Trivializes the struggles of the people who identify with that hairstyle.

Should white people wear black hairstyles when black people are. The origin of the word dreadlocks is debated but a common historical account suggests that it comes from European settlers who referred to the hair of indigenous people in the West Indies as dreadful. White people really dont need to have an opinion on it and our laws should reflect that Olivers call of action this week zeroed in on The CROWN Act. Dreadlocks are a common fashionable hairstyle and an represent identity for African Americans.

More than 13 million people liked this photo of Jenner posing in a crop top and her hair braided in cornrows last week. I mean who defined braids as a Black girls hairstyle. When Black women straighten our hair or dye it blonde were not appropriating white hairstyles it is not the same thing.

African American hair is a hard subject to talk about especially if it is tied with politics and identity. Perpetuates the system of white supremacy by reinforcing false ideas of Black. Here are eight instances where black hairstyles have been borrowed described as cool and taken without credit.

When Kylie Jenner woke up like disss in cornrows. White women who wear braids are wannabe gangsters. Some workplaces even force black.

Box braids can be very heavy and if done wrong they can be very tight. I mean yes the hairstyle is done by black women but it doesnt mean a white girl cannot wear braids. Written in 2019 the bill ensures protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles.

Black hair shouldnt be viewed or corralled by white people Oliver emphasized. I think when schools and work places no longer place restrictions on African Americans wearing natural styles then it wont be as much of a problem with other ethnicities wearing them. Dominique Apollon vice president for research at Race Forward a racial justice advocacy organization said companies that forbid natural Black hair send the message that white standards of.