Are Kim Kardashian & Katy Perry Appropriating Culture By Wearing Cornrows? | Digital Originals
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- Three women take on the social experiment of wearing hair braids, also known as cornrows or as Kim Kardashian calls them 'boxer braids', for the first time and here’s what they learned from the eye-opening experience.
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I love the hairdresser, such a humble soul. She don't care what race or ethnicity you are, respect
Agreed.
yh because she wants the money
+Rochey C yaaaassss. like these heffas are so dumb
Nekia Thornton lool
Well she has to. She cant tell them no get out of my shop
Damn this woman can braid!
Yes she can
I love ur name!💕
Ikr I’m trying to get to her level!
Mochahontas ikr
Everything Yes.
Like wtf is a boxer braid? That doesn't even sound cute
😂
+Destiny C. For real like
You ain't lying .
Exactly! Those are cornrows and we have box braids idk wtf is a boxer braid. The media always try to unblack things just like they did the donut ponytail style.
Exactly
Wear braids but call them their name (cornrows) & don't call them ghetto because when black women wear them they're deemed "unprofessional" or "ratchet" so it's not just a hairstyle its part of our culture.. The white lady's coworkers laughed while the black lady got compliments.. So what does that tell you
cнanтel angelιqυe you think the ancient egypts who wore them thousands of years ago called them cornrows? That’s not their correct/original name either :D
Xafir shut the hell up 🤬🤗
Clorox Bleach why?
Xafir cuz you hit her with some truth so she's mad.
then what is cause they are still black people lol
We have African braids, Senegalese twists Bantu and Ghana weaving(cornrows). Wtf is boxer braids?
Bantu knots
Yes Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭I wish I could post my pictures with my cornrows
Basically boxer braids are double Dutch braids
@@jjm7414 no
Boxer braids is a name kim Kardashian made up after seeing black female boxers wearing braided plaits in a ponytail. The correct term for this technique is cornrows.
The one woman was talking about being self conscious imagine how self conscious a little black girl feels when the media basically teaches her that her hair is ugly
Stop being a victim
Vicky shut up ! U don’t understand how it feels
KikiFaith 111 boo hoo, man up, sheesh you people are pathetic
Zyzz Zane who asked u
Zyzz Zane ur pathetic enough to comment on something that happened to weeks ago minimum no one cares about what u have to say
i hope the girl who got made fun of understood that's how black women are confronted and not taken seriously when they wear their natural hair. she didn't really reflect, just hurried to take them out. Black women can deflect and straighten their hair or get weave but under it, their hair will still be that texture.
No. She got made fun of because she looked fucking stupid.
@@nowahblanco9935 thank you! lol
Deme Wharton I was thinking the same thing imagen feeling like that all day and everyday of your life that feeling of anxiety stays there That’s why black women are so strong because we can’t change the skin we are in
@@AwjeeASMR read my comment
Nowah Taylor okay point taken lol she did look different lol but I didn’t want to be mean
There's nothing wrong with them wear their hair like us. I think it's them welcoming our culture and finding us beautiful. I think of it as a compliment.
& sorry but black women look best with braids, Marley/Havana/Senegalese twists & faux locs or real locs better than non black women. No shade 😎
so true!
just tea.
+2020dustindustin bye
It's can't be shade it it's true. 🐸
yep
thats missed up that some of the people that the white girl said was making fun of her and she was feeling about and helpless about herself. she shouldn't feel that way aint all. she looked great with that hair style. them people was hating on her cuz she look awesome!😊
i agree💯💯💯
They looked really nice on her though lmao
indeed
Wait what was the point of this video again? wasted my time. And first of all if your scalp was itching that's because your scalp was dried. And mixing essential oils in a spray bottle with water helps keep your scalp moisturized. Sheesh they made braids and cornrows seem like something negative or something to unnecessarily marvel at. it's an old style that has been around for centuries. the Kardashian's DID NOT START OR CREATE IT!!!
Oli that was the point of the video. To see the reaction and how each woman would be treated after braiding their hair.
They were probably having an allergic reaction to the synthetic hair
Black people didn't create it either. Braids have been in many cultures; its hard to pinpoint where it started. Just know many ethic groups from all over the planet have used braids.
