Maori? or adopted?

[@crystalhelton6726]

@@stjeandemonts1 and not all Maori people get those tattoos for spiritual reasons either. My ex husband of 15yrs was from Hawaii born and raised and me and him had discussions like this all the time and he made the above point I mentioned very clear and expressed that especially nowadays that spiritual reasons were probably not the top reason why most Maori people get the tattoos anymore

[@nightingale2424]

I know for me it all sounds so pretty and jealous instead of educational

[@sgilmour47]

The woman saying "I can speak for black culture" referring to boundaries set: NO! YOU CANT! You know why? Because being of a certain race doesn't mean you know what everyone in your race is thinking. You aren't a herd, you're individuals. This is RACISM to paint all members or a race with the same brush. Cultures can only merge and be symbiotic by people expoloring and imtating one anothers cultures. It brings people together! It has happened since the dawn of time! This is how England came to be; 5 or 6 cultures combining over centuries. Stop fighting for segregation.

[@scubatuba1083]

“ Kim kardashian started to be seen as the creator of that hair style “ LITERALLY NO ONE THOUGHT THAT

[@marywalker5348]

actually they did. they even changed the name to boxer braids because corn rows was "too ethnic"

[@ZZMJo]

@@marywalker5348 Well, I'm not a fan of Kim but"started to be seen as the creator of that hair style “.. Since when is she responsible of what others think?

[@daughteroftheking01]

Uh actually there were articles about how she created “boxer braids” 🤐LMAO

[@MegaCassie83]

That is the only thing you got from this whole video?! Not let me google why is it wrong to appropriate Black, Indigenous, or Brown people cultures. 🤔 Let me guess you're very intelligent right?! 😒

[@ZZMJo]

@@MegaCassie83 Actually it is the argument of B. Rose....Nobody "owns" another person's hair. Otherwise you would appropriate Kim K hair bc you want to vorbid her to change hairstyle and she should do what you want? NOBODY saw her ( ca. 7.980 billions people) as the creator of whichever the hairstyle. Other people are not that way. Bc they don't give a damn. If you are interested in gossip and are a drama queen is nobody's business. And in case... why she coloured her hair? why is the professor (see the whole SHOW, FIRST) appropriating British style, wearing a suit, glasses, shirt, watch, socks & shoes, then???etc? So why do you appropriate western style, then? Btw wearing a wedding ring on the left is SURELY NOT black culture...🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@Quinton_Phambam]

As a Vietnamese person I can say that we and especially the older generation love when people wear and appreciate our culture. However, when it’s done disrespectfully such as sexualising it etc that’s when it isn’t cool, anything else is great I think

[@thehelm658]

Since you are NOT black- it is not even a issue or topic of discussion. Black people created Black culture FOR and ONLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE- hence it is apart of BLACK culture to gatekeep- Respect that and move On! Just stay in your lanes please.

[@j5110]

@@thehelm658 huh? “Cultural appropriation” can and does happen to every single culture so I’m not sure what your point is. You are separating people further with your “stay in your lane” comment.

[@BrandysASMRchannel]

I agree

[@thehelm658]

@Fallen Apple smh so uneducated none of the above encompass “culture” lol try again

[@christycolman6075]

@@j5110 @The Helm Yup. And the funny part is he's projecting since he's NOT staying in HIS own lane by NOT telling other people what to wear. Only privlaged Americans could be so concerned by what their neighbors wear and not see the hypocrisy they have within them. 🤭

[@marlasaunders8259]

I’m white and when I was 10 my family went to Mexico. A random lady came up to me on the beach and started making tiny braids in my hair. There were so cute and I didn’t have to wash my hair for 2 weeks because of that. I also have the worlds curliest hair so she did an amazing job. She asked for money after and my mother gladly paid her.

[@Amal-ku9xq]

Oh that's such a cute story

[@exalteduchiha1563]

Box braids are different from regular braids

[@lillyarts2]

That lady tried to scam y'all

[@They1uv_vaeh]

@user-kj5ce8bi3yClearly reflecting on you’re own issues.

[@DejKK]

Cool. Braids Done by somebody from the culture as you were in their culture respecting their culture. This story is the complete opposite of what Kim kardashian is known for doing. Cute story tho.

[@SleeeeepyG]

I'd say Kim as a person is a bigger problem than her hair 🤣

[@taraswanner6749]

Literally no one with 2 brain cells to rub together think Kim invented that hairstyle 🙄

[@Dariusda1]

Then why did so many fashion magazines credit her for coming up with that hairstyle?

[@taraswanner6749]

@@Dariusda1 not everyone has more than 1 brain cell

[@Dariusda1]

@@taraswanner6749 that’s why I monitor culture. Throughout history especially in American history certain things have been credited to other cultures but it wasn’t created by that specific culture. Elvis Presley’s entire style is based off of Afro-American culture. A lot of his song weren’t written by him they were written by Afro-Americans. A Jamaican American had been credited for creating rap music despite the countless videos of Afro-Americans rapping on television well before the 70s

[@mh_golfer]

@@taraswanner6749 - We know that is why Biden got elected 😂

[@ilovekene9697]

But it did happen. I remember seeing myriads pins on Pinterest calling it "boxer braids" on yt or racially ambiguous individuals

[@kezfaz6429]

“Kim Kardashian actually started the braided hairstyle” Said no one EVER!!!!!

[@rae3312]

Cosmopolitan magazine “Boxer Braids”

[@LK-em2ly]

You must not have been paying attention

[@joelopez4102]

No way they’re having a debate over a hairstyle lmfao

[@KAT-dg6el]

This isn’t about hair.

[@lannasouza7275]

right? 🥱

[@kenziej4301]

what society has come to smh

[@nauticawillis2787]

It’s way deeper than hair. Your last name is Lopez. Is a quince just a party? Can anyone have one?

[@whynottoday7304]

First world problems.

[@thekatester2839]

There's truly horrible things happening in the world right now and people are more concerned about a prom dress, hairstyle, etc being "politically correct". 😒

[@missmochiicecream]

Because those dresses, hairstyles, etc. come with a negative stigma that is attached to a person from that culture, so the "truly horrible things happening in the world right now" are in part caused by and influenced by those negative stigmas. It's all tied together. Just because you don't see the connection doesn't mean it isn't there.

[@victoriag6149]

Self absorbed people focused on being famous for doing nothing.

[@zeldagoblin]

@@missmochiicecream and just because you say that it's there, doesn't mean that it is.

[@QueenRC001]

Clearly y’all don’t understand that it comes down to little stuff like this that contributes to racism. Which is one of the main problems in society today. So no it’s not just a “hairstyle” it’s somebody’s culture you wouldn’t understand because you’re not a black person just how the white people weren’t understanding because it goes right through y’all head because y’all never had to struggle. For example cornrows are a part of black culture because during slavery they used to hide corn between their braids to feed their children that were starving. All you have to do is research but y’all don’t even wanna do that.

