@@vernloves2560 how do you know what white people do things for? when i had long hair i would get it braided because i liked the way it looked. it wasnt meant to disrespect anybody, stop taking everything so personally
Big Steve that's because most black people in America got white in them I mean beyonce herself isn't fully black but creole which is French and DNA testing proves they have like at least 20%
Speaking Truth no they aren’t. I don’t really have anyone white currently in my life but I have seen white ppl with braids when I go to the mall and they don’t look ghetto and neither do black girls with braids. Braids are a cultural thing not a ghetto thing
Speaking Truth no not really. I see many girls with more then 2 broads and they don’t look ghetto at all, they look like girls that want more then 2 braids in their hair
You can always copy others culture and rock it beautifully but don't rename it or take it's culture away. I'm from Ghana and braids are a big deal. Braids are universal but cornrow and some specifics are African. Just be yourself
Right can u imagine Kim k in Ghana braids I’m waiting in sick of this shit black ppl did it first then ppl come along rename n act like they did it 1st
@@redsonja1793 i don't understand with people STILL calling them FRENSH platt when they are not even frensh to begin with . Like dude they literally originated in NORTH AFRICA. Algeria to be more specific and the frensh learned have learned that style of braiding when they colonized and lived in the country for more than 100yrs .
Red Sonja I think we need to stop with spreading falsehood about hairstyles. French braids looks nothing like Africans braids, they are hundreds of different hair braids from Africa including a style unique to the Yoruba of Nigeria which we call “Alata” They French had nothing similar to African styles and to even compare the 2 is freaking hilarious. The French did not even invent that type of braid, it was learnt from Africa (Algeria). How about we learn history before you come online to spew ignorant nonsense
We’re not saying we’re mad about other races wearing cornrows or other braided styles we’re saying they are wearing them and RENAMING THEM! Example: “Kim K braids”. We just want the credit. Call our hairstyles the correct names.
@@jorgelopez6594 It's not petty it's about appropriation. It's not about it being a hairstyle it's about culture. The people who are taking the styles and renaming them are appropriating a culture they once wanted nothing to do with.
My old boss and I met up recently to have lunch and catch up. We were talking about my time in the office. During this time I wore so many different hairstyles from shaved sides to blue faux locks, to electric blue box braids. He told me, someone, one day came to him and complained about my hair. He never said anything to me because he told them his job is not to police what I look like. I thanked him so much for this because I was deeply depressed during that time and the expression of my hair was the only thing I had to make me feel alive. I'm grateful he respected who I was and how I presented myself. If I had to give that up then I would've felt like I had nothing. My old boss is a cis-hetero white presenting Hispanic man. I say all of this to highlight hair is central to who we are as black women whether you where your hair classically styled or are more experimental.
The hair goes all the way back to black women putting rice or gold in the braids so if they had to escape they could have something to eat or help them. It’s alotttttt deeper than just a hairstyle
Isaiah Tufor Black women don’t accept people because of their hair? What? What are you on lmao. Please tell me where you got that from cause i’m genuinely confused
True wis Exactly.. So i guess when I wear different clothes, shoes , i don’t love myself because i’m doing something different from what i usually so 🤦🏽♀️
kir kir not all black girls wear wigs and braids all the time. A lot of girls wear their natural hair and I absolutely love that. I love to wear my hair in an afro or just wear it all big. I see your point though bc some black women aren’t taught to love their hair and it’s sad.
French here, hence this (big) french disclaimer : we actually call it AFRICAN BRAIDS in France, "Nattes Africaines" or just "Nattes", and yeah everyone here knows it's African and not french hence the specific vocabulary we use. If we want to talk about the EUROPEAN (including vikings and eastern traditions since y'all read just two line of my comment to start debates) way of braiding hair here (in France), we'd just call it "Tresses" (Braids). (In sum : in our language ; Tresse = Braid aka european braids , whereas ; Tresses Africaines/Nattes Africaines/Nattes = African braids aka Cornrows, box braids). Now as to why U.S.A call this French, I don't know, but here's a funny thing : U.S calls it "french braids", "french manicure", "french toasts", "french fries" when as a matter of facts, none of this is called or even used that way in France. For set, a typical french manicure is red since WWII. Fun fact French womens call the white striped manicure "American nails", since it comes from your 2000's movies trend. We don't toast bread that much since we got the habit to buy it everyday fresh, and french toast with milk, butter is actually called "Pain perdu" in our language (you tend to use yesterday's bread not to throw it away, not to loose it) However pain perdu isn't as popular as using yesterday's bread in soup, historically speaking, hence the non-french thing underlying your concept. Now French fries might stands in the north of our country but not in the 21 other regions, we call it "Frites" everywhere anyways. In sum maybe a U.S. habit/wish to add a little bit of european fanciness in stuffs titles to sell more ? Funny but very misleading... :) Thanks y'all ! Tis straight facts copy/paste and share it. Love y'all.
The fact that all the black stylists here learned braiding from their moms and from their childhood experience and not exactly from a course shows what the word culture means
You learn how to do multiple different hairstyles in a hair dressing course, there's no course just for braiding because like it or not, braiding is fairly simple. Which is why there are plenty of black hairdressers who have diplomas in hair and beauty courses.
Ancerid the difference is the style that is being sold by whites is the black ppl braids on whites only! bc when black use they're own Shit they are fired judged and socially discriminated Exemple: box braids Cornrows were used in Brazil to pass the culture on but whites shaved they're slaves so they couldn't socialize, you know what women did?? Fucking maps of cornrows on echothers head to escape slavery! Do you know anything about black diaspora culture? The Caribbean black ppl? And they're hair? Trust me they don't call it Kardashian braids It means a lot to them but for years we were literally forbidden to use Just yesterday a case of racism break the internet here cause a black girl were fired for using her natural hair but the whites said it's the employer right to not want that hair in his store when they don even care to think why? Why he didn't want black hair working in his store? Its called racism Stop bothering me You are an adult capable of understanding explanations if not go watch the documentary again
we aint angry about you having braids, we angry about being called ghetto when we wear them but when a white person wears it, its _tReNdY_ and its suddenly been renamed 🙄
@@fuzzyrodenttips6858 Hi I'm French and when I was a child I used to love dressing up as a Native American as I admired their beauty, I thought they were so sexy. Does this "cultural appropriation" thing now means that little girls in America cannot do that. Would you get offended? In French we say "Imitation is the best form of flattery or admiration".
Since 'black don't crack,' that won't be for a good while! ;P My parents are in their 60s, but they really don't have many white hairs - it's edging in, mostly, and my mom dies what little she has anyway.
Remember: The issue is that it’s considered trashy on black people, but trendy and beautiful on others. There’s no issue with wearing it if you acknowledge the cultural origin :)
Well, there is actually, Sarah's Day (white youtuber) was incredibly attacked and bullied for wearing braids in one of her comercials she worked for during 3 months!! she braids her hair often, she is into fitnes and braids help a lot when exercising (I braid my hair when I work as a landscaper too so it doesnt get all dirty and everywhere), she had to redo her whole comercial.!!!! 3 months of work to trash....I feel terrible for what is explained in this documentary and I wish u guys didnt go throught all this nightmare that is still continuing, but also felt so bad for her, she is such a loving person who had to pay for other people's racism. That is not fair either! So where is the line???? Can white people really wear braids? I have used them all my life (I am brown), I have really long hair and I love them...now I am almost afraid to wear them and being attacked... help please!
Monica Cespedes well, if you’re ever around me (not that we’ll actually meet), then don’t be afraid to. Like I said, I think it’s fine if you’re aware of the cultural origin, but some people may really find it upsetting. I think...if you (not you specifically, just generally) can find friends that are ok with it, then maybe that works. I don’t want to use the black/brown friend card but it does help sometimes. None of my white friends try to use me for this haha but it definitely makes people think a little bit more
hey i was wondering how exactly i can acknowledge the origin if i were to wear braids, like people who don’t know me would not know whether i acknowledge it or not right?
A.Stargirl hello! I’m not sure if this is the best advice, but I’ll try. Generally, people accept braids as a hair style from the black community. It’s not very specific since many African/American groups/cultures have some form of braids. I wouldn’t say you have to diligently research each braid hairstyle and recite the history of it when you get them. But I think saying something like, “I wanted to wear braids because (whatever reason you want to get them), but I recognise that there is controversial history with them. I want to acknowledge the double standard of braids on black vs white people” not the best way to say it but i think it works. You can also use this for head wraps. Of course, this is all from my perspective, so it’s not 100% fool-proof. Good luck
I'm french and I never heard "French Braids", in my family we call them "African Braids" (tresses africaines). I thought a long time it was the same everywhere
Same here, in Russia, this kind of braids called “African” ones, and usually people doing them in the south parts of Russia in summer, next to the sea.