@@nowahblanco9935 yes they did dumbass. It originated from.afrixa and when the slaves were brought to America they shved their heads so then on Sundays they would braid their Hari in cornrows so that it could stay the same for the whole weeks
૨σყαℓ ƭεε Well not only that white people’s hair doesn’t really hold braids that well And their hair is extremely oily
Awww she took them out because someone made fun of her. Try all your life.
gezzy2short the Black girl didn't get made fun of
Matt TheDestroyer 2
It was someone else. I think
Lol its fun to be black until it's hard to be black
xoxo Deb very true
@@nat-oi2fh not you using "ion"
1)Do people not know how diverse Africa is? People there have naturally straight, blond, wavy, curly/kinky hair. People are so quick to say oh well black women appropriate blond/straight hair but they don't see that some tribes have that trait.
2) The problem with the appropriation issue is that the media tends to give credit to people who didn't create it and the fact that they would say it looks unprofessional or "dirty" on someone of color.
3) Braids aren't a way of hiding natural hair, some people use it as protective styles. It's hard to have to constantly moisturize,comb,style, etc natural hair every day, especially if you don't have time. Also they are used to protect hair from harsh weather.
Exactly but I believe it was proven that North Africans are white and that they came from Europe
+lemonlimeluv2 NO that was AFTER that land was conquered!
and what's ur point. last time I checked Africa only had thick curly hair before white ppl invaided it
+Sapphire Sparkle (The Rebellious Queen) Not really. Different tribes have different traits (Somalians, Ethiopians,etc).Mutations(sorry if the term is incorrect) can occur as a response to diverse climates and diets, as well as exposure to infectious disease. If I applied your hair logic to skin color then all Africans should be the same color(even though they aren't).
@@lemonlimeluv2 North africans did not come from Europe the 5 countries were just simply always labeled as white. They have a variety of skin tones from white to tan to lightskins. They have curly hair, wavy hair and even straight. They were always there and always like that and historians labeled them as white.
BOXER Braids???? Never heard of that term......
Exactly. This is some bs
Hurr 3000 u ever watched boxing lol? Every girl boxer gets them hence the name.... wow ignorance is bliss huh?
for all the people that need a simple example: if someone came up to you said "look at my g phone...I just made it" when clearly it's an iPhone you'd more than likely laugh in their face and say "you liar...you mean iPhone" same thing
Serenitie3 Exactly!!!
Exactly so true
Why do we need white women having their hair braided to teach us what we already know black women and Indigenous peoples have been doing forever?!
Because it looks cute
+Rosepink Msp Okay butttt still, its just annoying to see white people doing things cuz Kim did it. You whites had your time...
+102667688452740815924 it's a fucking hairstyle get over it. This is 2016, what do you expect from people. I'm sure there has been one time where you wanted to copy your idol.
Edit: I don’t agree with this comment anymore after taking time to educate myself about cultural appropriation. I don’t stand by what I said two years ago and Kim is completely in the wrong
+Rosepink Msp Not really, you know, i mean, it looks good on some people but its just that i look at tutorials of like cornrows and they say its inspired by Kim or whatever. I mean, im not saying you shouldn't have it, all im saying is that is was a bad start as a trend
jeans were originated in italy (white country), but the whole world don't need to send a prayer to the whites every-time we wear jeans ... dark skin people don't have "natural rosy cheeks" ... when dark skin people wear pink blush, are they trying to be "white"?? people admire different culture and don't need to praise them for it
that hairdresser was killing them braids! she snatched that super fine and white edges. someone give her an MVP award!
it's not that black women are saying white ppl can't wear em kuz their white. white ppl would just take our style and call it something else not giving us our credit
ForeverSierra B. they took you as slaves and didn't pay u wtf do you expect
Lasean Atkins some respect bc it’s 2019 ✊🏽
IpartyWitCardi okay you might think what you said made sense. But if you think about the creator of cornrows and how they might feel with so many people calling his/her invention theirs and their cultures only, in this case you are the Kardashians.
Kasey Fairchild my race was the only race wearing them and was shamed for it then one day a white girl wanting to be famous wore them to go viral and all of a sudden white people paying $300-400 to get them and we don't play nearly as much but it's not ours stfu stfu go read a book
Wait a hairstyle can belong to a race? I don't think Kim Kardashian was claiming to "create" the trend.
Man I was going to get my hair braided as a protective style but if just a "trend" now it's not worth it. The last thing I want is to hear "Omg I like totes love your boxer braids".
No, honesty f* all that. Just do it if you want to, don't not do it because it's "trendy".
I don't think cornrows are ghetto at all. shit's art!!!
