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[theignoramus]

Or having a booty is only acceptable when Iggy Azalea does it...

Vogue: We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty

Fuck Vogue magazine, that magazine and their fraternity of like minded peers turned their noses up at big booty culture for decades. This is the shit that should be the focus of anger and indignation, not harmless, well intentioned 14 year olds on twitter.

Anyway, whatever shit those twitter users went through to make them feel angry and bitter, they were wrong to do what they did.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Looks cute. Don't care about cultural appropriation whining. To me there are people who do things, and people who complain about people who do things. I like people who do things.

 

[FortuneFaded]

She looks nice. And the fact that she apologized....

By the power vested in me as a black man, I now grant her the right to wear her hair any way she wants =p

I knew black people had special powers. Hancock is just a documentary, isn't it?

 

[Lucumo]

You've probably already left the thread never to return, but do you understand what the posters in here have been trying to say?

I only read most of the first page since I just returned from work. So I'm missing like 12 pages. Also, not sure what you are referring to.

 

[Rembrandt]

The real question is who the fuck continue to buy vogue or whatever high fashion magazine and give weight to what they say? They're like the oscar, a circlejerk for rich white kids, who the fuck cares about them, stop giving them money. Yeah i know this is literally the devil wear prada argument, but counter cultures have always existed and stood outside from those kind of standards, which are held only in fairly rich enviroments, in which case you're rich so who care.

The people that determine modern mainstream culture.

IMO the bolded doesn't describe institutional racism. It wasn't even explained to me until college and even then it took statistics to start wrapping my head around the issue.

I think denying improvement is a slap in the face to those who worked hard for the improvement we're all enjoying.

Out of curiosity, how would you define it?

I only read most of the first page since I just returned from work. So I'm missing like 12 pages. Also, not sure what you are referring to.

I'm saying do you understand that we're in agreement about the nature of the tweets but the main argument is the cultural appropriation going on in America and some may say she is unknowingly contributing to it. Nobody in here is saying she shouldn't wear it.

 

[tbm24]

Fuck Vogue magazine, that magazine and their fraternity of like minded peers turned their noses up at big booty culture for decades. The is the shit that should be the focus of anger and indignation, not harmless, well intentioned 14 year olds on twitter.

Anyway, whatever shit those twitter users went through to make them feel angry and bitter, they were wrong to do what they did.

Vogue maganize being its terrible self doesn't mean much. Big booty adoration has been going strong for years and years, Iggy is small time in comparison, though respectable.

 

[Trey]

Fuck Vogue magazine, that magazine and their fraternity of like minded peers turned their noses up at big booty culture for decades. The is the shit that should be the focus of anger and indignation, not harmless, well intentioned 14 year olds on twitter.

Anyway, whatever shit those twitter users went through to make them feel angry and bitter, they were wrong to do what they did.

It is the focus, not little girls.

 

[The Faceless Master]

IMO the bolded doesn't describe institutional racism. It wasn't even explained to me until college and even then it took statistics to start wrapping my head around the issue.

I think denying improvement is a slap in the face to those who worked hard for the improvement we're all enjoying.

i think your casual dismissal of a response is a slap in the face to me. what am i enjoying really?

 

[Anton Sugar]

To me there are people who do things, and people who complain about people who do things. I like people who do things.

what does this mean

 

[Cream]

No I get what he was saying, just pointingn out twerking still is seen as trashy.

No, it isn't. You don't get it.

It wasn't in the mainstream before Miley Cyrus. Afterwards, it was.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

what does this mean

It means that I support the girl and not the whiners.

 

[Shaanyboi]

This is fucking stupid.

 

[Rktk]

How does Riff Raff keep getting away with it?

 

[Anton Sugar]

It means that I support the girl and not the whiners.

A blanket disregard for "people who complain about people who do things" is troublesome. You'll never know when a complaint is valid or why the complaint is being made.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I owe everyone int his thread an apology. I've been a real jerk to y'all. I simply couldn't stand to be wrong about it. i understand how these things can cause distress, I wasn't thinking when I made my jerkish posts.



You're right, and I apologize.