I'm a white person who was unsure about why braids or hairstyles were culturally insensitive. I was having this conversation with my sister the other day. Then this video came up and I wanted to watch it to educate myself. Now I get why -- it would be infuriating seeing a white woman wear braids and the whole world praises her and says she's beautiful and it's trendy, but when a black person wears it, it's ghetto or something else. Thank you for this video I'm more aware of why it's cultural appropriation.
natethebait I think the difference is, like what she was saying in the original comment, that when white people wear a hairstyle that was originally from a discriminated culture, they look “exotic” and “trendy.” But when the people of that same culture, who sourced that hairstyle, wear it, they’re deemed “ghetto” and “unprofessional” and straight up not beautiful. It’s just a double standard. Black people wore white hairstyles in order to progress in society and not be seen as dirty, white people wear black hairstyles to be seen as cute and funky. And like they said in the video, they aren’t saying white people can never wear black hairstyles, they’re saying white people should not rebrand these hairstyles into a current trend, ignoring the fact that they were the same people discriminating against these same hairstyles not too long before. If you’re white and you’re going to wear black hairstyles, do it out of appreciation, and not appropriation.
@@natethebait i mean i don't agree with that either, but that's just not what the documentary was about at all. No hairstyle is for only one race, that makes no sense, it's just hair. It's just when people disrespect and erase the culture that originated that hairstyle that isn't ok. This documentary isnt trying to make anything exclusive, for black people or white people, they're just shedding light on the blatant disrespect when it comes to black people's hair in western society
I braided my two daughters full heads before they were 10 cuz their hair was long and curly and it was always a fight to brush them. When they entered high school, they refused to have it again cuz they could be bullied or beaten for it so they didn’t want to provoke.
I’ve never seen my black friend without her braids and I asked her how she has time to do it everyday and she said that her mom does it and she keeps it on for a week AND THIS WHOLE TIME BEFORE SHE TOLD ME I THOUGHT SHE JUST WOKE UP REALLY EARLY
The thing is that I am Native American and that braids are also part of our culture so I wear them to honor ancestors but more than once people tell me that is it appropriation because I don’t especially look native.
LAMOOOW That’s not true for one this video doesn’t even give any examples of transitional native braids and claim they are African so how did you come to that conclusion they are so blatantly talking about African cultural braiding
@@cllcccic8270 HOW LOOK AROUND U SO MANY WHITE AND NATIVE THINK THAT THEY CREATED IT WHEN THEY DIDNT, PPL LIKE KIM K AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY ITS RACIST
the fact is that it's not just racism, it is also sexism, it keeps getting worse and worse. telling women what to do with their hair (at work, in school, anywhere) is a problem in the first place
it's so frustrating that afros are seen as unprofessional... thats just what grows out of my head and if you have a problem with that jump into a deep hole and don't come back out🖕🏽
not when black people appropiate the culture of white people? you seem thinking you are the opressed, but i see you doing a lot of the opression..... if your culture cant mix with others, go back to where your culture lives and was born. otherwise you are just like the "white men" taking your culture. educate yourself.
@@RandomAutist also lmao what even is 'white culture'. there are many different caucasian nations with different cultures. for example, Polish culture and Russian culture are totally different. And also who tf is appropriating your so-called 'white culture'? Give me some examples🤨
NBIP plenty, first of stolen black and latinx culture and profitted from it, calling it there own. Taking sacred traditions and making them fashion trends, esp in early 2000s, with bindis for eg
@@amazingabby25 1. "latinx" lol as a West Euro living in Europe like all my ancestors, with a Latin name and Latin blood, let me tell you 'latinx' is pure garbage from the eternal agitators, and the 'scene' of American Sociology is a circus... 2. All the BS is about attacking Euros, it's not about Justice. Very simple. You just have to accept it. 3. I am sorry but not all "sacred traditions" are the same.. And "black culture" means almost nothing and the thing is a joke.. If you identify as 'white' (it means nothing but whatever..), don't be fooled; lots of people want to harm you and profit from you with an unmatched passion and seriousness. You seem to have a good heart. Don't be fooled and don't get agitated. Stay safe. + _
Braids were created for the first time in Egypt. So if you aint egyptian and have braids then you have infact stolen their culture. But braids spread and people in other countries started using them to. No egyptian was ever mad about that. Infact they cherrished that other countries did the same as them. But then when the third country "stole" it from the second people lost their mind. No Egyptian have ever complained about countries using their "invention" but other countries complain about other countries using it. Allso in Western Sahara only men between the age of 20 and the mandatory retirement age can use Dreads. No other person is allowed to use dreads in that country. So if you are a women and have dreads you are cultural inappropiate to the country of Western Sahara... In reality there is only hate and love. Love one another and if some white guy has braids or dreads its fine aslong as he or she is just doing it to look good without trying to be someone they are not. The story/history behind dreads and braids should never be forgotten. But we should all celebrate the beuty of those hair styles.
I understand your point, but the difference here is corn rows are a tradition that stems so far into black culture that they're still finding increasingly ancient evidence of them - like the statue from 500BC Nigeria mentioned in the video. Also, black men and women were shamed and discriminated against for wearing their hair naturally or in corn rows, then all of a sudden a white woman wears braids and they are seen as beautiful, and white people had the 'idea' first. I'm not sure that white girls were sipping on pumpkin spiced lattes in 500BC, and they certainly weren't shamed for it. So yes, this tradition is part of black cultural identity and stealing that and claiming it as your own is cultural appropriation.
Oh you mean like the trend of tightly braiding children's hair that originated in Norway? The same custom that is practiced today? The very same cultural custom that was not just copied by African Americans, but claimed to come up with the idea. The idea of braids is tens of thousands of years old, and originates in both North Asian and North European cultures. But NOT black culture. If black people want to stick to not culturally appropriating things, they should stop braiding their hair, and shave it, or coat it in mud like they traditionally did before they stole western culture.
Terri T it was a part of Native American culture, by way of Africa. Know your history about the feather people of Africa, who migrated from Africa to "America". Also where the feather head rest come from too. Hair braiding comes from African people who are literally in every part of the world because we are the first people in the world, in all parts.
Your hair doesnt define whether you're unpleasant or ghetto. It's the way you carry yourself. Black, white, asian, man and woman shouldn't be discriminated over a hairstyle. Ugh come on people
But unfortunately that not the case. I’ve been told I’m ghetto when I’m far from it. I’ve been discriminated against my hair in school. And very young. Unfortunately it happens.
@@khaniyah1494 doesn’t matter, anyone can wear braids with the right mind and intentions. It’s only wrong when people rename them as “ghetto” which is in a bad way or as “Kim k braids” which is in a white washed way.
I never knew that black women faced so much for wearing their hair in cornrow braids. When I was a little girl my friends had cornrows and I was so jelous! They always wore cute barrettes in them, and made a fun sound when they clanked together. I used to beg my mom to turn my whispy white girl hair into beautiful braids or an afro, she laughed at me and told me sorry, and I would cry! I could never imagine someone being discriminated against because of their black hair because I thought it was just so so so beautiful. Now I understand, but still have a great appreciation and bit of a secret yearning for black hair, afros and braids.
Ja Series there was a black girl in my first grade class who would always let the other girls braid her hair and I was SO FREAKING jealous that her hair stayed in place and she had cute hair beads and i tried so hard to make my hair like hers until I realized that it wasn’t possible
It's crazy to read your comment as someone who grew up in a predominantly white town where the little girls literally ran away from me. They would be scared to get near me because then their hair would be "disgusting" like mine if they got to close. The little Mexican girls would rip my hair out and I even had one try and burn my hair with a cigarette lighter. It's nice to know not everyone is like that.
I grew up in a 90% black community. when I was about 10 my first boyfriend's mom said I always wanted to braid a white girls hair. so I came over the next day thinking she was just going to put a few braids in. I was so wrong 😂 she went and got all this stuff for white hair and weave. I was sitting there was like 9 hrs but loved every minute of it she taught me so much about black culture and she she was so kind and funny I got so much more then a awesome hairdo in those 9 hrs I'll never forget it.
I clicked expecting to be told I can't wear braids as a white person, instead I learned a lot about the history and culture surrounding black hair. I'm pleased :)
@@ShinySilverBunny all this DID come from Africa LONG before Europe even existed. You dont believe it came from Africa because you are a racist that doesnt want to face the facts.