[@zeldagoblin]

@@QueenRC001 What YOU don't understand is that slavery was a worldwide practice, African elite rounding their own people up and forcing them to dock sides. The British empire lost thousands of maritime military service members who were making sure no slaves were bought after slavery was outlawed by the leadership. Muslims took slavic people as slaves, which is where the word "slave" comes from. Black people don't have exclusive ownership of oppression. I think it's YOU that doesn't want to research, just listen to white liberals who want to sell you your own oppression. You're playing into their hands, because you enjoy being the victim. Being the victim somehow absolved you of any personal responsibility. That's something too many people refuse to accept. Try it sometime, it's empowering.

[@coradavis5553]

Death threats over a dress, are you kidding me? It's a dress people, get over it! Since when has things like that hair have to be part of one culture or race? This is just getting out of hand and needs to end

[@acsjem]

Go Amala! These cultural appropriation views are absolutely mind bogglingly insane.

[@nauticawillis2787]

Y’all only agree with black people who fit your agenda of indulging in black culture. Everyone respects things that are culturally sacred until it comes to African Americans.

[@bloodevilfiend]

I wish she addressed more on the Double Standards that lady mentioned

[@LifeWithNinje]

She’s literally biracial y’all! She wouldn’t understand as a phenotypical black woman would so she needs to calm down!

[@kimberlywatson6473]

No y'all are insane I will not let a biracial female tell me nothing about my dark skin coily hair wide nose big lips she has no place telling us nothing I agree to disagree with someone gaslighting my blackness away to get brownie points from people that don't give a damn about her no way she a damn narcissist talking bout I smell Jim crow I smell a deflecting gaslighting typical narcissist.

[@alphacharm]

@@LifeWithNinje this!

[@kay-dc8495]

We're really getting offended over a white woman having cornrows? Oh how far we have fallen..

[@coolerheadsprevail9312]

Definitely true. Tanning is another thing. How dark you make your skin through tanning can be likened to blackface. It's disturbing how bad it's gotten, but on the flip side when is a black person not considered black? I'm dark skinned, but not black and there are some black people that are lighter that me that are still black. It's a silly question, I know, but it's a silly topic to begin with, so çe la vie!

[@SuperCocacolakid]

I’m offended by your comment 😂

[@kokichib]

Do you not know the history of cornrows? Do you not know that my people get discriminated, get called ghetto and ratchet because of our cultural hairstyles while non-blk ppl, especially white ppl, benefit off of our hairstyles while WE get all the hate? OF COURSE we're offended.

[@Nozeywozey]

Really this is all a bigger move, combating the smaller parts to get rid of ultimately what is a racial disparity when it comes treatment and how any minority or so moves throughout society

[@rebeccalynn1804]

@@kokichib you need to take your complaint with the person who is discriminating against you. The white girl wearing braids isn’t mistreating you. You’re lashing out at the wrong person.

[@Cherry-rg6hm]

It’s sad because I live in Canada and America has been pushing their cultural appropriation beliefs onto us now. I even had to learn about it once in my religion class. The term cultural appropriation should only be used if someone is inspired by another culture and is hateful towards that culture. The way cultural appropriation is being used in America just seems like a way to push people further apart, not bring them together in equality.

[@PinkSparklerToontown]

Americans don't realise how much their stuff is forced onto other countries. They have no right to talk about cultural appropriation when we are forced to consume US media and other shite constantly.

[@Olivyablogstorys]

Can non Americans stop saying this as if it’s all Americans or as if it’s only in America like..shut up

[@dudeorduuude5211]

Americans are stereotypically known as culturally ignorant... and now they feel they can dictate and are the bosses of all the other cultures... a culture full of mixed race people... feel they can dictate who can use the stuff of the original cultures. The gall of the Americans.

[@lovelifebird6900]

@@Olivyablogstorys Yeah it's not all Americans or only in America but as an American myself, you mainly see and hear about it in America. Not many other countries talk about culture appropriation to the extent it is discussed in America.

[@ryanpetrie5080]

@@lovelifebird6900 literally all of the E.U, you see more American news cause believe it or not that’s what’s most relevant

[@mokiloke]

The only time its inappropriate is if its deliberately mocking the culture, or if its something very deeply spiritual (perhaps a bindi is a good example), Even if someone was wearing a bindi, a cross or star of David to look cool it hardly deserves all the malicious twitterati attacks, and i think those people only attack because they want to feel morally superior.

[@trinabina3900]

Amen to everything you said!

[@belogical0]

Then the real issue would be mocking, not cultural appropriation. If that is the case that you are against culture appropriation, you are just using "mocking" as a reason to call out cultural appropriation if that is the case. For sure you do not want yourself to be mocked, or your country, or your nationality or ethnicity, am I right?

[@mokiloke]

​@@belogical0 Did you understood what i said? I said that mocking someone is bad for any of those reasons. What does that have to do with cultural appropriation being BS?

[@belogical0]

@@mokiloke Exactly, you admitted it. Mocking is the reason, not cultural appropriation with mocking included. You are just making your argument complicated.

[@belogical0]

Then it is not just mocking the culture, or if its something very deeply spiritual, mocking is immoral in general. Mocking your gender, your age...or your country, or your nationality or ethnicity.

[@Bettstudio]

Saying that Kim Kardashian can’t wear that hairstyle It’s like saying black women can’t wear their hair straight, please. And also, that is discrimination and racism.

[@thebeigesheep6132]

Not the same thing. Black women have to do that to be able to get jobs. Did u even listen to the video?

[@user-ne1tb2cm4d]

@@thebeigesheep6132 HAHAHHAAHAHAH yeah...

[@Happygolucky1989]

Bettina my thoughts exactly. Things are getting out of control lately. Whatever next will people think to be offended by!?

[@deeamari5033]

This isn’t a good analogy do better 🤨

[@tiffanybennett3645]

Black people can be born with straight hair. And straight hair isnt cultural at all. Also black people used to be forced to straighten their hair by white people to get jobs.. but you wouldnt know that. Don't bring up blue contacts either because thats not cultural and black people can be born with blue eyes..

[@bellakopp9251]

As a part of the Mexican culture I would say whenever people say or do or have something to do with the culture I am completely fine with it unless it is in a disrespectful matter

[@christycolman6075]

The funny thing is, I grew up in China and literally all the Chinese ppl would get super pumped when I or my sister would wear qi paos. They saw it as a compliment to their culture since we wore them with pride- which is how healthy, normal people react when you use something from another culture.

[@nauticawillis2787]

You’re comparing people who live in homogeneous societies to an ethnic group that is the minority in a predominantly white society with a distinctive history with their hair that has been historically policed

[@christycolman6075]

@@nauticawillis2787 Oh yes, you mean the braids and dreads that have been worn by the Nordic people for hundreds if not thousands of years? No one thing or style belongs to one ethnicity or race. That's a silly idea and utterly useless. The history of the world is rittled with different civilizations traveling to different areas to trade and picking up ideas along the way. That's how the world has become so advanced. If someone gets offended by someone wearing a popular hairstyle in a specific ethnicity, that's not the other person's problem, that's their own problem.

