Now when it comes to this whole afro thing going on with Kendall Jenner, you hear mostly black women putting up the argument that black women are constantly forced to adopt white standards of hair and beauty but as soon as a non-black woman comes along all of a sudden everything that was looked down upon in regards to black women, such as big butts, full lips and curly/kinky hair is all of a sudden cool. To a degree that is true. But here’s the problem, this is America. A country ran and dominated by white people. You have to accept the reality of where you live at. This isn’t some random country in Africa to where the majority population are black people. This is America. And unfortunately those of the caucasian persuasion have been able to get away with things since forever now. Is it fair? No. It is what it is. But that’s not even the point I’m attempting to make. The point I’m attempting to make is in regards to this country that we live in is that, as long as black people, white people, hispanics, Asians and everybody else comes into constant contact with one another, you have to expect that people of different cultures may pick up on certain cultural characteristics and adopt them. You can’t run from that and you can’t hide from it. You’re not living in some isolated country like Wakanda where you can throw up your magically cloaking shield to hide your country and preserve your cultural artifacts from the rest of the world. You live in the most envied country on the planet that everybody either wants to live in or they constantly pay attention to in some form or fashion. So if you see a white chick rocking a pseudo afro or some cornrows, you can’t really jump up and down on social media and start screaming cultural appropriation because chances are that white chick (or white dude or whomever) was directly influenced by some black person that they know or admire from a distance. Another thing about this whole cultural appropriation thing is, black people (especially black women), really have no argument in regards to cultural appropriation especially when it comes to black women who are notorious for wearing blonde wigs and weaves that look exactly like the hair you would find on a random Becky. Let’s just be real here. I’m sure that there are some black women who grow naturally blonde hair, but I have never seen one. I have never with my own eyes seen a black woman whose hair was naturally blonde…never. Now don’t get it twisted, I’m not one of these dudes who goes around policing black women’s hair. If black women want to be bald, happily nappily or weaved down to the floor; do your thing. Wigs and weaves don’t bother me unless they are just ultra ghetto like some of those pictures you can find on Google like that black woman who had her weave in the shape of a helicopter. Other than that, I’m not tripping off of how black women style their hair. All I ask is that you good and presentable with whatever type of hairstyle you may be rocking. That’s it. Now with all of that said, is it fair for black women to scream cultural appropriation off of a so-called afro when it’s plenty of black women wearing silky blonde weaves everyday that you know damn well none of these black women grew one single strand of blonde hair out of their head naturally? I don’t think black women have any room to complain about if whether non-black chicks (especially white women) want to wear afros, cornrows or whatever. Can you imagine if Becky and her friends hopped on social media crying about how black women are culturally appropriating white women’s hairstyles with these blonde weaves? 😂 People all over the internet would be telling Becky and them to shut up, but when it comes to black women, all of a sudden cultural appropriation of hair has been elevated to being on par with committing 1st degree murder. This is ridiculous if you ask me.
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