@@j.a.5288 LOL So a stranger off the internet that you never met and know nothing about you label me as a racist simply because I don't subscribe to the same belief as you about the origin of braiding? Newsflash! the world doesnt revolve around Africa! And obviously you have clearly missed out on English 101 "Racist Defined: a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another." Where on earth did I say anything about a particular race being superior against another?? Hmmm??? Well if you feel you are superior to whites because you are from Africa and because you think you invented the braids maybe you are the racist one!
@@j.a.5288 And by your foolish thinking, if you believe that ALL people came from Africa then that would mean I am from African and there's no way I could be aracist because I'd be speaking against my own bloodline.
ShinySilverBunny Whenever Black people wear braids, cornrows, dreads, etc. They’re seen as ghetto, unprofessional, unkempt, ugly, etc. Whenever White people or non-black people of color have braids, cornrows, dreads, etc. They’re seen as stylish, chic, cool & high fashion. Many white/nonblack celebrities have used braids, as well as other pieces of black culture to make profit and benefits themselves. Since OUR hairstyle are seen as unkempt and unprofessional, we can be oppressed, humiliated & punished for wearing them at school & work. Last year two black girls in high school were kicked off their teams and banned from their prom because they wore braids. Also, another BLACK women was humiliated at her job. She was told that her braids were to “urban” and “unkempt” by her white manager. There’s a HUGE problem when Black hairstyles can make black people lose jobs, opportunities, etc. But, make non-black people famous, rich, idolized , and much more. During Slavery, they were forced to live in plantations and had to work to death for white people to the point where they had BRAID MAPS into their HEADS just to find ways to escape. Though you may say, “slavery was a long time ago” even if it is Black people still suffer these same consequences. As Black Women/Men our hair is important to us, it signifies a lot. It’s not just a hairstyle. It’s represents the struggle our ancestors had been through, the struggle we continue to fight. It represents self-love and self-acceptance. As a race that has never truly been equal. Not saying everything is evolved around Africa but certain stuff from Africa was mocked through the misuse of sacred items.
I hate so much when people say " it's only hair" girl is never just hair. I am from brazil and my hair so curly like 4c and people used to bully me because of that. Everyday was a battle until i straight my hair. Its a struggle to straight and put a lot of really bad products almost every month, and even with straight hair people judge it. So is not just a hair. Its part of a group of people that were segragated and these characteristics still being opressed nowadays. It's so funny that black people wear this braids for centuries and now that kardashians and non black people wear it it becomes a trendy Think about that when u start to talk shit
Ignorance is still out there, would you believe my teacher called my braids dreadlocks? Edit: ps this is just a modern day example, i don't blame her for not knowing. Don't get me wrong it isn't the biggest deal in the whole world but is little things like this that make us value pride in our hair and our culture and what can eventually lead to larger prejudices like saying certain hairstyles aren't 'suitable' for a work environment
emma adewole sad thing is that i just NOW realized how wrong it was for my grown teacher to laugh at my hair and say that my braids “looked as bad as dreads.” How did I even let that slide?
damn I go to a pretty much all white school in England and when I came thru w the cornrows every was like "omg ur dreads look great". its even the clever ones as well who say this. I mean I'm happy for the complement but some people need to learn the difference
My teacher did too. Then again, I think it’s because he couldn’t get a closer look, so I’m not too upset. But I didn’t have the heart to tell him that they were braids, not dreads.
I come from Kenya. Natural braids are recommended for primary school, they look neat and pretty. We all had them when we were younger and I never really thought about it, until now.😊
I don't get it... all I see is a black girl with blonde dreads getting offended because white people are stealing a hair style even though its been done by whites thousands of years ago... what the fuck
LAMOOOW so cornrows, box braids dreads and more AFRICAN styles were done by white people before thousands of years i need proof and information now lmao
@@cllcccic8270 really?! Like seriously?! Hmmm....every person of black or African heritage will tell you they've been around braids since they were born. Never heard a white person say that before. White folks do braid their hair, but never in the same manner as Africans!
Lol right. But for kpop I dont rly know. Cause I think in Korea if they seen someone with box braids they are seen a ghetto but a kpop idol is seen as trendy. I hate that
she literally just said alicia keys started the backward braids and it was cool . If she was saying what you are saying, she could have just said it. Popularize and start are two different words.
Black women, this comes from a Mexican woman. You are beautiful and your hair is beautiful too. Natural, curly, fro, braids ect you guys can rock it like no one can. I like to admire, respect and see the beauty in all cultures. That's what makes humanity beautiful, different cultures, ethnicities, race.
Sarah M bc they want to?? ur point is what? it would be the same as a girl with pin straight hair braiding it and going out with waves. but no one says anything about it. what about people with brown hair dying it blonde? i dont see the difference its all the same: doing whatever the fuck they want bc its their hair. the persons comment was about loving ur hair, and im sure they have no problem with however they decide they choose to style it.
Sarah M because (some not all of) society says that 1)our natural curly hair is not good enough and that we need it to be straight. 2) it’s very difficult to deal with and putting on a wig is so much easier . 3) from someone who had been bullied into relaxing my hair cause it’s not “good or pretty” enough I can tell you that people will hate you because of the hair you were born with.
Sarah M you can’t even say most because you don’t know “most” you only know what you see on tv or around you city. Please don’t say something you know nothing about even if you are mixed you don’t know the real struggle about being an African American woman.
Maybe educated yourself first. The first known depiction of braids was 28,800 years ago in modern-day Austria. Not to mention the internet was invited by white people as were cars, planes, electric motors, the telephone etc.
@@PlayWaves1 girl or boy bye even the BIBLE has said the first ppl were Egypt or somewhere in Africa so cough cough Adam and Eve were BLACK so go read that section plz and thank you and if you don't have the same religion ad mine then just don't reply PERIOD!!!!!
Imma tell y’all a little secret. The reason non black people should not get African braids, besides the reasons stated in the video, is that your hair and scalp is not strong enough to handle braids like that. African braids are meant for 3a to 4c hair that can grip the extensions to keep from pulling the hair out and damaging the scalp in the process. Anything below 3a and the braid will pull out your hair and damage the scalp
Im latino and i moved to the us two years ago and when I came here I thought that only Latinos were the one that face discrimination in the US. I like history so I decided to investigate and learn more about history of this country, and while I was investigating and learning more I just can’t believe all the things that African-Americans had to go through. Before,During, and after USA independice, all the things that happened in the south and how African-American were treated it’s such a shame. The worst thing is that discrimination still exists in America. I’m not racist or anything but it’s incredible how some white people defended all that, how they still think that racism it’s okay, and how they still don’t wanna believe that racism in America is real. Sorry if my grammar is bad and if I typed something wrong, I’m still learning English.
@@Tes-qe1jc You don't suffer anymore. Stop playing the victim and dragging it along with you. You guys didn't give a shit for over 300 years and now you suddenly bring it up to play the victim.
mollinq mollinq LMAO that’s like telling 911 survivors and family members to forget about the incident because it happened so long ago PS: You sound real ignorant
My mom was in the army with a lot of black women and they would corn row her hair for her so that it would easily be kept under her cap, which the army is very strict about, not a hair should be showing. They complained about her hair being too slick lol! But I'm really grateful they were so cool to my mom and shared their culture with her. I think that helped her a lot as she grew up in a very white, segregated town. I am saddened that proper appreciation and respect hasn't always been given but I hope that changes and I'm grateful for those African Americen women sharing a bit of their culture with my mom.
The fact that people think black people wearing these braids is “ghetto” is dumb . Because it’s their culture and I personally think it looks beautiful . I think everyone should be able to wear whatever hairstyle they want . Even if it comes from another culture . It’s like you’re embracing their culture . It’s just hair . Anyone should be free to do whatever they want with it .
The people judging others for something they don't understand is dumb in itself. Who do they think they are labeling others as ghetto or trashy? Thems some lame ass, sheltered rich folk and the blame is shifted to race when it's a class issue that started as a cultural differences issue when ignorant people saw something different and reacted with a false sense of superiority. Here we are centuries later still mulling over that hereditary ignorance... Nasty nasty nasty...
@@Nprelaw “mimic us” as if we own the concept of braiding hair. Just because some dark-skinned people on a continent far away decided that they wanted to braid their hair doesn’t mean they own anything and it doesn’t give you the right to say that people of any other complexion who were born on any other continent have to acknowledge you when they want to make their hair look nice. If hair really is just hair and if skin color really is just a color, stop making a fuss whenever you feel that someone is “mimicking” you.
As a strong black man, I believe that anyone can wear their hair however they see fit, just so long as credit is given where credit is due. I respect and love all of God's children and if those with straight hair want any braids, cornrows, individuals, French braids, etc, then they can. Who are we to deny someone's artistic expression through the beauty that is braids? Remember, darker skin tones were indirectly and directly told to straighten their hair for acceptance into the work force and especially the film industry. It's all love now. Peace and love.