[@nauticawillis2787]

@@christycolman6075 why do y’all keep mentioning Nordic people like they were walking around with box braids, Fulani braids, Senegalese twists, soft locs, or cornrows? They had a few small braids and a huge one. And they didn’t have dreads. They would get muddy and dirty from battle which made their hair get like that. They were very clean people

[@niajan5892]

@@christycolman6075 we’re talking about black styles such as box braids, cornrows, twists…. Not Viking braids hun, no one is appropriating those

[@niajan5892]

@@christycolman6075 it’s not a compliment to the black community and white ppl need to learn when NO MEANS NO

[@portiahorst5413]

I love listening to Amala and her calm and intelligent reasoning. Also, I’m surprised no one started freaking out that a straight white man had a solid opinion 😂

[@tousaint520]

Oh did he mention he was straight?

[@kleedasantos3236]

​@@tousaint520did he have too?! 99.9999% of the time you can tell

[@thesupergreenjudy]

I feel that this whole "being offended" business stems from envy and a lack of confidence - we live in a terribly envious culture

[@Cunning.Stunt.777]

Precisely what this is... and the constant need for a dilemma! Once they reach age 25 they will want to crawl up their own arse holes, for behaving like one and the embarrassing self-absorbed attitudes. (Well if this doesn't lead them fully down the direction of the "Who's a racist" path) 🙄

[@Nethanda]

Lmao, you're right. Mainstream society does envy minorities. Which is why it stomps on them, then copies, them shamelessly.

[@colinjensen]

The chinese prom dress story will still be the mandatory case study in 50 years. Honestly I hope the people who harassed her online all go to jail. But they won’t. And, real world, you can see how painful these last five years have been for her. She’s obviously healed brilliantly and beautifully, but trolls need to be punished, and that’s all these cultural appropriation crusaders are: malignant trolls.

[@7663226]

I thought the reason why the qipao was a problem was not because she wore the dress but because she took pictures with all of them pressing their palms together to look "chinese". She purposely lied by omission because she knew people would see that as inappropriate if she included that piece of the story.

[@bb3ll07]

I’m glad you said this because that’s sad that she had to go through that when really she was just found an affordable dress from prom…. This world is interesting

[@MegaCassie83]

The fact that you only got put of this whole segment some white woman lying saying she got death threats never ceases to amaze me that you people continue to claim to be the "smarter race" but keep showing us BIPOC you are not and are thw weakest link good bye

[@colinjensen]

I've never heard anyone claim to be the smarter race. The only problem here is that there were real victims of imaginary crimes.

[@alonzojones9626]

Yea, people have been dealing with harassment for a long time. Something should be done. My fault you was talking about the white girl 😂

[@buttermepancake3613]

No one owns hair or a hair style. People are allowed to have whatever hair style they want.

[@tamariawatkins9946]

but are you asked to cut your dreads or braids in a game or class because it’s to distracting?

[@BlueDauntless]

@@tamariawatkins9946 Look, the sports events or games MAKE SENSE, depending on the event. As long as it's equally applied.

[@buttermepancake3613]

@@tamariawatkins9946 that rarely ever happens anyway:p

[@buttermepancake3613]

@@BlueDauntless but even then why should everyone be punished by not being allowed to wear that hairstyle?

[@WarmongerYT]

@@tamariawatkins9946 No one is asked that 😂So black women should stop literally wearing other ethnicities hair every day then huh? Crazy the women who literally wear other women's hair every day have a problem with other women wearing braids. Hypocrisy 101. So it's ironic that black women every day will wear Straight, sleek , wigs & Straight, sleek , platinum blonde wigs & even blue contacts & then try to turn around & say that it's not inspired by white women?? 🤯. Y'all didn't invent braids not to mention native Americans did too. But it's the hypocrisy for me. &. YOU KNOW IF A BLACK WOMAN GOT FIRED FROM HER JOB FOR HER HAIR OR TOLD TO CHANGE HER HAIR IT WOULD MAKE NATIONAL NEWS. & there's literally laws that make it to where even if there's 10+ more qualified people , there has to be a certain number of black people employed/ or accepted into schools. = Affirmative action. . The hypocrisy of black women wearing straight, sleek, blonde hair saying white women can't braid their hair. 🤡 Cornrows” or tight braids close to the scalp are not just a traditional North African hairstyle. Native Americans, Greeks, Romans and Celtic (Irish) art have depicted people in cornrows as long as 1,000 years ago."

[@vision2096]

Wonder if some black girl color her hair blonde is it cultural appropriation ? Some people come to USA from different countries where they never wear suits, is it wrong of them to wear suits when in the US? People like that black professor is part of the problem these issues have gone out of proportion. Maybe he should wear his native clothes and not wear a suit? What Amala said is so true ! It's flattering that lots of white girls like to wear Indian sarees and outfits.

[@ty8986]

We should live in a society where everyone can dress the way they want. If Kim K. appreciates the hairstyle then let it be. She isn’t degrading a culture, she’s expressing herself so express yourself and don’t worry about what other people look like.

[@TheProtectedGoddess22]

Lies

[@crystalhelton6726]

@@TheProtectedGoddess22 if that's how you feel then maybe black people should stop appropriating white hairstyles and wigs...let's be honest...black people originally started wearing wigs and straightening their hair to look more caucasian, like white people...that's exactly the same thing...and they still do it to this day and white people have never said a word about it soooooo....

[@AnonymousLurker]

Hairstyle don’t even belong to anyone

[@roslynhawkins1475]

@@tondaniraluswinga2590 LOL. Everything originated somewhere.

[@AnonymousLurker]

@@tondaniraluswinga2590 we are talking about a body part that grows on top of your head not clothing 😂

[@OscarRight]

Black Africans have therefore discovered that symmetry is essentially the canon of nature's beauty. The first function of braids, at its brith, was therefore to pay homage to the creator through its creation. And this is why African hairstyles represent for example the skin of zebras (hairstyles where the lines imitate the stripes of African zebras), or even represent the mane of Lions with royal hairstyles or members of the king's court (royalty is invented in black Africa and the Lion and the Bee have always been the symbols of royalty) like the "rasta" hairstyle also called "dreads", or "locks", or even hairstyles represent a snail like the hairstyle that some call "bantu knots" which Africans call the hairstyle of a strong woman because perhaps when a snail clings to a rock no wave can shake it or for any other reason, then everything happens there: birds, shapes of leaves and tree roots and even fish. And in these prolific works of creation, there are hairstyle that mean "the earth is carried on my head" with braids in the form of scattered tree roots, and others that carry the sky with braids in the form of oblique lines on which are placed cowries symbolizing the stars of the solar system and where the hairstyle is pulled back by a bun symbolizing the invisible world or even the expansion of the universe. Braid hairstyles are therefore a cultural heritage of the Black people who made them on the African continent before the appearance of other peoples on earth, and no people have combs older than those of the Black of Africa. So some in the comments space must calm down, or find their minds and especially their common sense.

[@jeanlucgomis4352]

Some readings of words: - "Mystery and Initiations of Ancient Egypt" by Magiasis Sotirios, publied in 1957. Magiasis Sotirios was born in 1894, and he died in 1965. - "Isis unveiled or sacred Egyptology" by Ernest Bosc published in 1891. Ernest Bisc was born in 1837 and he died in 1913. - "Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology" by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was born in 1831, and she died in 1891. Happy reading

[@emilylouden3349]

Once she wore cornrow once and excuse me but everyone who has been in jail has had braids at one time… I French braid my kids hair everyday why? Why is this even an issue with other people

[@anglophils645]

Actress Bo Derek (white) wore corn rows in the movie 10, way back in 1979. Before this complainant was born.