I don't see nothing worng with any kind of races wearing wave or "black" hairstyles it's a hairstyle you can wear any kind of hairstyle
yeah, but don't act like they are new or people are just seeing them because they are on her head.
I swear like what’s wrong with people I’m black but like if I was white nobody is gonna tell me what loop tie and twist my hair is going into PERIOD people are over sensitive
Yes that is true, but as long as you don’t disrespect the origins of it.
@@curtistinehamiltonblair4215 OKAY!
@AISHA HILTZ I was always taught you can wear them as long as you dint disrespect it. So if you aren't disrespecting it 8 dint see the problem
are black woman appropriating culture when they get perms& straighten their hair? or get Brazilian or malaysian weaves?
I hope you know white women get that stuff too matter fact they we're getting it before it became mainstream for the public on tv and movie sets but they didn't invent it wearing someone hair is totally different from saying that you claiming something to be one thing when it always been something else to a certain group very many years or centuries
Nope! What you're referring to is called assimilation. Look it up
***** its not common in America to see black people with straight hair but they do exist even in African tribes there are some with straight
+Mabinty Mabinty WHERE DID WE COME FROM
Excuse you but not all black people have kinky or curly hair some blacks have straight hair AND USE THE EXTENTSIONS THAT ARE MATCHING TO THEIR.HAIR TEXTURE to make their haor fuller or longer so stfu over there
I like that she said,"A client is a client"....Amen. Kardashians did not come out with those braids,lol been around way longer than them, sorry. Someone Please give society new faces to follow who are legit.
"cultural appropriation" is really only fucked up when the credit to the original is completely cast aside, or given to something else.
Ohhhhhh it's a bit like when they made one of our great viking kings and great heroes in the new valhalla show an African female. This king he was not just a king but maybe the greatest of all kings. And the only one who tried to keep the christian fools away, and save our culture! they even made him look like a person he 1000% was not !! But the christians necked him and then they erased as much of our viking culture as they could get to, and they still do it! back then, they even stole our beliefs and made it look like its an Christian thing and part of the christian culture .... christmas (Jól-Jul its means to wait - is from pagan -Viking culture its an party for the light and sun heat that will soon return to us, its a party for drinking and fun and to pray for a lot of things. We call it Solhverv and we party for alot of days, and the christmas tree is a part of this midtpart winter party drinking Jól-Jul bcs its the only tree that is still green in the vintertimes
den 21. december is one of the big days of Jul, the day they say Jesus was born Pfffftttt. the mistletoe is from a viking story about balder he got killed with an arrow made of mistletoe wood. Alot of English words are really viking words, Santa is not who you all think he his. He is really the viking pagan god Odin my father. And he is not red and white, even dovh it is the Danish flag colors, it was the christians who made us change it to what it is to day, his real colors is green or blue if i remember right! ............... but they did all of this BS to get the pagans / vikings in to the i love Jesus wagen!
i know its not the same but it kinda smells like it ! you know?
I personally think it is a compliment to use that style, but I understand the issue with not giving credit. As a Hispanic woman, I find the hairstyle very appealing and would love to try it.
Its true that braids do not ‘belong’ to the black community as there is evidence of braids being used traditionally in many many other ancient civilisations.
In ancient China, maidens traditionally kept their hair in braids until their fifteenth birthday, when they go through a coming of age ceremony, where they let their hair down to show they are eligible for marriage. While for men, China’s final dynasty gave rise to the Queue braid, a style that involved shaving off most of one’s hair and pulling the rest into a long plait. Non-comformity was considered treason which was punishable by death
The ancient greek/roman women’s hair length traditionally represented your class/wealth. Basically, the higher in the hierarchy you sat, the longer your hair. Women with high wealth would wear their hair in twists, curls and braids to truly showcase the length of their hair.
The celts and vikings also braided their hair for both these reasons. Higher class women would braid their hair and adorn them with straps of leather and ribbons to decorate, while young unmarried women often supported long, loose hair styled in braids.
HOWEVER braids are a huge huge part of black culture and represent the overcoming of the oppression they experience and have experienced in america.
“A sculpture was discovered the ancient Nok civilization of Nigeria circa 500 B.C. which shows a figure adorned with cornrows. In Africa historically braids could be used as a way to express religion, kinship, status, age and ethnicity, among other attributes.
When the people of Africa were brought to the New World as slaves, they were initially confronted with a loss of identify. As they traversed the Middle Passage--or the voyage by ship from Africa to America--their heads were often shaved for sanitary reasons. But their hair grew back, and with it so did the culture.