Give credit how and to who? Of course if you’re wearing a certain type of braids that originates from a specific place or culture, then you should obviously acknowledge that and appreciate and give credit. However, braids have been worn by all different types of people, not exclusively black people. Surely using this logic black people should give credit to other races when they relax their hair?
@@joshuabeeck6750 what you just said was unknowingly offensive.DO YOU THINK AFRICANS WERE OUT HERE CHANGING THE TEXTURES OF THEIR HAIR AND BLEACHING THEIR SKINS BEFORE COLONIZATION?im sick and tired if this whole"oh but black women wear weaves,oh they relax their hair.Do you have knowlegde of history? Black people have been told by their opressors time and time again that their skin is unaceptable,inferior feautures etc.hair being unprofessional ,dirty unapeasing.Many women felt as though they were forced to chemicaly straighten their hairs to *SURVIVE* and get jobs to fees their families.in a country of white supremacy.I could go on...😤😥
rhagar mills i wasn’t talking about bleaching skin, obviously that’s fucked. Yes, sometimes black people may be unfairly forced to change their hair for professional reasons, when this happens it’s obviously an example of modern day racism/ oppression in some way. However, the vat majority of workplaces are not going to force black people to relax or dye their hair. Not all black people who relax their hair or weaves are forced to do so because of their jobs, a lot of them just like how it looks, which is more what I was referencing in the previous comment. Take Nicki minaj, she isn’t exactly forced to relax her hair, she’s worn it naturally in the past, but a lot of the time she does choose to relax it/ wear a weave. So if we were to use the logic of giving credit to a certain hairstyle, should she not give credit to other races? (Not that i think she should). Also, assuming your talking about America, how exactly is it a state of white supremacy?
I always loved my friends braids and hair texture and never understood the issues they faced until i started working. A couple of my coworkers would get box braids and others would talk about how unprofessional it was and i just didnt fucking understand. Her hair was clean, out of her face, she didnt miss work because of it and it didnt impact anyone else. Its racist as fuck and they were disguising their feelings by saying it was unprofessional for work. If we empower women we need to empower all women. We cant pick and choose.
Mirian V I just am glad that slowly but surely women of all races can be who there are. Where the norm is whatever she wants, not what society dictates. 🇨🇦❤️
braids have been in almost every culture and race through time! from Africa to Asia to Ice Land to South America.... We all can wear them... BUT its about the type, the context and the way you carry them and the meaning. It´s at the end a matter of respect.
Diamond Walker 💯💯 You should see some of the comments One woman simply said that “white women in corporate settings when noticing discrimination against braids Nd such , should stand up Nd bring MORE attention to the mess” and other people attacked her for her kindness instead of disliking her comment Nd going about their day
A M actually its really not , a lot of us could careless who wears the hairstyle I mean its just twisting of some hair strands at the end of the day.. its the discrimination that pissed us off .. its just annoying seeing who gets the praised all of a sudden & who gets condemned for a hairstyle
I never comment on videos, but I really appreciate this video. It helped me to understand the offense of appropriation in a way that I had not. Thank you for that.
I never was one to even care about braids or braiding I did the best I could with my hair because nobody cared I used to have three plaits and that was three what they used to call doo doo braids as I grow older I pressed my hair and I didn't have money cuz I was a young girl I didn't have money to go to a beauty parlor Beautician and get my hair done now even when I had my children I was in my twenties I didn't go to the beauty parlor so I'm never really much cared about beauty parlors and print perms and things like that so maybe I will sleep with all this happen I never had braids or cornrows in my head I lasted a long. Of time I think in my whole lifetime I might have had two or three cornrows but I never really cared that much because it wasn't in my parents or parents house you got by the best way you can with your hair so As I Grew Older I learned how to do my hair loud today I have waist-length hair and I wear my hair natural so so far is worrying about how I never did that 5 still till this day a 2019 I really don't care but I do have here and I take care of my hair and it's not a big thing with me I have for ABC here and so far as I keep it neat I keep it clean but I really don't care it's not a thing that I really care about I don't have a problem doing my hair when I started to go natural and used to take me maybe about 4 hours now I wash my hair cool drawing on the draw and on a blow dryer and I'll fix whatever style I'm going to fixed am I here but I still I don't see what all the hoopla is about I don't see the hoopla about the hair salons in the the beauty shops that the Asian people on because I don't go in if I can ingest AOL or cook with it or rub my skin with it it goes in my scalp so all of these products that you talked about it never occurred to me I do my hair the way I do it I see people who are just about bald headed I don't know where the day use perm I don't I never asked them but what's in the black I never was want to even care about braids of braiding I did the best that I could was my hair because nobody cared I used to have three Platte and that was three what they used to call due to braids and as I grow older I pressed my hair and I didn't have money cuz I was a young girl I didn't have money to go to a beauty politician and get my hair done now even when I had my children I was in my twenties I didn't go to the beauty parlor so I never really much cared about Beauty Paula's and perms and things like that so maybe I will sleep when all this happened I never had raise the cornrows in my head. Last of the long period of time I think in my whole life time I might of had two or three cornrows but I never really care that much because it wasn't in my parents or parents house you got buy the best way you can with your hair so as I grew older I learned how to do my hair now today I have wasteland here and I will my head natural so so far is worrying about it I never did that buy still to this day of 2019 I really don't care but I do have here and I take care of my hair and it's not a big thing with me I have for ABC here and so far as I keep it need I keep it clean but I really don't care it's not a thing that I really care about I don't have a problem doing my hair when I started to go natural and used to take me maybe about 4 hours now I wash my hair cool dry it on the drawer and on a blow dryer and I fix whatever style I'm going to fixed on my hair but I still I don't see what all the hoople Lowe's about it I don't see the hoople about the Hair Salons in the the beauty shops that the Asian people on because I don't go with them if I can and just a oil or cook with it or of my skin with it and goes in my scalp so all of these products that you talk about it never occurred to me I do my hair the way I do it I see people who are just about bald-headed I don't know whether they use per bottle I never asked them but within the black community it's always have the weed the heads the wig the Hair Braiding I never really cared one way or another your watch it you're doing you go to work come back and it's never was a big thing to me and it's not a big thing today
It related with people trying to have “fox eyes” (asian eyes) or wearing a bandana as a top as a trend that came from Mexicans and edges that were called ghetto and people just were them as if they are a trend when black and Mexicans wear is on the daily and same with Asians and how their eyes look
Asians aren't bothered by the makeup, just by the had gesture they were making along side it Mexicans also have bigger problems to care for than people now using bandanas
yaretzi prieto you must not have tiktok lol Asians are concerned abt the makeup and Mexicans are concerned about the band and C U L T U R A L A P P R O P R I A T I O N
@Kir By but if you know that black women get mistreated for wearing their hair like this why do u do it and if u know that black people dont like it why do you do it anyway?
@Kir By thats different tho not all cultures are the same you cant compare them like that this is about years and years of oppression black people are ridiculed for their hair by white people and told its ugly nappy unprofessional and they were not allowed to wear it but once we start embracing it white people wanna hop right on the train with us and get praised for it its just confusing for me one day i wake up and my hair is a "trend" no one really knows what that feels like unless you've walked in the shoes of a black person.
Diana Lozano ummm....no? Braiding began in Africa with the Himba people of Namibia around 3500 BC. And even when Native Americans braided their hair, I hardly doubt they did cornrows or dreads
themailman43 everything you listed would’ve never been possible without algebra & maths whichwas founded by 7th century Arab & persian scholars. Please stop this “white superiority” bs, nothing would be where it is today if every “race” hadn’t contributed.
Ashleychanelol I'm with you! Definitely strange! I'm 39 years old and I still hate doing my hair. It's super coarse and thick and it's even harder to manage when my hands are all greasy. Combs go flying, hair products go flying, elastics snap, globs of hair everywhere. There's nothing pleasurable about the whole experience. Just did my hair tonight and it was torture. I always feel like I need a drink or two afterwards. No joke.
I like the atmosphere of this video. It is not any angry about cultural appropriation, it is simply educating and telling people to think about their choices. Very effective
No one has the right to tell me what to think. And no racist black bitch is going to tell me you pay her lying ass homage as I do my hair like my people have been doing it for thousands of years.
we have to stop using the word race, whether you are white or black, we are all part of the same species which is humanity, but still you can use the word ethnicity
cornerdelia well like in some cases it can show your heritage but I don’t think race has to do with how you act or present yourself Culture can do that in some cases but yea
@@user-tp3zz9ne7b True. White and Black are both just artificially created classifications created to develop the system of White supremacy in the West, a system that is, by design, an unjust system. This is why the streets of America are on fire right now....this system is boiling.