[@jeanlucgomis4352]

Thank you OscarRight for shedding light on the origin of braids, their history, their symbolic representations and the mathematical spirit they contain with this notion of bilateral, axial, radial symmetry, and so on. In addition, i love your sentence, i quote you: "Africans have discovered that symmetry is the canon of beauty of nature, hence their need to invent braids to pay homage to the creator God and Master of the universe". It is therefore necessary to note and recognize in all honesty that of all the traditions of peoples, the tradition of the Black people is entirely scientific and mathematical since it has always sought since its origin to connect and conform to the universe, hence the fact that it has always been cosmological. It is so obvious, God is not religious, he is mathematical and scientific. This is why the African tradition has never been based on belief, because it is a question here of saying what the universe says on the fruit of multiple investugations and verified by all.

[@kitty40811]

Stop wearing white people wigs then, dwl this is beyond ridiculous

[@lisareed2757]

Yes!! Love this!

[@HopelessSinner]

Well said...!!👏 👌

[@hell_ohh]

Tf are white people wigs lol

[@deeamari5033]

What are “white people” wigs 😭

[@kitty40811]

@@deeamari5033 stop wear other people hair . Brazilian hair, indian hair , and the list goes on . Why you wanna have long straight thick hair thats not yours and yet still other races cant do a cornrow. This is too funny

[@paramoreparks9960]

I feel it is a compliment when someone wears or does something, respectfully, of another culture. Other cultures are a beautiful REALITY and should be celebrated and respected by the world. It's just ludicrous.

[@ronitaf20]

it is said that black people wore braids to signal escape out of their slavery, so wearing braids as a non black person is disrespectful i don’t know why white people want to wear braids so much

[@nauticawillis2787]

There’s other parts of everyone’s culture that’s willingly shared. Might it be food, or music. There’s some aspects of peoples culture that might be closed. Every race and ethnicity are not having quinces. Because it’s a sacred ceremony in hispanic/Mexican culture. Every race and ethnic y is not throwing on jingle dresses and dancing at pow wows because it’s a sacred ceremony in Native American culture. Black braiding styles (not all braids) are culturally significant to black Americans. It’s how we express ourselves culturally. It’s how many of us bonded with our elders.

[@hanwkie]

we can start doing that once ppl actually start appreciating black culture because of where it came from and its people and not because white ppl started wearing them and suddenly made them cute and trendy

[@Mayan_88694]

@@hanwkie you know damn well that’s BS, braids have been worn by almost every civilization. Not just Africans. You re no one to tell a non black person they shouldn’t wear braids.

[@Mayan_88694]

@@nauticawillis2787 as a Hispanic I don’t care if someone eats Venezuelan food or wears a sombrero, I literally couldn’t give a Hoot about it. We say stop playing the victim because y’all are trying to find a problem where there isn’t ANY!so you re NO one, to tell someone they shouldn’t wear braids

[@ezekwu]

black women appropriate everyday (weaves, wigs, straight hair)...

[@alaysiab]

I don’t care what you do with your hair. It grows from your head and it’s your money to pay for whatever hairstyle you wish. As long as you extend to me that same respect

[@cir3nn3]

I love this response🙏🙌

[@AF-ll4lj]

The problem is that a lot of people don't.

[@Depplova81]

​@@Liljonta If you want to wear braids, wear them. You don't need anyone's permission.

[@rl.8011]

@@Liljonta There’s a lot of other braiding styles you can wear that aren’t from black cultural. For example Dutch braids

[@Depplova81]

@@rl.8011 Or she can just wear what she sees fit.

[@Chuqi561]

I didn't know you had to be black to wear cornrows anyone doesn't matter the race or color of your skin should be able to wear they hair the way they want last time i checked it was a free country

[@ROSEB]

U CAN DO ANYTHING U WANT THIS IS AMERICA 🇺🇸 WEAR YOUR HAIR LIKE U WISH, FUK THE OTHERS AND WHAT THEY THINK T

[@Ryan-qq9qe]

The country doesn’t even matter. Everyone in the world should be able to do what they want with their hair.

[@Chuqi561]

@@Ryan-qq9qe i agree

[@suzannerobbins6293]

I agree you should wear your hair as you want! Cornrows can be worn by anyone!

[@8mydaydream409]

If this country is so free, then why do black women get fired for a hairstyle y'all praise Kim Kartrashian for wearing?

[@unrooolie]

Should black women not be able to wear their hair straight then?

[@SUNNYY44424]

That poor girl and her prom dress is heart breaking

[@pickleeater6483]

Nobody care about her

[@HardyWeeed]

These folks are professional victims.

[@blaqbunni6222]

Y’all are professional cry babies crying about styles that don’t even look good on y’all

[@HardyWeeed]

@@blaqbunni6222 It looks great with our good hair.

[@blaqbunni6222]

@@HardyWeeed That “good hair” always falls out when y’all get braids tho how that happen 🤣

[@belogical0]

@@blaqbunni6222 Insults are not counterarguments, h0e.

[@victorlolxd7347]

@@blaqbunni6222how are they cry babies? They arent the ones who refuse to let people wear a hairstyle because of their skin color

[@jimmajamma2006]

When a black woman straightens her hair is this cultural appropriation?

[@tiara9703331]

Dr. Phil is out of pocket for not giving everyone a chance to speak! He’s closed minded and has a Master complex.

[@cockatootledo]

Truth he should never interrupt someone. He is not special. This is simple respect.

[@camuyana]

Amala!!!!! I can't believe it! What am I talking about if anybody should be speaking in that show is her! I just love her! Such a smart and elegant young lady who we are proud to call a conservative. Love you Amala!

[@Skittleisbored]

I agree, she’s one of the rare people on the internet who has common sense.

[@OscarRight]

What intrigued the Africans, the first humans to inhabit the earth, was that at nightfall everyone went to sleep and in the morning before and during sunrise all the animals began to sing and celebrate the birth day. The Africans said to themselves that behind all these phenomena there is a great invisible spirit who is the master of creation and to know this great spirit it is therefore necessary to study his creation in order to know him better (the acts he has already done). The Blacks of Africa noticed along all the watercourses, rivers, streams and ponds the frogs that they could even cut into two equal parts along the head, and they realiezed that symmetry had left in nature and in creation. God is therefore a geometer, he likes to draw like a little child. They understood that the whole universe rests under a fractal model, which is why all the villages, cities and temples of their kingdoms obeyed this fractal structure.

[@Teez395]

It’s hair. Do what you want with it. And to add. I’ve seen many many successful women that have corn rows. The fact that they are trying to separate us and put people against each other is killing our humanity.

[@daliahabimbola760]

You do realize the crown act is a thing? So saying “it’s just hair” is convient for you but what about Those who lost their jobs and were discriminated against because of their hair. For example I had a front desk receptionist just and was told that I had to either fix my hair or leave because it wasn’t part of the clean professional look. Mind you this was the day I decided to wear my Afro out. I sued the company and won. But imagine those who don’t have the resources and money to take companies like that to court.