In slavery, many Africans brought back the braids both as a way to stay connected to their heritage and to assert their independence. The style also fit with the requirement that their hair be neat and tidy while working on plantations.”
(www.leaf.tv/articles/the-history-of-african-american-hair-braiding/)
This is the reason why braids are so important to the african community especially in america as its a part of their culture that americans TRIED to take away and now all of a sudden they’re using it and trying to take it AGAIN. The argumment isn’t so much about the hairstyle itself, what the hairstyle means and represents is what is so important. This particular reason explains the hostility the black community feel towards american mainstream media using braids, which is totally understandable.
Proud to be black we are the original. there is no duplication of us. Anyone that are mimicking our culture automatically falls second.
Miguel Castillo facts?
How tf do u claim a hairstyle as a part of ur culture
Then explain how weaves aren’t cultural appropriation, it’s literally wearing the hair of a European woman
you claim it bye white people slaving u and your conty doing it fist then white people copeing u
Melanie x both are straight hair dumbass
tbh kardishians don't look cute in cornrows
@Pencil Shavings and you salty for no reason cuz she has a point 🐸☕
SY S just, stop
@SY S stop...
braids just look better on black women period. truth.
Jasmine Simmons They look great with our melanated skin & our thick, kinky hair. They look great on men of color as well, because both of my handsome sons have rocked them . . . we don't believe in cutting off our beautiful hair in our household.
Jasmine Simmons I think they look better on white people and Hispanics.
Brisaydah Sillero why because they look different ?
Princ3ss Caee! It’s my opinion just like she said it looked better on black girl
Brisaydah Sillero why?
Stascha is a Jamaican, that accent cannot hide
avczty
aww ... poor becky. she had a five seconds bad experience. try centuries of it ...
You ain't neva lied
you personally try centuries of it lmao. You're ten, it's impossible for you to have personally had centuries of problems, and since you don't live vicariously through anyone you're trying to be oppressed.
tee hee why are you worried about me?
Jasmine Tigner why are you worried about this video? I have every right to comment on whatever stupidity I find on the internet and so I commented on yours
Rose : ok whatever makes you sleep at night
It's a hair style
with African and Caribbean origin's but the thing is all culture's adapt and adopt traditions and styles from other cultures and have for thousands of years. We are all human beings, brothers and sisters connected and children of God. It's not white against black which Kim isn't even Caucasian. Instead of focusing on hate and negativity learn to love eachother and ourselves.
HER mother is Dutch,English,Scottish,Irish and her father is Armenian.She's Caucasian asf
Olivia Woloshyn Yes they call it 'boxer braids'.
How is Kim not Caucasian when her mom is? It's her Dad who wad Armenian.
My mom always put my hair in braids like this when I was young and all types of braids. It’s a protective hairstyle and if there is a lice breakout in school it actually protects the hair from contracting lice. Everyone of all races does it since before the 80s. They wouldn’t get it all the time but I remember seeing people do it in the summer. People who go to the Caribbean did it. I don’t know why they act like this is a new trend and act like the Kardashian’s started it 😂
I think the name needs to change, bc in Africa( especially west Africa) we call it Ghana weaving or Ghanain braids.
Yes ! cornrows are a made up word for something that already had a name -word ... but they do look like corn i have to say lol !
I like how people high jack black culture hair braiding been a been around for Decades... But this video was a ok example.... And are called cornrows not boxed braids... Thankx Kardashian's for high jacking another black thing uuughhh
We can't have nothing of our own it's sad they they gotta steal everything
***** I agree with you 💯percent seeing stuff like this really makes me laugh, I'm like be yourself trying to be something or someone your not is just pathetic ,But yet people praises them for anything they do like plastic surgery and but injections all fake I guess fakeness is the new trend 😊
right on! 👍
Black women wants to have white women (straight hair, lighter skin etc..) attributes while White women wants blacks women (lips, ass, etc..)attributes.
+Simple Complexity black women do not want white features straight hair isn't just white girl attributes and wanting lighter skin is because black men put down dark skin women no black woman wants to be a white woman everything we do white girls follow i don't see white women setting trends we do they just follow
No matter who you are or where you come from express yourself the way you feel it best to be. I am sorry if that was worded awkwardly.
so basically " I DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHTS TO THIS HAIR"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
appreciate our culture and be respectful of it
And respect other cultures as well
who cares. spanish people wear them too. Its not a big deal today. Black culture has effected all races and they have accepted the culture.
latinas dont claim to have created it and gave it a knew name. they call them cornrows and they dont pretend theyve never seen them before. Black ppl dont need their culture accepted by anyone first off. secondly youre more than welcome to participate if you dont plan on stealing
+Danielle Danielle
For the RECORD I am a BLACK proud woman. you took what I said the WRONG way. I was only stating that its not a big deal today if other races rock breads. In my era they would have NeVer worn them because people had Blackphobia then.