Im a white lady working with kids, and we have a few african girls who wear their hair natural, braided or styled in other ways, and I often tell them how lucky I think they are, for I always wanted corn rows, but my hair can't handle it :) They look amazing and they get so happy when I complement them. I love those kids
KatFromMars Thank you so much. Please do not stop loving them and complimenting them. They need all the positives in a society of negatives. All children!!
i love that you compliment them!! i have some black friends who grew up without those compliments, it makes a big difference coming from a different race.
@@frankgeorge9017 Whatever floats your boat man xD I'm happy with my hair, and I also love the look of all the amazing braids. But when I was a kid, I was jealous af ;) Also in part for the reason that my mum and sisters have thick hair, and I don't. :)
As a white woman living outside the United States, I never thought about, or came across, the history and cultural significance of braids. Now I understand that it is my responsibility to learn and know as much as possible to help make this world a better place. Thank you ELLE and all the participants for creating this and for educating us!
as a white-passing brasilian with black roots, i feel so bad for my sisters and brothers who are so much more "black looking" than me who get called ghetto with braids when i can wear them and be seen as pretty
E N J O Y Y O U R S E L F it’s not like they can control it, mixed/light skinned people of colour get mistaken for white at times. It’s not their fault, blame genetics
Man as a little girl i used to sit with my neighbor (also my bff) for hours as her mom braided her hair. Her mom used to pull out these special boxes full of hair ties and clips of all kinds ahah i just thought it was like magic seeing her hair change!
My mom braiding my hair. Hated it! But it was during this time she talked to me. It is during this time she imparted life lessons that has gotten me this far❤️
@@kanecorbin4940 obsess with you? I think it's the way around "it's ours" idfc who created it, I like it I'll wear it, I won't say I created it. If black people get fired for that hairstyle, something I find ridiculous, it's probably cause the law doesn't protect them, so it's not white people's problems sorry
@sheila washington How should they give credit? Should they get a "Cultural Appropriations License?" When a white woman gets "boxer" or cornrow braids, should she thank every black girl she sees on the street? Make a public proclamation? How does she give credit? Should she seek permission and if so, from whom?
@@averagelife5449 You did use a correct word for describing someone who speaks with eloquence, but calling bipoc people "articulate," comes with an insinuation that you do not expect them as a black person to speak that way, and that it is somehow superior to speak in a "whiter" way. English is not your first language though and I'm of course not saying that was your intention, but it is good to keep in mind for the future! ☺️
It absolutely baffles me to hear black women say they didn't feel beautiful because of the color of their skin and their hair. I grew up admiring the beauty of black women wishing I could do my hair that way or look how these beautiful girls look. Then I have to remember...there's alot of hate and ignorance outside of my city and generation. All I hope is that these girls and women see that they are just as beautiful, if not more, than anybody else.
Where I grew up there was a lot of black pride and they were really the dominant culture and I envied black women for aging better than most white women. In fact if you look back, women like Marie Antoinette, were all about that big hair. I think the truth is that they know they look good but say they are insecure because it gives them power. If anything from growing up around a lot of black people, I know they see white people as timid and weak. I've been in a lot of fights because of it... they are always left in shock how well I can fight because I have been in soooo many fights over being bullied for being white. I just hope they realize they don't have to lie to kick it because I don't even know how to talk to them anymore without thinking the whole time "this person hates me for no reason". :/
@@chelseafricke2068 Wow you drank the punch? So calling black women beautiful , intellectual, etc is drinking the punch? Walmart has a great sell on white sheets.
Idc about the people of all color wearing braided hair. What I don't understand is why are they giving credit to Kim Kardashian a white man said " They started the trend " and Wendy corrected him.
Honey Amber I have been wearing cornrows way before Kim K has been born. My kids have been wearing cornrows before she ever thought about it. She didn’t bring cornrows around or back because we have been doing it forever. I have been cornrowing people’s hair since the 80s and I still do cornrows today. You are definitely delusional as hell.
my white best friend is still convinced that my hair is actually long. in reality my hair is slightly shorter than shoulder-length, curly, painful, lovely. and when i took out my braids in front of her, she yelled at me saying these *EXACT* words: "you lied to me i thought your hair was naturally long. i can't trust you anymore." *BISH WHAT THE FU-*
No it is about an ideology where groups can own simple ideas based on skin color. I mean a lot of racist white folk try this shit as well on electricity and other inventions, and they are as stupid. My view is that if you did not personally invent something you don't deserve any credit for it. If you invented like a dance move then sure you'd be the first to do it and yes you can make your claim. You are the first person on the moon, then sure you can claim that as well. Me personally I haven't invented anything so I don't think I need credit for anything. Sure you can be insensitive for example there were people throwing pigs heads in front of mosques. That is malicious intent, and I see that a completely separate issue. There is still a lot of racism that we need to fix, but I don't see how making claims on ideas based that the people who invented them have been dead for centuries is helping anything? Everything you do and wear has been borrowed from the past. If we didn't do this we'd be living in huts. I say do more benchmarking, take the best of ideas you like and make them yours. I personally love rap, manga, Chinese food, cucumbers, coffee (from Arabs)... and I took them as my own, so should I go around thanking my neighbour who is an Arab for the coffee that I am drinking. There is a really good course on the dissipation of ideas: www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/36-mind-blowing-concepts.html
I have a feed in cornrow ponytail, as my hair is ruined due to colour damage, bleach etc..... i love it and the lady showed me the correct way to keep them clean and how to look after my scalp. She was amazing and so fast. Im like, how you not get cramp in your fingers and hands. I love them and i cant wait to get my next style done by her xx
@@PartyScars._1988 U know what I think you're the only person who gets this u called it a cornrow that's all we really need just dont call it bo Derek braids or Kim K braids like lol
OKAY I’ve been scrolling through the comments and a lot of the comments are like you can’t own braids etc. This video is not about that. This video shows that when black people do braids such as cornrows it is deemed as ghetto whereas when whites people do it it’s exotic and cool. Regular Dutch braids or french braids are not inappropriate neither is straight hair because it is not associated to just one culture. Everyone has different hair textures no matter what ethnicity or race they are. Cornrows are primarily (I’m not saying exclusively) indigenous to the black culture. They aren’t shaming white people who do use cornrows and box braids.
With more whites doing it, it will become common rather than exotic. If you just let it happen the novelty will wear off or not. But it won't be new any longer. But to say that you are not allowed is not a good thing. It appears exclusionary and divisive. I believe black people deserve recognition for their contributions to American culture and to the world. But to be inclusive would be a better thing. They are embracing black culture. They think it's cool. This is not a bad thing. They admire and appreciate. Just keep reminding them where it all came from. Hold on to the recognition. You can have cornrows but... call them corn rows. You can rap but acknowledge that it was invented by black people. Do it gently but share it. It would be good to have things in common. We could come together. But to be told you are not allowed divides.
Claudie M my question I guess is who ever called it ghetto cause I've never heard anyone call it ghetto unless it's on a light skin person. No one I've ever known has seen cornrows or any braid as ghetto.
Because used it used to work in France with two braids because they couldn't/ didn't like the look of "little braids" aka corn rows on their thinner hair but they (the French) call it African braids in France still
DOMONIQUE SMITH the term comes from slavery, French slave owners saw the slaves braiding hair and they stole it from them and started making their slaves braid their hair and eventually stole it and renamed it French braids.
I have been wearing my hair in a natural afro and i watched this video being mad as heck seeing white people wear braids and calling them " boxer brads" like wtf. If you are going to wear braids appreciate the culture and be able to understand that braids come from history and you cant rename history. I am black and i have been wearing my hair in braids since i was 1 years old.
White women need to do our part and make real effort to stop the racist notion that braids are Ghetto, dirty, unprofessional. That means standing with our black friends at work, in public and media. Being loud and honest, that black hair is beautiful and acceptable. The main problem is black women with natural styles, including braids are discriminated against for work, health care, public safety over freakin hairstyles.
@@m0ya313 its funny how only white bosses have company rules prohibiting black hairstyles. Jog on you twat. Your response here IS racist and you know it. Freaking Gadge.
@@m0ya313 That's not what's being said at all. The fact that group A is doing something bad to group B doesn't imply that every member of group A is bad. There's really no need to get offended and make this about you.
To summarize: Anything of any ethnic culture that's worn, eaten, used or hair in this case considered weird/ unacceptable until certain group of people put a 'stamp.of approval' like they invented the trend, then it starts getting approval by the world. Like why??? Criticizing people of why their natural hair looks a certain way when they have no control over.. I am sure they would love for you to have hair like theirs for a period of time then that way you'll understand why and how.