[@js9vj]

@@daliahabimbola760 exactly. And looking at the comments there’s more white women and men in here saying it’s just hair. No tf it isn’t. Our natural hair, that grows from our scalp is deemed messy when we have it out. wtf are they talking about when they’ve never been in that sort of situation where they had to lose their job or be cautioned

[@daliahabimbola760]

@@js9vj and remember when corn rows were called ghetto? Now they are called fashionable boxer braids as soon they seen Kim and run way models wear them😂

[@js9vj]

@@daliahabimbola760 omdss yessss 🤦🏾‍♀️ they wait until people with large followings wear them before it’s considered ‘trendy’. at this point everyone else is just mad🤣🤣🤣

[@daliahabimbola760]

@@js9vj Girl it’s exhausting and sad at this point! 😂

[@missscarlet7902]

I've never heard anyone think Kim created cornrows 🤣🤣

[@grannywindu7]

So didn’t Kim help the black community by saying , hay this is a beautiful hair style. And people that do not accept you for who you are are just evil. Not racist but evil. We are all Gods people!!

[@NikD215]

I’m black and I use to not care. But then when I started working for this one company, I had a WW manager that made my WM supervisor pull me into a office to tell me my braids were unprofessional and ghetto. This happened to me at a few other offices( different companies). I know BW that were told their dreads are unprofessional. But when a WP comes to work from a trip to the Caribbean with cornrows, she was all the rage. Then I realized, some ppl play black. While there are actual hard realities of being black. Like, having a WM tell you your braids are unprofessional and you can’t wear them again to the office. So, now I get the push back.

[@kaylarogan8988]

I used to think the same way too until this mixed girl came up to me and broke it down why it’s an issue. A former friend of mines was told by her supervisor that her hair was unprofessional and she needs to have it laid like her white co worker. My friend hair was pulled out of her face into a bun and it was laid. I was really upset about that. It’s ashamed that people in the comments aren’t paying attention to the big picture.

[@NikD215]

@@kaylarogan8988Exactly!!!! It’s not a good feeling at all!!!! But then the insult to injure is when a WG wears a BG’s hairstyle it’s sooo cool!!!!

[@AnaPWCampbell]

Maybe of instead of using a fake extension hair that looks very cheap and shine and use your own hair it would not be a problem

[@Theearthisreallyflat]

Notice how most of the people in the comments talking negatively about her aren’t black

[@milesssofspace]

fr

[@mariaroy3367]

I used to wear Chinese style blouses and dresses when I was as young. I thought they were the ultimate in feminine clothes! What BS that anyone thinks it’s cultural appropriation!

[@validenough]

We had a few guests from the usa we literally gifted a saree to her because it's our culture to give a woman who came to our home as a guest to give a saree. It shows we respect her. We will feel happy if she wears it. We had Korean people and African people as guests we gave them sarees too.

[@rae3312]

That’s nice! Are you black racially? Do you have African American/black peoples hair? This has nothing to do with Indian dress & your group’s choice. Stop trying to choose for Black/African people. We said what we said. Y’all can’t wear our hair even if you tried. You’re not us! Simple

[@validenough]

@@rae3312 so your race is race and we don't have a race. Your culture is culture but not ours? Indians come in all shapes and colours we have milky white people and very dark people as dark as African people. Ever visited the southern part of india? Better be educated about India when you talk about them. Our people have straight hair to very intense curls just like Africans. At least you should be educated in geography that India was once attached to Africa and because of Earth tectonic plates movements it was separated. So stfu. You know when it is considered as appropriation. When they wear braids to mock black people and when they wear saree to mock Indians. Otherwise cultures are to be shared, enjoyed and respected period. Shampoo and soaps are invented in india so can I ask you not to use them? No right?

[@validenough]

@@Tink394 did you check any of the comments black women are commenting that anyone can wear anything race does not solely belong to one person. That's why one guy said people who give too much thinking on these matters doesn't have anything of meaning going on in their lives

[@rae3312]

@@validenoughmeanwhile your busy spending all your time trying to bully a marginalized community of people -Black people- to continue to do what you want. responding to me lmao 👌😂😂 Priceless. GET OVER YOURSELF

[@rae3312]

You’re spending your entire existence worried about Black people & their business!😂I feel bad for you

[@binbots]

I see many black woman with straight hair. I should go on Dr. Phil and complain about this.

[@davidmartin5483]

Fun fact that style of hair wich Kim Kardashian wore actually for a long time was not associated with black woman but actually woman of latin american decent and to this day it still is. If you look at movies wich depict a stereotypical slum those who wore that style of hair are not black woman but rather latino woman.

[@ninaowusu8157]

Fun fact Latinos isn't a race .

[@dexturd223]

Anyone can literlally do whatever tf they want with THEIR hair. it's hair. get over it, worry about something that actually matters

[@8mydaydream409]

Just because something doesn't matter to you, doesn't mean it doesn't affect someone else! You don't get to tell me what matters to me, I do!

[@crystalhelton6726]

@@8mydaydream409 and you don't get to tell me or anyone else how we can wear our hair soooooo......

[@BlueDauntless]

@@8mydaydream409 How I wear my hair literally affects no one but myself.

[@rebeccalynn1804]

@@8mydaydream409 it can matter to you but that doesn’t mean it has to “matter to me” that it matters to you. Get over yourself. I’ll do wtf I want to. If you don’t like it, check YOURSELF! But you don’t get to check me!

[@mynotificationsareoff..goc358]

@@rebeccalynn1804 period!!

[@karolynbenjamin]

Actually Kim Kardashian is not the first non-black woman to wear cornrows. Back in the late 70’s Bo Derek wore cornrows in the movie 10. This was before the appropriation of culture was really an issue. This just started being an issue recently. Don’t remember it being an issue when I was a young person.

[@js9vj]

It did not just start to become an issue babe. The issue has always been around but no black person wanted to speak out in public about it. You’re saying the 70’s this is 2022. Completely different era and time. You’re a white woman as I can see from your profile picture. Of course you wouldn’t have seen the issue. And just because Kim was not the first non white person to wear cornrows does not make it okay. It’s not just hair.

[@elenahickman4329]

Vikings wore braids too

[@js9vj]

@@elenahickman4329 please. Viking braids are completely different to any sort of black African or traditional African hair styles. We don’t see no one wearing no Viking braids. Look up the ‘Viking hairstyle’ and compare it to cornrows and box braids. Since you’re saying Vikings wore braids, wear your hairstyle and leave ours alone. P.s. a Viking is an occupation. Have a blessed day

[@mh_golfer]

Because people had more important things to worry about and weren't sensitive little cry babies.

[@whynottoday7304]

We weren’t all pussies back then.

[@CampfireFiction1010]

No one ever looked a Kim K and thought she invented cornrows.