I apologize for my increasing rage and how I started talking down to you. Live and let live and all that jazz.

 

[Anteater]

those braids look fucking cool tho

i'd tweet and tell her if i could remember my twitter password, you guys should encourage her

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

A blanket disregard for "people who complain about people who do things" is troublesome. You'll never know when a complaint is valid or why the complaint is being made.

-Nevermind, not worth the hassle.

 

[Rembrandt]

When it comes to cultural appropriation, I feel comfortable throwing down a big old blanket over the whole topic. It's not troublesome when it deals with a problem so trivial that it doesn't even warrant serious discussion.

Lmao, that's so ignorant, seriously.

 

[solomon]

Black people (coming from a black guy) on twitter are using #BlackCulture for everything now, chill its just braids

 

[Anton Sugar]

When it comes to cultural appropriation, I feel comfortable throwing down a big old blanket over the whole topic. It's not troublesome when it deals with a problem so trivial that it doesn't even warrant serious discussion.

Well, then. Suck it, other cultures!

 

[Knox]

This is part of living in a multicultural society. People adopting things from the traditional cultures around them is what is supposed to happen.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Man, those people on twitter are terrible. Get over yourselves.

 

[The Faceless Master]

How does Riff Raff keep getting away with it?

well, first, he obviously has his done by a professional. they're done evenly and smoothly, unlike the lumpy braids that kid got. hope she [or her parent(s)] didn't tip!

 

[Trey]

This is part of living in a multicultural society. People adopting things from the traditional cultures around them is what is supposed to happen.

While chastising and constantly dehumanizing the people from the culture it comes from? Nah.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Black women are on a whole other level when it comes to hair. Reminds of that Gabby Douglas incident at the London Olympics. She won the gold medal but all the black women could do was hate on her hair.

 

[The Faceless Master]

A blanket disregard for "people who complain about people who do things" is troublesome. You'll never know when a complaint is valid or why the complaint is being made.

isn't the type of blanket people already use? i see a lot of them in this very thread. makes it easy to sleep when you can just smother legitimate complaints and lay comfortably on top.

 

[Always-honest]

This is part of living in a multicultural society. People adopting things from the traditional cultures around them is what is supposed to happen.

Yeah, in the multicultural city of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) i see this hair a lot. Is it rare in the US with white people?
People influence and inspire eachother.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Well, then. Suck it, other cultures!

My problem with your sentence is the word 'other'. How do you define a culture? Where are the boundaries? Seems so artificial and helps to keep people separated by labels. So yeah, suck it all labeled cultures. We are slowly becoming a world culture, and people's fashions and styles will always inspire others. I see no problem with it at all.

 

[boiled goose]

While chastising and constantly dehumanizing the people from the culture it comes from? Nah.

Yup. We should look at new Zealand for a better example of multI cultural integration and pride.

 

[Samara]

She looks nice.Its a great style.

I understand why those kids are angry, but this is not it. I agree that when a white person has what is seen as an undesirable black feature and gets a pass or act like they never seen it before, then yes, that's not fair.

This however is nothing to be mad at. Just the same old 'oh you think you're black'. Its as grating as hearing 'oh you think you're white because...'.

 

[SonnyBoy]

Black women are on a whole other level when it comes to hair.

That's oversimplifying the issue, but ok.

 

[The Faceless Master]

She looks nice.Its a great style.

I understand why those kids are angry, but this is not it. I agree that when a white person has what is seen as an undesirable black feature and gets a pass or act like they never seen it before, then yes, that's not fair.

This however is nothing to be mad at. Just the same old 'oh you think you're black'. Its as grating as hearing 'oh you think you're white because...'.

yep! both are separately but equally as grating!

 

[SonnyBoy]

Yeah, in the multicultural city of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) i see this hair a lot. Is it rare in the US with white people?
People influence and inspire eachother.

Black women are often looked down upon for having their hair in it's natural state or "black hairstyles". They feel as if they must conform to societal fashion standards to avoid discrimination and negativity.

 

[Skellig Gra]

That's oversimplifying the issue, but ok.

Of course it is. Just an observation, it obviously goes way deeper than black women being passionate about hair.