@@krossmichaels4589 I didn't say what race in particular so they don't come for me.. lol. I'm just going to say 'if you know, you know' These days you can't even express actual curiosity towards people's hair without them thinking you're trying to make fun. Thankfully some of my questions were answered because I come from a wanting to know place.
since I was little I loved folk and tradditional slavic/Polish clothing (we are white, ethicity is slavic) and I wanted to wear those tradditional clothes but I was too scared because those things were not "cool" and I never saw them in tv or being worn by anyone else. Than from america emerged the "folk inspired trend" and i would see those clothes inspired by our traddition (the most used was tradditional man slavic/ukrainian shirt inspired blouses they are pretty destinctive and you can easily spot them) so now I see some american celebrities (ours too don't take me wrong, it got adapted to everyday weare which I like because I can find it easier but the soul and traddition got lost) I can see our shirts, flover crowns,skirts and tradditional scarfes on American women. Those companies are stealing from coultures to make money of of it, milking every teaddition and not leaving any soul and secrecy. I can tottaly see why espetially black people can be even mader than me for stealing their coulture because of the hundreds of years of oppression. I love african art and espettially mythology/folk tales (I'm a geek for myths of different people and my own) and looks but i would never "just wear it" cause it's pretty, I can adore it from afar and hope that african women would appreciate it and love it freely💙
It seems to be more about class than race to me. Poor folk don't set trends unless rich folk copy them and happen to mention who started it, ever notice that?
@@Sunshine_Daydream222 you have a point but I feel like it's both ways.. I don't know much about fashion because I don't care however with food. Yes.. the once upon a time, peasant food or poor people's food that people frown upon is being put on menus and charge a ton of money for it because of the modern 'techniques' it approach to the food.
oooooh now I get it it, it's not about actually using the elements of other culture but not giving credit for the source and just calling it theirs!! Honestly, Ive been trying so hard to grab this concept of cultural appropriation because I feel its okay to share and embrace other cultures and use elements of other culture.
saying you are Mexican is vague since it's a nationality (like saying you are American or Canadian) as well as saying "black culture". There are many different cultures of black people across the world and they are all unique. It would be like saying a culture and traditions of an Irish person are the same as people in Poland. Also, usually if you say you are Mexican, I would assume you are Native American or Native American/European mixture. There are also blacks in Mexico and some Mexicans may have a small degree of Sub-Saharan African DNA in them.
@@damaged.collateral Exactly, because it has nothing to do with "being deep". It's called being accurate, because in today's age we will lose our history and become ignorant without proper education and communication. I personally would rather not have someone stereotype me or misidentify me just because I look a certain way. I only commented before so that others can understand that "black" isn't a culture and "latino" isn't a race. It's the stupid census that didn't help and made these concepts confusing and vague. I am not trying to attack anyone in case that is what you may think.
Colton while ‘black’ isn’t culture, black people do have a culture. i imagine she meant it as ‘i admire the culture of black people’. i was still able to get what she meant by that and it wasn’t offensive (i’m black + african). besides, just because you’re african doesn’t make you black, and she’s not the latter if her profile picture is here. anyway, i don’t get why you’re so concerned with the dna of a stranger 😳 like dude. no.
@@damaged.collateral you are repeating what I already said. Many groups of people across the world who are black have culture. Yes I am Afro-Caribbean so I have a recently made "Caribbean" culture and the same thing with black people in America. If you go to Africa, there are many many different cultures there. I never said just because you're African means your black. There are even people outside of Africa (Melanesians) who look black yet are genetically the most distant from people in Africa. I am not concerned with a stranger's DNA, I am irritated that a lot of people don't know their true identity based as a product of colonialism. I've known many Latin Americans who are mixed with Native, and their phenotype says it all, yet people in their family are ashamed of it and withheld that information from them. Sorry if I offended you.
White women dont have that problem and that's the problem. I'm a white and I think that's horrible. Even if I have a crazy hair color or braids it wouldn't matter but for a black woman to have to change just to be taken seriously that's the problem.
I agree with you .....theres a time and place for everything... certain styles for work then u have styles for just hanging out and u have dress up styles ...ex. You wont see a nurse with her full afro out esp if she / he has real lo g hair....
I’ll never fuckn forget when Guliana rancic made that comment about Zendaya smelling like “patchouli oil or weed” bc she chose to wear her hair in locs at the oscars. That’s ignorance for you America
As a black man you shouldn't need to ask this question. You should know our hair is seen as ugly, called words like "nappy", "picky", described as a "brillo pad", we're told our hair is "unprofessional", "unkempt", "distracting". It's called assimilation. To conform to living in places we don't fit. Not to add that many of us are still mentally enslaved. We've been taught self-hate and it's been drilled into us for hundreds of hears. I've always worn my hair natural but I've been bullied for it and I still battle with trying to genuinely love my hair on a daily basis (literally was just in the bathroom looking at my hair wishing it was a different texture). Luckily I had my mother who tried to teach me to love myself, and I'm trying to teach myself to love my hair. Not every black woman has a mother that does this (many black girls don't even know the texture of their hair as it was straightened from they were kids). It's a long process that will take a long time to undo and get to a point where we're genuinely happy with our naturaly kinky coily BEAUTIFUL hair. Please try to understand this "as a black man", uplift your sisters brother don't drag us down.
Donald Trump is Affirmative Action for the GOP we show our real hair sometimes but it’s not healthy to have it out all the time, that’s why braids are sometimes referred to as ‘protective styles’
I’m so happy that Elle made this. It’s really empowering to black men and women. And I hope that one day people from other cultures will respect the main message of this video,
I remember growing up my mom would tell me not to wear my hair natural/braided if I was going for a interview it had to be straight. Good job Elle on bringing light to the situation. Let's just stay united and embrace each others culture along with respecting it.
That's so messed up tho... if you can't wear your hair natural OR braided, how are you supposed to wear it?! This euro-centric whitewashing of black culture needs to GO. I'm so sorry you've had to deal with this!!
My mom too. My mom and dad loved my hair straight. My mom is hispanic and my dad is black. My dad would even tell me, "I love when your hair is straight. That's my favorite hairstyle. You look elegant." Smh.
Hey Brittany! I actually love your hair in your profile pic :) Your story I just remembered me to one former co worker. She used to came with straight hair every single day, like Meghan Markle style... One day, I met her suddenly in the supermarket, and saw her beautiful natural curly hair. She was shocked and uncomfortable, though. When we get to know each other better, she just confessed that her mom used to tell her when she was a kid about never wear her natural hair/ braided because was a really bad looking for the work world :/
I remember me just chillin at school and this one white girl wearing cornrows said she looks blacker and acted blacker then me, let’s just say I was a really hard thinker so I thought into that a lot😂
I loved this documentary and it was definitely needed. However, I hate to be nit-picky but Alicia keys did not start "backwards braids" as you call it. That is a Fulani style from West Africa. Yes she made it popular in America but you're not about to Christopher Columbus this hairstyle... (Research your facts thoroughly).
A couple years ago.. I used to work for a company (JC Penney) where management didn’t allow braids because they said it was not a professional hairstyle.. just pathetic, sad, and very offensive.
JC Penney has lots of issues. Back when people paid bills by mailing a check, they used to hold it for a few days, then hit the customer with late charges. I have long boycotted them because of abuse I suffered from them. I understand they're about to go out of business - ain't it time!
They are not backwards braids, they are not bo dereck braids! They are called FULANI BRAIDS! From my tribe the Fulani Hausa tribe in different parts of Africa!
First off nobody mad that they wear braids we mad that when we wear them were known as ghetto but they are fashionable and that they had to rename them wtf is a boxer braid like they hair finna fall out anyways
@Axios .king yeah I was wondering that too like I'm pretty sure braiding has been around since Eve and some complex ones too so I guess I'm missing the point.
Hair is beutifull. If anyone complain about your hair then they are not even worth your time. People that say mean things like that are not even worth talking some sence to.
Elle I give you mad props for this! You admit you were apart of the problem, you got educated and now are spreading knowledge. Braids are not a trend but rich in history. Kudos!
Anyone can wear breads, but understand the cultural significance. You can't pick up something and just act like it's new or you created it. And no $hit, most trend have some sort of historic meaning. But do you know them? Have you taken the time to understand them? Probably not, so instead of trying to troll my comments get rich in knowledge.
Erica Brown my mom literally braided our entire heads every summer as kids ... a bunch of half white/ half Mexican kids .... when people say something like that is cultural appropriation it pisses me off, it's not just about knowing where it came from that pisses most black people off about this.