[@ninaowusu8157]

Wrong her fans and followers did that is why they called those braids the Kim k braids instead of its actual name

[@daniellechavez7196]

This chick is fried fr 😂 thank God women like Amala still exist it’s refreshing

[@DarkAngel2512]

Noone thought Kim K created them. They just called them Kim K braids so ppl knew the pattern ppl meant

[@leeyang5763]

If Kim can't wear her hair like that then she shouldn't wear that suit, we know clothing weren't made in Africa.

[@DailyCards]

Why people can’t wear braids but wear asian cultured costumes for fiestas or Halloween?

[@dvoriachels1502]

Honestly, can't understand this

[@BlueDauntless]

Because only blacks can be victims.

[@nauticawillis2787]

They can’t do that either. You acknowledge obviously one is bad but question the other?

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

They get accused of racism when they do that too, if they're white at least. Only white people's culture is up for grabs. And in a perverse inversion of karma, the fact that we let everyone embrace our culture (every major sport except lacrosse, for instance, was invented by white people) leads to people believing we don't have one. No good deed goes unpunished, as they say.

[@FunniestTea]

Okay then since a white man created braces take them off…. I’m offended ….

[@HOWMUSICTV]

The oldest evidence for the existence of braids is the Venus of Willendorf. Discovered in early 20th century Austria, the 11cm tall Palaeolithic female figurine is around 25,000 to 30,000 years old. It is speculated that she represents a fertility goddess. What is clear is that her head is covered with rows of plaits.

[@dominiquewyatt6704]

I can't believe this conversation made it to Dr Phil.

[@seanwelch1503]

Fascinating....Michelle Obama has her hair straightened and styled like a white woman, no problem. Tina Turner wears wigs based on white women's hairstyles, no issue. in fact you can name any number of black women celebrities who appropriate white women hairstyles going back to 60s Motown music and beyond. Black women started the appropriation and yet here we are....clearly I need this explained to me, I'm obviously missing something.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

The left simply hates white people for being born white and wants to punish white people for this accident of birth. They do this through random acts of spite, like telling us we can't wear braids, creating "safe spaces" where no white people are allowed like the POC House at UC Berkeley, and then pretend it has something to do with privilege or their hurt feelings.

[@MissNolver2]

As if white people are the only race with blonde and straight hair... Michelle Obama's hair is black, therefore it looks like Asian hair or African, not white. And FYI there are black people who have natural straight hair, so we're only mimicking ourselves, not whites. Quit reaching 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@bec6384]

I’m sorry Kim Kardashian didn’t make that hairstyle trendy.. Bo Dereck did…and then we all followed on the Mexican beaches and have been doing it and WILL CONTINUE doing it for shoes.

[@redemptionneeded]

Culture is to be shared! What is with everyone taking offense with everything nowadays?

[@theoneweekwonder]

She can wear what she wants. You don't own a hair style

[@lilemperor2256]

I remember when zhang wei li came out with her hair braids and people of color got super offended and calling it appropriation…. Even though that type of has been worn by the Meng Gu people since before the mid Qing dynasty

[@tvtvtfan3767]

I don’t get why people got so upset about the qipao as a Chinese American. She said how much it was beautiful. From what I remember was that she didn’t know it was a qipao and didn’t mention it. She did not deserve any of the hate

[@princessstarpeach9161]

So what it a dress people need to mind the business and the dress was beautiful on her.

[@eliciagarcia3601]

The first girl to speak was calmly and respectfully explaining what is bothering her and immediately the other girl starts fighting with her. I don’t see anything wrong with a white girl wanting to braid their hair either… but if someone was calmly trying to explain to me that something was bothering them about it then I would listen to them and care about their view and their feelings. Even if I disagreed or didn’t get it, I would care about THEIR view too, not just mine. Because even if it isn’t something that bothers ME, I recognize that it bothers THEM. We need to learn how to respect each other and be kind to each other instead of always just wanting to interrupt people and shut down their view to capitalize ours.

[@eliciagarcia3601]

But I don’t think you should send someone death threats because you didn’t want them wearing a certain dress. I’m just saying we should try to respect each other and care about each other’s feelings and wishes.

[@majorchutzpah7265]

@@eliciagarcia3601 If white women didn't braid their hair they'd be called racist for that too.

[@mh_golfer]

Who cares if it bothers her, she needs to deal with that herself not push her problems onto society.

[@lancelance9314]

I don’t care about what bothers her

[@Samueltoucan2022]

Nah she is a whiny brat

[@kristen1441]

Dutch braids have been worn by Nordic people back to the Vikings and in Scotland and Ireland. Have your people worn braids for millennia? Didn’t know it had to be worn today in order to count as a part of your culture.

[@Kalendale]

As someone with Danish heritage, I've never had a problem with black culture "appropriating" our hairstyles.

[@lunaringo9032]

Beautiful black women straighten their hair everyday. Is that okay?

[@j4n1a62]

straight hair is genetics no one owns straight hair

[@BlueDauntless]

Blacks can do no wrong. Obvious by the comments.

[@rebeccalynn1804]

@@j4n1a62 no one owns braids either

[@j4n1a62]

@@rebeccalynn1804 who said black ppl own braids?? matter a fact we created braids be thankful we saying u shouldn’t wear braids with weave

[@user-xq4py3fq2y]

@@j4n1a62 Braids are something that I love to call "convergent hairstyles" because they appear in many cultures even if they don't have any relation to each other.

[@DJEpisteme]

The female guest w/the cornrows confuses her opinion w/fact.

[@azby7933]

Her objections are ridiculous!! If KK is making cornrows more popular then black girls who wear them should be a) flattered and b) find society i.e. the job market which she is complaining about, more accepting. KK is a really respectful person. Maybe her daughter asked to also get them done? Her daughter is bi-racial. Is she allowed to have them?? Does it depend on the texture of her hair?? Is she black enough to be allowed cornrows?? I remember a case of a mother whose child had to wear a hearing aid. The child didn't want to wear it so the mother got a tattoo of a complete hearing aid around her ear in solidarity which really encouraged her child. KK is bringing up her own bi-racial children. She wants to listen to them, be alongside them. I respect and like her.

[@daliahabimbola760]

If you do some research on Kim you would know she’s a business women. She knows what she needs to do to make money. For example, notice how back in the day she would tan her skin, got a bbl and her lips done and even imitated the Sarah baartman photo. Now she’s got her bbl reduction surgery and has now started wearing blonde hair and lost weight to come back down to a a normal Caucasian woman’s physique. Let’s not mention how she wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to the met gala. Then when it’s convenient she starts dressing in her Armenian outfits and what not. In conclusion, the whole karadshian family amongst others have built their legacy off of appropriating cultures for monetary gain. Mean while, the same cultures that they are appropriating gets nothing in return but getting called names like ghetto, unclean, nonprofessional (etc…). If you also do your research you would have know that the crown act was passed not to long ago.

[@zeldagoblin]

@@daliahabimbola760 Can you imagine being so arrogant as to lecture the world about how to wear their hair. Oh wait..