I was speaking generally not to you as a person and the topic is cultural appropriation not whether or not it's okay for white women to wear braids. Most black women including myself don't care if white women wear braids it's pretending like you've never seen black women with it before kim k or katy Perry and renaming it. Or it being ok when they do it but ghetto when we do it
+Danielle Danielle
you are %100 correct. White peoplw have stolen so much of black culture. I remember when whote girls asses were flat but now theyre bigger than some black women.
+mdhbh
You do realize white people created a lot of stuff that black people use right?? ...like wtf every race on the planet has at least used some type of form of something that another race created... so how does white people wearing braids wrong... or in any form stealing... please educate me cause I'm lost
Must be nice to be able to cut your braid and go back to acceptable white hairstyles. Black women dont have that option. We have to be on point all the time despite discrimination and anxiety that comes with it.
To the black girl in this video: you're beautiful!!! 💕💕💕💕
Mika Fryer and white women, are beautiful too why does everyone have to do a race thing no, braids are a culture thing yes but it’s nice to see other race doing it to spread different culturally race not only black women have curly hair, not only black people know how to braid, and yes I’m a black women 15 years old and I know better just to now pin one thing on one race
Mya Holley thank you your the smartest person in this comment section
@@malibu5091 well technically this isn't racist did u notice how she referred to the black girl but not the white someone. Was kinda offended
@@malibu5091 why are you getting defensive. I bet of she had said "To the WHITE girl in this video: you are beautiful !" You wouldn't have said nothing.
@@mayajanelle6704 i think even more people would of hated on her tbh
I thought they meant box braids and I was so confused lmaoo
What bothers me the most is that if black person in corporate America tried to wear cornrows to work, their choice of hairstyle would become an "issue" (of professionalism, of cleanliness. of "distraction"...whatever excuse). Cornrows on non-black/white people gets the thumbs up as being "cool", "trendy" (at best); puzzled/shocked stares or comments on how different it looks (at worst)...but are generally left alone. It's a matter of perception. Same goes for large lips, hips, dark (tanned) skin. Natural physical qualities or cultural expressions in black people are seen as a "problem" but celebrated as unique in others. Cultural appropriation is not only the denial or not giving credit to the original source but also the denial of beauty/intelligence/creativity/goodness in non-white communities.
The black girl looked 10 years younger with the braids
Dreadlocks isn't exclusively black culture and black people cannot claim it. Dreadlocks originated either in India as the Indian diety shiva wears dreadlocks or in Egypt. Even germanic tribes and vikings are said to have worn dreadlocks. So, idk why black people are getting offended about white people wearing dreadlock like I'm against ignorant cultural appropriation but this isn't exclusively black culture. Almost every Hindu monks wears it and as an Indian Hindu I'd not have a problem with someone wearing dreadlocks.
who came up w boxer braids?, its cornrows, wtf
I keep my braids in for 6-8 weeks lol. Hair oil moisturizer help keep my head from itching.
I am First Nation (Native American) in my traditional values, braids have been around since my ancestors.. Men have their hair in braids... the braid in my tradition means "One" or "unity"... and also the hair is a very sacred thing, it carries your memories and prayers, and thoughts.. there is many different tribes who have different teachings on the braid but are similar. I thought I would share. And as a person, everyone is entitled to their feelings, personally, braids are beautiful on any ethnicity.
People would try to tease me when I was little because I always had braids and I lived in a predominantly white area but when that happens you shouldn't just take them out and listen to what people say you should leave them in and play it like you're confident and it doesn't phase you
Lol her co workers laughed at her. That's cute. But leave all everyone alone with their hair. Not a big deal. Just making profit bashing the kardashians
If the Kardashians and other white ppl who steal black culture would stop trying to make the things we create acceptable only when they do it and not take credit for it this wouldn't even be a topic of conversation.
+Dira501 no one is trying to steal anything it's just something theyre doing to their hair. It's the blogs and social media who are latching on to it and making it seem new. none of the kardashians claimed braids to be "new".