I honestly don't understand the people who call black people "ghetto" for wearing braids. I'm white, and the first time I saw a black person with braids I just stood there staring with my mouth open because their hair was so damn beautiful. Like, if you think that black people are "ghetto" when they wear braids, go to hospital please😬
Yes. Growing up I braided all my hair because I saw black hairstyles as a kid. I thought they were beautiful. But I'm pretty sure now someone would have looked at me as a culture vulture.
As an Indian woman, if we can't stand up for black people, we shouldn't be 'borrowing' from their culture.. lol, lots of opportunities to stand up for whats right and speak out against racism towards black people and most of us are too lazy and selfish and scared to do it. Just being observant.
This has made me feel so proud. I was going to get my hair done in a weave this week as I'm going on holiday next week. I'm 100% doing braids now. Thank you for this x
Ahnna Beruk I always wanted to live in the USA when I was younger but yeah I kinda realized the American dream is not what I thought it was. Anyway I want to visit America but I don’t think I wanna live there. Nothing against Americans tho.
Lairde Scotte that’s great so we’re both glad I don’t live in America I guess. Also why do I as a Croatian person speak more proper English than you do?
I have no problem with non black people wearing braids, but you have to understand you can’t just take someone naming for those hairstyles and give it a complete different name. That’s where it becomes stealing... like no my ancestors were whip and hang Over them hairstyles. Chill out
Um I can call these whatever I want. I'm black but I was born and raised in Spain, I do not call them cornrows and no one will make me call them cornrows. Language is free and I don't want my language manipulated by anyone no matter the circumstances. It's a "free" country but once people gang up on you for saying something or misnaming something takes that theory and throws it out the window. Limiting someone's speech or forcing them to alter it is a form of oppression, and as a writer that offends me aswell.
Braids have been prevalent in England and Britain for 2500 years since the celts and mainstream in Europe for a thousand years. Not corn rows and French braids are really North African braids that colonisers brought back. But there are examples beautiful and ornate English styles.
Docholland45 it was every little thing that mass’s did not like. Do not comment on my history if u are not black. Especially in a nonchalant way. Cause then we will have problems
No one should be fired for their hair and heritage.
White ppl use it to approrpiate to make u assemble
no one should be fired for their "hairitage"
@@vernloves2560 how do you know what white people do things for? when i had long hair i would get it braided because i liked the way it looked. it wasnt meant to disrespect anybody, stop taking everything so personally
lana cooper lol to bad these hairstyles are not even apart of there heritage lol they have to use weaves and extensions
Big Steve that's because most black people in America got white in them I mean beyonce herself isn't fully black but creole which is French and DNA testing proves they have like at least 20%
It’s so crazy because when I see people with braids I think they look beautiful never ghetto
Speaking Truth My opinion doesn’t change
Speaking Truth white person huh ?
Speaking Truth Braids ain’t apart of it though
Speaking Truth no they aren’t. I don’t really have anyone white currently in my life but I have seen white ppl with braids when I go to the mall and they don’t look ghetto and neither do black girls with braids. Braids are a cultural thing not a ghetto thing
Speaking Truth no not really. I see many girls with more then 2 broads and they don’t look ghetto at all, they look like girls that want more then 2 braids in their hair
Beautiful skin. Beautiful hair. Beautiful history.
Positivity
Fr but white people had to come along and take it all over again
Amen! Period.
@@tiarahughes7592 As usual...and re-naming s#ite...as they like to do. "Slicked-down tendrils"... WTF???!!!
Nice to see the only racist comments in this thread coming from the black people.
Sorta funny how Boris Johnson go out with this hair looking like tumbleweed but black women get fired for wearing their hair in neat braids
‘Tumbleweed’ 😆
Trueeee 😂😂😂
Love that description of Boris Johnson's hair! 😂😂
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*goes through comments to look at the tea*
Destiny Hundley same😂😂
Same honestly
Don't expose me like that
Same sis 💅🏾
here's some tea: @jordanbeckham_ on instagram is doing blackface and no one's talking about it...
You can always copy others culture and rock it beautifully but don't rename it or take it's culture away. I'm from Ghana and braids are a big deal. Braids are universal but cornrow and some specifics are African. Just be yourself
Right can u imagine Kim k in Ghana braids I’m waiting in sick of this shit black ppl did it first then ppl come along rename n act like they did it 1st
@@redsonja1793 that's insightful. Thanks
@@redsonja1793 i don't understand with people STILL calling them FRENSH platt when they are not even frensh to begin with . Like dude they literally originated in NORTH AFRICA. Algeria to be more specific and the frensh learned have learned that style of braiding when they colonized and lived in the country for more than 100yrs .
Red Sonja I think we need to stop with spreading falsehood about hairstyles. French braids looks nothing like Africans braids, they are hundreds of different hair braids from Africa including a style unique to the Yoruba of Nigeria which we call “Alata”
They French had nothing similar to African styles and to even compare the 2 is freaking hilarious. The French did not even invent that type of braid, it was learnt from Africa (Algeria). How about we learn history before you come online to spew ignorant nonsense
@@fullmetalprism5249 I do Alata alot but I couldn't find it's English name but everyone in Ghana calls it alata
We’re not saying we’re mad about other races wearing cornrows or other braided styles we’re saying they are wearing them and RENAMING THEM! Example: “Kim K braids”. We just want the credit. Call our hairstyles the correct names.
Why do you need credit for a hairstyle? that is the most petty thing I heard.
Kittys Bestie did you not watch the full video??
I did I'm just responding to this comment what he or she has said. Now tell me what watching this documentary has to do with my response?
Kittys Bestie because credit should be claimed where it’s due
@@jorgelopez6594 It's not petty it's about appropriation. It's not about it being a hairstyle it's about culture. The people who are taking the styles and renaming them are appropriating a culture they once wanted nothing to do with.
My old boss and I met up recently to have lunch and catch up. We were talking about my time in the office. During this time I wore so many different hairstyles from shaved sides to blue faux locks, to electric blue box braids. He told me, someone, one day came to him and complained about my hair. He never said anything to me because he told them his job is not to police what I look like. I thanked him so much for this because I was deeply depressed during that time and the expression of my hair was the only thing I had to make me feel alive. I'm grateful he respected who I was and how I presented myself. If I had to give that up then I would've felt like I had nothing. My old boss is a cis-hetero white presenting Hispanic man. I say all of this to highlight hair is central to who we are as black women whether you where your hair classically styled or are more experimental.
Your Boss sounds like a really cool cat, and we definitely need more like him.
@@jairusjackson7799 Truly!
The hair goes all the way back to black women putting rice or gold in the braids so if they had to escape they could have something to eat or help them. It’s alotttttt deeper than just a hairstyle
bruh braids go waaaay back before that
hehe peep cxk
@Jalaya corn rows but ye
It goes back 5000 years all the way to Egypt and Africa where blacks were slave masters but they also used it when they were slaves as well.
True. It also was used as a map to escape from plantations with the intricate designs used as a map.
imagine not accepting someone because of their HAIR. something that has nothing to do with you 🤦🏽♀️ sad world we live in
Isaiah Tufor Black women don’t accept people because of their hair? What? What are you on lmao. Please tell me where you got that from cause i’m genuinely confused
@@onlythereal3233 I think it meant not accepting yourselves or loving yourselves. You know because of the straight silky weaves & wigs.
True wis Exactly.. So i guess when I wear different clothes, shoes , i don’t love myself because i’m doing something different from what i usually so 🤦🏽♀️
Braids are a statement of black culture so yes it does have something to do with black ppl STOOPID
kir kir not all black girls wear wigs and braids all the time. A lot of girls wear their natural hair and I absolutely love that. I love to wear my hair in an afro or just wear it all big. I see your point though bc some black women aren’t taught to love their hair and it’s sad.
French here, hence this (big) french disclaimer : we actually call it AFRICAN BRAIDS in France, "Nattes Africaines" or just "Nattes", and yeah everyone here knows it's African and not french hence the specific vocabulary we use. If we want to talk about the EUROPEAN (including vikings and eastern traditions since y'all read just two line of my comment to start debates) way of braiding hair here (in France), we'd just call it "Tresses" (Braids).
(In sum : in our language ; Tresse = Braid aka european braids , whereas ; Tresses Africaines/Nattes Africaines/Nattes = African braids aka Cornrows, box braids).
Now as to why U.S.A call this French, I don't know, but here's a funny thing : U.S calls it "french braids", "french manicure", "french toasts", "french fries" when as a matter of facts, none of this is called or even used that way in France.
For set, a typical french manicure is red since WWII. Fun fact French womens call the white striped manicure "American nails", since it comes from your 2000's movies trend.