 

[Rembrandt]

My problem with your sentence is the word 'other'. How do you define a culture? Where are the boundaries? Seems so artificial and helps to keep people separated by labels. So yeah, suck it all labeled cultures. We are slowly becoming a world culture, and people's fashions and styles will always inspire others. I see no problem with it at all.

It's not really inspiration when the stealer is credited as the inventor, though, is it?

 

[Always-honest]

Black women are often looked down upon for having their hair in it's natural state or "black hairstyles". They feel as if they must conform to societal fashion standards to avoid discrimination and negativity.

Yeah i heard about that, and that's a shame. But that's not really what i asked. I asked if this hairstyle is rare for white people in the US (in big multicultural cities, to be more exact).
But i think it's a shame that black women feel the need to do that. And it's even worse for them when white girls are considered hip when they adopt a similar hairstyle.

 

[boiled goose]

the ideal response from everyone would be:

braids are beautiful

that way we promote beauty of all types

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

I think her hair looks cute. And fuck the haters spewing those comments at her.

 

[triplestation]

shit is real when it comes to DA hood

 

[SonnyBoy]

Yeah i heard about that, and that's a shame. But that's not really what i asked. I asked if this hairstyle is rare for white people in the US (in big multicultural cities, to be more exact).
But i think it's a shame that black women feel the need to do that. And it's even worse for them when white girls are considered hip when they adopt a similar hairstyle.

Sorry about that. It's not common to see white women with braids, at least not in Baltimore lol.

 

[Trey]

Yeah i heard about that, and that's a shame. But that's not really what i asked. I asked if this hairstyle is rare for white people in the US (in big multicultural cities, to be more exact).
But i think it's a shame that black women feel the need to do that. And it's even worse for them when white girls are considered hip when they adopt a similar hairstyle.

It's not rare in the sense that you won't ever see a white woman wear it around your neighborhood (though I suppose it depends on what kind of neighborhood you live in). It's rare in the sense that the vast majority of white women will wear their hair a different way.

And black women don't feel the need to chastise this girl. It's not a thing that's inherent to the black woman experience.

 

[boiled goose]

I think her hair looks cute. And fuck the haters spewing those comments at her.

the comments come from a perspective of mistrust and frustration. Instead of saying f*** the haters we should probably I'll try to work towards a society where that hatred mistrust and frustration doesn't exist.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

she looks awesome. Some people are stupid.

 

[Always-honest]

Sorry about that. It's not common to see white women with braids, at least not in Baltimore lol.

Okay, thanx. I was curious about that.

It's not rare in the sense that you won't ever see a white woman wear it around your neighborhood (though I suppose it depends on what kind of neighborhood you live in). It's rare in the sense that the vast majority of white women will wear their hair a different way.

And black women don't feel the need to chastise this girl. It's not a thing that's inherent to the black woman experience.

Yeah the vast majority of white women will wear their hair different in Rotterdam too. But i see it quite often.

 

[Rembrandt]

Okay, thanx. I was curious about that.

I think the last white girl I seen with braids was ol girl from hustle and flow, lol.

 

[Skux]

Heh. Here in New Zealand there's a white girl who works on the trains with this hairstyle, no one bats an eyelid. One old lady even complimented her when she got her ticket clipped.

Or having a booty is only acceptable when Iggy Azalea does it...

Vogue: We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty

How long does it take to become "official" lol. I remember people saying the same thing about J-Lo a decade ago.

 

[Always-honest]

I think the last white girl I seen with braids was ol girl from hustle and flow, lol.

I'll have to Google that.
Edit: i've never seen it, but i did see an image of the woman on Google. Partly braids, right?

 

[Nealand Liquor]

How people can't see they are being racist by picking on a girl (or defending those who are) with braids because she is white is beyond me. The way racism/discrimination in the States is trending, I believe things are only going to worse before they get better.

 

[Rembrandt]

I'll have to Google that.
Edit: i've never seen it, but i did see an image of the woman on Google. Partly braids, right?

Yeah, they looked decent on her, imo. great movie btw.

 

[neorej]