+Dira501 I agree with you
+LowLow then why did she rename them "boxer braids?"
They don't have to say with their mouth that they are stealing our culture, their actions alone say that. But she didn't come out and correct the media either since you say it wasn't her. I don't care what you say; they are stealing our culture. They are even dating black men to put the stamp on it.
Every culture had some types of braids with in that culture. Not only That black culture
Tawnee B. You weren't complaining when that Butterscotch Becky Alicia Keys did it...
The point is the way that blacks have done it, is completely different. We have a totally different texture, and culture.
૨σყαℓ ƭεε Okay and? They never claimed them wearing cornrows was a new trend
you're leveling and sidestepping the issue. its not about the culture that wears braids. if that is what you are thinking, you're missing the point completely.
That may be true but braids were started by African and Indians for hair maintenance, eventually it was established as cultural. So when it comes to other demographics they may do “dutch braids” or french braids, but I’m sorry those were appropriate hairstyles from centuries ago. Thicker textured hair are made for braids, while straight hair rarely maintains braids for more than 24h
It’s perfectly fine for everybody to experiment with all hairstyles, but the point is to keep that same energy for white and coloured people. You cant call it ghetto for black people & call it trend setting for white. And don’t take credit for something that is not yours, simple
Appreciate don’t appropriate
But is tht salon really on tht corner cuz I will be there next week trust right before I return to school
Everyone in Australia from the age of five, goes to either bloody Bali or Thailand or Fiji and comes back with braids
All I'll say is "French braids" for the Katy Perry one.. Two braids using all the hair plaited into the hair on the scalp is known as a French braid..
I understand that many people are upset about nonPOC getting braids and being praised while POC are ridiculed for it, but that doesn't make it appropriation. What makes it appropriation is not giving credit where credit is due. These styles have existed for centuries and people are acting like they just came into existence.
I was scrolling through the comments and I just wanted to point this out....Black women have been doing this for years, braids, food, dancing, music, etc...When something gets taken from you then somebody else says that they made this "trend" OF COURSE your going to be mad about it (Common Sense) I'm so tired of White, Asians, Koreans, Latina, etc mocking black women, and then they have the nerve to say "I don't see how..." or "I love this, ima definitely do this again" That's disrespectful, childish, hypocritical, and sad.
You have to sometimes put yourself in another person/culture's shoes to get a better understanding of why they are mad...
Looks to me that anything is good to get African Americans mad and outraged. Tired of it.
Europeans have been wearing "cornrows" throughout history... what do you think the french braid is??? just a different variation
you mean europeans have been wearing BRAIDS throughout history, not cornrows
french braid is a type of braid, cornrows is a type of braid
Funny because in france, the french braid is called "tresse africaine" which means "african braid".
Marianne Mba wowww I didn’t know that!!!! Thank for the info
Marianne Mba so smart
Yeah right
I’m Native American and have been braiding my hair! Not just in a ponytail. Braiding is multi cultural.
Exactly But it’s that one Culture that would claim they invented ( caucasian )
@@ynwmelly_5576 I've never heard a white person say they invented it
@@ynwmelly_5576 Just because Caucasians choose to wear it doe not mean they are claiming it.
It is one thing to have braids but it becomes a problem when different styles of braids that originated from different cultures are claimed by others as their own.
For example cornrows is a hairstyle originates from Africa but Kim Kardashian gets flak from other people not because she has it but because she calls it a different name and what it truly is and where it has truly originated from
@@danidiaz2377 jesus you are blind they dont need to say they invented it, give credit to where it is due, and if you were braids call them what they are not boxer braids wtf is that , like you can wear the hair style nobodys stopping you but when you replace the name and dont give credit to wHere its due then thats when it becomes a big problem
My (white) mom once gave me and my sisters cornrows one night when we were little and our hair was damp. The next day, we took the braids out and our hair was so fluffy and just huge. I loved it!! I've been wanting to ask her to do it again but my hair is shoulder length and layered.
in europe they are really popular and are called dutch braids or french braids but usually it's one or two, or in a style like a headband
So you don't want white women doing it coz they're white and you want recognition for a style that has been around forever (in multiple cultures) So why don't you ask Beyonce / Nicki / Missy Elliot/ RiRi etc to wear them and talk about black hair? I think its a shame that someone cant do something from another culture just coz the have a different skin tone (which in itself is kinda racist and exclusive) > Wearing your hair a certain way isnt trying to say "I AM YOU AND I KNOW YOUR STRUGGLE" its just a style. If you want more recognition about things from your own community then make that your mission > start a club > a webpage talking about hair & talk about it honestly and acknowledge all the cultures who have historically worn braids not just black ones. Ive noticed allot of Americans havent left America before and so only seem to know about their own history.
soraninja we do all that though? All of the women you mentioned go to black hair festivals and festivals celebrating black women like essencefest or Black Girls Rock like, they all wear their natural hair and braids so who is this aimed at?