[@azby7933]

@@daliahabimbola760 hmmm. You object about appropriation and also mention her wearing Armenian dress when convenient ...but she is Armenian... so? I don't see why your argument extends to her wearing Marilyn Monroe's dress? 'The CROWN Act was created in 2019 by Dove and the CROWN Coalition, in partnership with then State Senator Holly J. Mitchell of California, to ensure protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles by extending statutory protection to hair texture and protective styles such as braids, locs, twists, and knots in the workplace and public schools.' That's great! It protects people's rights. So where does it prevent people of different ethnic origins from wearing their hair how they wish? It doesn't take away freedom from others. This is where your argument falls down. You and your sisters have been discriminated against in the past (and are still being) and now this law has been passed to enshrine your rights and prevent discrimination ... so why do you want to restrict others' freedom? Can't you see the irony? Let me tell you this. My face is as white as snow and my hair is as black as coal and it's thick and wiry. I have tried the old South African 'pencil test' and the pencil doesn't fall out. Under Apartheid, I would have been classed as 'colored', i.e. now called bi-racial. As far as I know I'm not. But I have, as a kid, worn my hair in braids (two at sides of my head) and for fun I used to curl them in a loop as there was so much wiriness in my hair they would defy gravity. People thought I'd put wire through the middle because their smooth, straight hair could never do this. So, the texture of my hair and my classification as 'colored' means I'm eligible for wearing cornrows ...but the color of my skin does not?

[@daliahabimbola760]

@@azby7933 exactly! The fact that an act had to even be passed to protect people against workplace hair discrimination should tell you all you need to know. And I mentioned Marilyn Monroe’s dress to further add to how she’s assimilate for monetary gain. The way she took Sarah’s baartman photo and turned it into a disgraceful nude photo shoot all while dismissing the vile things that were done to Sarah was distasteful and she once again did it for her own financial benefit. Even though she’s Half Armenian she doesn’t really market it beacause she knows the Armenian culture is not what’s “in style”. Basically what I’m saying is she takes and uses things from different cultures when she sees she can make money off of it. And totally disregard the people she’s affecting in the process.

[@daliahabimbola760]

@@azby7933 the reason the act was passed was because the high rate of workplace hair discrimination. That further proves that our hairstyles like fros, locs , box braids etc… were discriminated against and we were bullied for. But when someone like Kim k wears the same hairstyles it’s now “fashionable and glamorous”. Do you not see the issue in that?

[@nikirrae8495]

So are black women like.. not allowed to bleach their hair? Or relax it? It’s just hair, do whatever makes you feel confident and happy. People are offended by anything these days.

[@melaniaaxoxo]

Is bleaching hair a part of someone else’s culture?? Did non people of color use hair bleaching as a cultural protective style during slavery? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t give a hoot about white people wearing braids. It literally doesn’t bother me. But your argument here is pretty asinine and you’re only using it to combat the valid points that different black people are making. You really need to unpack your ignorance and whatever hatred you have towards black people.

[@OscarRight]

Let's go back to the example of the frog that could even be split into two equal parts starting from the head. The Blacks of Africa have therefore noticed that symmetry is everywhere in nature, and that is why they always begin their braids by drawing a line all along the skull to start their creation on a perfect symmetry. It would not have surprised you that the Black is the only people on earth whose hair is vertical like an antenna reaching towards the sky, and their hair is curly. Ah, i like the old statues of Buddha that are represented with curly hair, it's great. Symmetry is therefore the natural canon of beauty. African hairstyles, i was going to say braids, have bilateral, radial, central, orthogonal and axial symmetry. We can even sometimes see simple, reflective, vertical, horizontal and complete translations on these braids. And there you have it, all these extraordinary works of braids our Black sisters make them without a square, compass, protractor, ruler, or even an eraser but it is done with great dexterity, and incredible genius as if they were constantly making series of models of motherboard circuits with the braids. When i told you that African culture is entirely scientific and mathematical here is the obvious proof. You will not be surprised to see tomorrow thanks to these thousands of models of African braids that the hard drives and removable media of the next generation will no longer experience data loss because everything will aotomatically repair itself.

[@Itspulchra]

The problem doesn’t lie with those who wear a particular hairstyle or clothes, it lies in the people who trash it based on who is wearing them. It also depends on how those styles are presented, such as people dressed as native Americans for Halloween when they “get into character” for entertainment. That would be a type of cultural appropriation. Had they simply worn those cultural “styles” during an appropriate time (ei a powwow with local tribes to show respect and singularity), it isn’t as big of a problem. It also stands out to me that Kim K has multiracial children, and may wear similar hairstyles in support of her kids.

[@azby7933]

Yes, I think North might have asked or suggested to her mom to have cornrows. You've broken it down exactly right imo with your example. KK is a respectful person and has bi-racial kids.

[@elenahickman4329]

Kim Kardashian is multiracial herself

[@nauticawillis2787]

@@azby7933 her having biracial kids doesn’t mean indulge in black culture. She can pay homage to her childrens heritage by learning cool facts about African American culture whether it be our religious practice, or the sub ethnic groups we have all over the United States and in the carribean. She can even learn how to do their hair.

[@nauticawillis2787]

It would still be a problem if they wore native garments and went to a powwow as well. Indigenous people are very big on cultural boundaries

[@Mayan_88694]

@@nauticawillis2787 and if she wears garments, there is nothing you can do about it, it’s not your problem nor your business, nobody owes you anything

[@lunaringo9032]

She is wearing cornrows because cornrows are beautiful.... That's all

[@daliahabimbola760]

But notice how when she wore them people started calling them boxer braids and fashionable. But when we wear them it’s unclean & unprofessional. Hence the crown act that was passed.

[@rebeccalynn1804]

@@daliahabimbola760 don’t take your anger out on her for wearing them. Be angry at the person who told you it was unclean or not professional.

[@chalessttteerroll9511]

She is getting cornrows because it was benefiting her at that moment.

[@Mayan_88694]

@@chalessttteerroll9511 because she wanted to, cope and seethe

[@chalessttteerroll9511]

@@Mayan_88694 k

[@D0G3AT3R]

Guys I’m Asian and now I think you can’t use shopsticks or put things in your hair or wear buns and eat rice because I’m Asian /jk

[@Tahiha]

Meanwhile, she's misappropriating caucasian lashes. Ridiculous.

[@NewRecruitsOfficial]

Nah it’s clothes and hair. I’ll do what I want

[@thecelt471]

Just so you KNOW: The oldest known reproduction of hair braiding may go back about 30,000 years: the Venus of Willendorf, a female figurine estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BC in modern-day Austria.[4] The Venus of Brassempouy from the southwest of France is estimated to be about 25,000 years old and shows a braided hairstyle. This all predates anything found in africa regarding the braiding of hair.

[@bill7064]

Girl, you look fantastic in that Qipao dress :) As an Asian, I don’t have a boundary that doesn’t allow you to wear that :)

[@thehelm658]

Good for you! Black people are NOT asian and do not share that value.

[@Lovely_Shadz]

glad there are people like you, and i agree that dress was gorgeous, i at least hope she had fun at prom before she saw the comments

[@azillliasmith2734]

Isn't it cultural appropriation when black women wear long straight blonde hair?

[@MomLifeModestWife]

genetics ≠ cultural hairstyle blonde hair for white people are not a cultural hairstyle... I can't believe that needs to be said lol there are indigenous black natives with blonde hair... white people don't own blonde...