“It’s just a style” I swear if I hear one more person say that🤦🏽♀️ It’s more than a style, it’s part of our culture. PERIODT.
Someone told me that when there are only two braids those are suddenly not corn rows and I was like how?
Hair is hair, don’t add a race to it, simple as that
@adedoyin adewoye
Funny how you attack white people but Hispanics are the ones the wear them but yet I don't see any backlash for them. "White person does it and all of a sudden it's deemed appropriate." Correct the more people that wear it the more accepted it becomes which is a good thing.
When you have your hair cornrowed, you itch your scalp with a hanger. Just straighten the part that hangs over the rail. It is thin enough get under the braid & to your scalp. A hair pick works too.
The braider was the real focus. For her to do that on fine hair, SKILL. PS I'm not surprised they took them out early.
Thank you for this video
& ppl always try to say "It's just a hairstyle" NO ITS NOT when you got little black kids being kicked out of school bcuz of it. It's a part of our culture and it's something that defines us! It's not about what's popping right now for us, we BEEN doing this!!
ok but a white person just wearing braids and dreadlocks isn't racist, to say it is is hypocritical because Egyptians did it first
Ok it is your culture, now we can little black kids of out school again right?
THANK YOU SO MUCH PRAISE THE LORD
Tawnee B. Egyptians were not black when there were wearing braids
wp do hair styles that aren't for their hair type and wonder why its "so itchy", why "their hair is slipping out" or why their hair breaks off. Thats already a red flag that something's wrong, its not just a hairstyle like a ponytail or something its a protective (cultural) style, and it makes me upset when people only see it as a trend, ESPECIALLY when a white celebrity "names" it something else like they invented cornrows. Even more upsetting when corporate America doesn't tolerate POC with braids, twists or dreads and to this day its seen as "unprofessional" and they are forced to have their hair removed or cut, but when this white woman has cornrows its a hysterical trend she's trying for fun... yeah ok, i wish people would get it.
Not sure what I learned here but I appreciate the participants for being great sports
The itching is New growth why didn't she explain that to them before they left
Really it is? I thought it was dry lol wow
It's not cultural appropriation. Almost every culture has a history of braids
Braids are in alot of ancient cultures not just Africa. We shld be supporting one another and enjoying different cultures
Cornrows, box braids, and tribal braids aren't tho. We don't care about the other omes
Whoever did there cornrows needs way more lessons cuz they look mine when I tried on my own head and I'm 11
I am sick
Maybe it’s that White woman’s weave you wear
its literally a hairstyle not an ethnicity
tired of the controversy over this
Jayden Keith It's ethnic because it's part of a culture for people of COLOR!
@@La-Toya0488 say that to the vikings.
They are only addressing the fact that Kim kardashian made "boxer braids" a trend but they aren't addressing the fact that it still isn't ok for non-black people to wear these braids. Black people still get bashed and discriminated for our natural hairstyles while non blacks just wear them for fashionable reasons.
except that white people have also historically worn braids in their hair call it dutch braids or whatever but its still braids
that was my long winded version of "can't we all just get along" ??!! lol rs tho
Gosh whats bad about white girls having cornrows? I mean blackgirls are straitening their hair two! And i don’t blame them! Honestly i think it’s beautiful that we mix up our cultures! It’s prof that we Start accepting each other, other cultures, skincolours, religion!
Kim K and Katy Perry did not "start" braids. I am extremely offended right now. How dare they?! This has been a style for a long time, my culture and no one should even think about disrespecting that. Seriously, what is wrong with this world?
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic
So let me get this straight, 99.9% of all black women I see spend their entire lives wearing every texture and length hair EXCEPT their own yet you have a problem when other girls wear braids? Lol. It amazes me how you say all of this about Kim while at the same time you're wearing a wig or weave of the natural texture and length hair that NATURALLY grows from her scout 😂
Wow so you bypassed the point and went directly to criticizing and finding fault with Black women, with inaccurate information at that.