[@JST03]

Culture appropriation is the inappropriate, ignorant, or disrespectful adaptation of a culture. If you were to portray a fraudulent performance of what you take them for, or mock them and their experiences by using something they hold dear such as a hairstyle, then it would be culture appropriation. As well as an uneducated representation of another culture to which one may also make fictitious, sometimes personal, claims. Especially to then be dismissive of the very same people you appropriated. It is not simply wearing something and most black people don't even think it's that simplistic. Yall just choose to think we do.

[@kriskaneki8112]

I'm white and guess who I go to to get my hair braided. The local black women in my community. Supporting a group of people in a way by appreciation not appropriation.

[@TheProtectedGoddess22]

But the difference is that if you wear your braids to work u probably will get praised and if a black woman wears her braids to her work she will get called ghetto. Its cool when they do it, its a problem when we do it .....

[@kriskaneki8112]

@@TheProtectedGoddess22 and see I do understand that and I don't condone anyone being called ghetto for anything or people being racist to anyone of any color. I also think tho that with more people like Kim kard. Or other people of higher celebrity status, or people in the public eye that wearing braids, corn rows, banku knots, will help take away the stigma of these beautiful hairstyles being ghetto.

[@rebeccalynn1804]

@@TheProtectedGoddess22 be mad at the person saying that about you when you wear them but don’t hate on the white woman for wearing them.

[@YouTube_stole_my_handle]

It’s never enough for someone that wants to complain 😂😂😂

[@Mayan_88694]

@@businessofseyy3512 what injustices? That lady doesn’t speak for you , she is not your mouthpiece. Braids and cornrows have been worn by native Americans, Ancient Egyptians, Romans, Vikings, Celts, Greeks. Not just Africans. Wanna talk about appropriation? Then black people shouldn’t dye their hair blonde nor red, nor should you speak English. You really wanna play that game?

[@oliviavalenciano25]

What about African Americans wearing wigs and weaves to have straight hair like other races/ethnicities have?

[@brandonabbott6225]

How about when black women wear wigs that are blonde/ light brown and straight? Is that black woken appropriating Latina women?? Just curious.

[@jeanakatherine9369]

I like blonde hair in my wigs…no white person has ever said I’m not allowed to wear blonde hair so…..

[@blackrosalina]

That doesn’t make sense like at all

[@jeanakatherine9369]

@@blackrosalina Yes it does…Who cares if someone wears braids or weave or whatever…

[@blackrosalina]

@@jeanakatherine9369 no bae it doesn’t cause genetics ≠ cultural hairstyle

[@blackrosalina]

@@jeanakatherine9369 Because braids have meaning and history in our culture, most braids in our culture are used as protective styles to help us protect our hair from breakage and encourage growth. Most people with non curly hair wouldn’t need to wear protective styles because 1. It could cause hair loss. 2. It’s easier to manage straight or wavy hair because it doesn’t dry out as much as curly hair,and protective styles help us maintain moisture so it’s really not necessary. On the other hand, white people can’t tell you not to wear blonde hair because well if it isn’t obvious you can’t own genetics anyone could be born with

[@kannamunroe8759]

There was an article in a popular magazine that put black entertainers basically against white entertainers and they basically trashed the black women wearing the hairstyles cornrows, bantu knots and something else . They same hairstyles the white women wore and where labeled as glamorous. So something is definitely wrong there . There is an argument for both sides.

[@ProdByJay]

Someone doing something better than you can isn't an excuse to be angry

[@Dariusda1]

@@ProdByJayyou literally don’t get they were criticizing everyone who was black with their traditional hairstyles but tell everyone that wasn’t apart of that culture that it looked good on them

[@jonelletate6304]

Many people don’t care about how things make black people feel. When we speak about our grievances or experiences they are often belittled and undervalued. I don’t even waste my time trying to explain to anyone anymore because at this point I believe many of them just do not care.

[@Dariusda1]

@@jonelletate6304 non Afro-Americans and some people who are biracial don’t understand that we have a long history of people from other cultures taking things from our culture and claiming it as their own. We have taken it upon ourselves to make sure that it never happens again. They still claim a lot of trends as new when the reality it is a part of our culture that they didn’t know about. The amount of times I’ve seen people not from my culture do things wrong and I have to explain to them the meaning of what they’re saying, eating, dancing, etc. I don’t mind sharing my culture with you but I will not show you my culture if you’re unwilling to learn the history of my people. Because learning the history of my people is learning about my culture.

[@ProdByJay]

@@Dariusda1 I’m a bm and I don’t support gatekeeping braids which many ww look great in

[@jokurj4990]

People really get hurt easy these days huh? Lol

[@lisareed2757]

Over stupid stuff! There’ are a lot bigger issues to be worried about than the way people want to wear their hair! Ridiculous, always something!

[@Betcaligarcia]

They have been programmed

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

It's hate masquerading as hurt. When white people told Jackie Robinson to stop appropriating our culture by playing baseball, no one said we were being sensitive snowflakes. They called it what it was: vile racism.

[@BOUIELOCO1985]

What if a black woman gets a white haircut......does it still work the same way let me guess tho its no

[@fantuckstic]

Literally no one claimed Kim started that hairstyle. 😅😅😂😂

[@ehmzed]

2:51 Go Taylor! Good job you and the Prager U team. He's so handsome in the suit, too 😩

[@angels0auras]

Lol. Imagine if every white woman had words with every black woman that wore a wig a weave, straightened her hair, dyed her hair blonde...etc etc etc 😂 It'd be all we ever heard !

[@ezekwu]

thank you!!!!!

[@User-5154-g5e]

@angels0auras, Braided wigs, my God you are so ignorant to the point of not knowing that the strands for braiding hair exist, and have always existed in their natural state (in nature) in Africa as a raw material. Before you start writing nonsense on the internet, take care to do the minimum of research. Now, tell me, who really dares to compete with Coca-Cola at the risk of being annihilated and for good, you surely know the law of the market, and how it works and who defines the rules. Straighten your hair, damn it, after having conditioned them to do it to be accepted in your society now you come to complain that these black women are alienated. Hey, you there, you are really very hypocritical. Yesterday, during slavery in your plantations of dehumanization, when these Black men and women sported their beautiful and extremely sophisticated braids, your married sisters were jealous because their husbands no longer had eyes on them, and the young single girls stared at the handsome braided Black guys, to the point that you made the decision to impose the wearing of the durag on these Black men and women. You have apparently forgotten this period of history. What will it be, tomorrow, that you will try to imitate in our beautiful Black sisters, after the big and voluptuous lips, the earrings, the big buttocks, their makeup, the color of their skin, but stop common sense from wanting to become like them because you will never be and they are of much better quality than you and that is why you are seriously jealous of them. Please, please, go find another means of distraction if not innovate like black women so as not to imitate them constantly.

[@DejKK]

If your Brazilian, Malaysian, or can grow the yaki hair we be buying out your scalp, DO SHARE. nobody’s buying Betty whites wigs tho😂🥱🥱yall texture is stringy and actually feels weird. Very little structure to it. Would lowkey be considered low quality to me but yk everyone’s different. 🥱