+Ahavameanslove24 I'm black but that really wasn't inaccurate instead of 99% it's more like 75
Out of her scout or scalp. Start there. Let me school you for your ignorance. Black women dont care about white women wearing braids. Seeing as black women are the ones who they have to go to to get it braided. So stop. However, these styles have been a way of life since birth. But we get told its unprofessional and ghetto. But white girls are put in article ads saying they created this new style and named it something else. Which the name still was taken from black ppl box braids and they called it boxer. Now as far as weave. Many black women and other women including kim k wear weave. However after centuries of being told you hair that grows out of your SCALP is unprofessional ugly and you need to look like the white women. You need to straigten it so its not wild by putting on damaging chemicals like hydrogen chloride that eats through aluminum. Out comes weave. So dont compare systematic opression of black women to theivery of white women.
+Danielle Danielle preach
Ctfu 99% of all black women, I'm black and I have never wore a weave or anything. But the point of the video is saying that maybe if Kim had said cornrows, and people realizing that these types of hairstyles have been around fro years and Kim K isn't the start of this so called "trend" then I feel like it would be okay
I have always found braids like this no matter what race to be so cool and creative
i think the two braids, or large cornrow/ dutch have been around for the long time, and the kardashions didnt inspire them for white people, but calling them “boxer braids”, and ignoring the culture behind it is insulting.
When culture is everyone's culture no matter what they look like or how they're brought up. If someone somehow stumbled upon a particular aesthetic and embraces it as their own and no one is offended, is a perfect world that does not exist in reality. Everything is judged by eyes of unique experiences.
just pray pat and keep it moving boo..........
I love these braids but they are NOT boxer braids and just cause Kim k wears them doesn't make them beautiful. They were beautiful before 😍
Yes, everyone can wear these hair styles. It doesn't matter from what culture but I do agree with the video because even though you are wearing a black race hair style, you should appreciate the culture instead of taking acknowledgement for something that has been there for years and years.
Anybody can wear whatever they want& actually this has also BEEN very popular in the Mexican culture too
aren’t cornrows just smaller Dutch braids
Boxer braids it's cornrows.
You know the funny thing is Kim never publicly came out and said she invented it and who knows where she got the name maybe a stylist idk,but u can't blame her for making something more popular in a community that wasn't fully aware of its existence,i mean people always try to find a way to blame anything on that family, people r taking this wayyy to seriously it's just a hairstyle not a freaking leg 🙄🙄
Catherine Collins it’s a hairstyle that means a lot to Africans like myself you won’t understand
Tenneh Molley for your ignorant information I am an African and to see people wearing African hair style s makes me so happy to see our culture being appreciated
Catherine Collins ok you being African doesn’t speak for all and change my opinion. Am African and I felt like When you start to change the name and like try to make it your own that’s the problem I have
If you’re questioning it, then yes.
I was super confused what people were talking about when people started saying "boxer braids." Have people really never heard of a frickin' cornrow? Where are people even from?
I think anybody can wear braids. Nowadays everybody shares cultures and theres nothing wrong with that. If it make you happy then wear the braids, nothing wrong with it
Y'all it's just hair chill out
It started by black girls and works really well on them. I wear cornrows even though I'm white only because they're so pretty, but they're cornrows. I'm part Cherokee and Irish, so I totally get cultural appropriation. Coachella is cancer.
I'm actually getting my hair braided and I'm a Hispanic girl with light-ish skin, and I have super curly hair so I can. But, I'm nervous if I'm gonna get weird looks or rude comments there because I'm not African.. Wish me luck though!
Im latina, with african blood, but with light skin. I was told by a african-american women that I was too white, she didnt care about my african blood. My culture is still deeply rooted to our african roots, even our language... Only here in the US is where I feel afraid to be proud of my roots.
I’m half black & half white. I braid my own hair because it’s apart of my culture I’ve learned from my family. But since I’m a lighter tone of mixed when i go out in public i get insulted that I’m cultural appropriating and it’s frustrating that i have to explain my ethnicity. So question am i cultural appropriating? Even if it’s apart of my culture and I’m half Black.
Is straightening your hair and dying it blond culturally inappropriate.
@@pj45queen rarely dear.
I guess everyone forgets the fact that Kim k and Katy Perry are superstars! The have a large audience and so many followers. It's no wonder their styles became a trend by so many people following them and see them as idols. I think that's the reason why their braids got so much attention, not just because they're white
Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks,... etc. A-listers 👀☕️🐸
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