We don't toast bread that much since we got the habit to buy it everyday fresh, and french toast with milk, butter is actually called "Pain perdu" in our language (you tend to use yesterday's bread not to throw it away, not to loose it) However pain perdu isn't as popular as using yesterday's bread in soup, historically speaking, hence the non-french thing underlying your concept.
Now French fries might stands in the north of our country but not in the 21 other regions, we call it "Frites" everywhere anyways.
In sum maybe a U.S. habit/wish to add a little bit of european fanciness in stuffs titles to sell more ? Funny but very misleading... :)
Thanks y'all ! Tis straight facts copy/paste and share it. Love y'all.
Anne Ngd THANK YOU! Tbh there is this American person who’s acting like a French person
Waah j'avais jamais remarqué qu'on faisait cette distinction entre nattes et tresses mais c vrai que je le fait sans faire exprès et je suis noire
Thank you for educating because someone is saying they do this in France to so thanks
@@peachyrose8537 You're welcome sis, we're all growing together in this, no matter where at we are living as black people, mixed etc.
Thank u .i don't know why people call them frensh when they literally originated from north Africa
To think that box braids almost got renamed “Kim k braids”😒🙄
I can’t believe this 🤦🏽♀️
Ikr?
The amount of disrespect and audacity 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️
They dragged her 😂😂
But of course a strong powerful community like ours WOULD NOT let that happen👋🏾🤢🤢
The fact that all the black stylists here learned braiding from their moms and from their childhood experience and not exactly from a course shows what the word culture means
monike Carvalho ❤ yes!
You learn how to do multiple different hairstyles in a hair dressing course, there's no course just for braiding because like it or not, braiding is fairly simple.
Which is why there are plenty of black hairdressers who have diplomas in hair and beauty courses.
Halapecia shaniqua there are classes for branding
Ancerid the tecnic and style iis different
Ancerid the difference is the style that is being sold by whites is the black ppl braids on whites only! bc when black use they're own Shit they are fired judged and socially discriminated
Exemple: box braids
Cornrows were used in Brazil to pass the culture on but whites shaved they're slaves so they couldn't socialize, you know what women did?? Fucking maps of cornrows on echothers head to escape slavery!
Do you know anything about black diaspora culture? The Caribbean black ppl? And they're hair?
Trust me they don't call it Kardashian braids
It means a lot to them but for years we were literally forbidden to use
Just yesterday a case of racism break the internet here cause a black girl were fired for using her natural hair but the whites said it's the employer right to not want that hair in his store when they don even care to think why? Why he didn't want black hair working in his store?
Its called racism
Stop bothering me
You are an adult capable of understanding explanations if not go watch the documentary again
we aint angry about you having braids, we angry about being called ghetto when we wear them but when a white person wears it, its _tReNdY_ and its suddenly been renamed 🙄
Pru Eji right this what I’m sayin I don’t care if you get braids I’m just saying don’t act like my black looks better on you
Pru Eji I get called ghetto too though and I’m Native American mixed with white so like
@@fuzzyrodenttips6858 Hi I'm French and when I was a child I used to love dressing up as a Native American as I admired their beauty, I thought they were so sexy. Does this "cultural appropriation" thing now means that little girls in America cannot do that. Would you get offended? In French we say "Imitation is the best form of flattery or admiration".
EXACTLY
SPEECH
I've been wearing my hair in a full out fro lately. Can't wait till I turn grey, I'm going to look like a dandelion~
💀💀💀 I used to call them wishy flowers when I was growing up, got so excited whenever I saw one
Yes queen
aww that’s cute
Thank you everyone! I appreciate your positivity. ÓuÒ
Since 'black don't crack,' that won't be for a good while! ;P My parents are in their 60s, but they really don't have many white hairs - it's edging in, mostly, and my mom dies what little she has anyway.
Remember:
The issue is that it’s considered trashy on black people, but trendy and beautiful on others. There’s no issue with wearing it if you acknowledge the cultural origin :)
Well, there is actually, Sarah's Day (white youtuber) was incredibly attacked and bullied for wearing braids in one of her comercials she worked for during 3 months!! she braids her hair often, she is into fitnes and braids help a lot when exercising (I braid my hair when I work as a landscaper too so it doesnt get all dirty and everywhere), she had to redo her whole comercial.!!!! 3 months of work to trash....I feel terrible for what is explained in this documentary and I wish u guys didnt go throught all this nightmare that is still continuing, but also felt so bad for her, she is such a loving person who had to pay for other people's racism. That is not fair either! So where is the line???? Can white people really wear braids? I have used them all my life (I am brown), I have really long hair and I love them...now I am almost afraid to wear them and being attacked... help please!
Monica Cespedes well, if you’re ever around me (not that we’ll actually meet), then don’t be afraid to. Like I said, I think it’s fine if you’re aware of the cultural origin, but some people may really find it upsetting. I think...if you (not you specifically, just generally) can find friends that are ok with it, then maybe that works. I don’t want to use the black/brown friend card but it does help sometimes. None of my white friends try to use me for this haha but it definitely makes people think a little bit more
@@mehhhhh421 Thank you for your response!
hey i was wondering how exactly i can acknowledge the origin if i were to wear braids, like people who don’t know me would not know whether i acknowledge it or not right?
A.Stargirl hello! I’m not sure if this is the best advice, but I’ll try. Generally, people accept braids as a hair style from the black community. It’s not very specific since many African/American groups/cultures have some form of braids. I wouldn’t say you have to diligently research each braid hairstyle and recite the history of it when you get them. But I think saying something like, “I wanted to wear braids because (whatever reason you want to get them), but I recognise that there is controversial history with them. I want to acknowledge the double standard of braids on black vs white people” not the best way to say it but i think it works. You can also use this for head wraps. Of course, this is all from my perspective, so it’s not 100% fool-proof. Good luck
Gabrielle union was fired for her hair. The network said it was "too black"
Dawn Thompson exactly if Kim k or the other kartrashans Did it would be exotic 🤦🏽♀️
Also allegedly it was bc she wasn’t willing to keep one hairstyle during the filming process
@@_lsc2883 what fault does Kim have about that though?
Katherine Rivera Maines Because she’s the one appropriating black culture
And she should have sued the living heck out of that employer.
Nothing for a black woman like having braids freshly done and getting them eyes brows done. You feel like the best looking woman in the world.
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Yyyyeeesss! Girl, I be feeling so good with the combo. Don't let me get my nails done either! Can't nobody tell me nothing. Straight diva lol
@@Codi892 lol for sure
Hair, nails and eyebrows !!! Somebody gonna die for sure
Tamara W ikr😌
I'm french and I never heard "French Braids", in my family we call them "African Braids" (tresses africaines). I thought a long time it was the same everywhere
Yupebubble They style was appropriated over 100 years ago after french fashion copied the look from African tribes people.
Yupebubble me toooooo
Same here, in Russia, this kind of braids called “African” ones, and usually people doing them in the south parts of Russia in summer, next to the sea.
As a Finn (🇫🇮) we were thought it being "French braids".
In Germany they are also called French braids
I'm a white person who was unsure about why braids or hairstyles were culturally insensitive. I was having this conversation with my sister the other day. Then this video came up and I wanted to watch it to educate myself. Now I get why -- it would be infuriating seeing a white woman wear braids and the whole world praises her and says she's beautiful and it's trendy, but when a black person wears it, it's ghetto or something else. Thank you for this video I'm more aware of why it's cultural appropriation.
natethebait I think the difference is, like what she was saying in the original comment, that when white people wear a hairstyle that was originally from a discriminated culture, they look “exotic” and “trendy.” But when the people of that same culture, who sourced that hairstyle, wear it, they’re deemed “ghetto” and “unprofessional” and straight up not beautiful. It’s just a double standard. Black people wore white hairstyles in order to progress in society and not be seen as dirty, white people wear black hairstyles to be seen as cute and funky. And like they said in the video, they aren’t saying white people can never wear black hairstyles, they’re saying white people should not rebrand these hairstyles into a current trend, ignoring the fact that they were the same people discriminating against these same hairstyles not too long before. If you’re white and you’re going to wear black hairstyles, do it out of appreciation, and not appropriation.
@@natethebait please and PLEASE shut the fuck up. And educate your self kid.
Exactly!
@@natethebait i mean i don't agree with that either, but that's just not what the documentary was about at all. No hairstyle is for only one race, that makes no sense, it's just hair. It's just when people disrespect and erase the culture that originated that hairstyle that isn't ok. This documentary isnt trying to make anything exclusive, for black people or white people, they're just shedding light on the blatant disrespect when it comes to black people's hair in western society
I braided my two daughters full heads before they were 10 cuz their hair was long and curly and it was always a fight to brush them.
When they entered high school, they refused to have it again cuz they could be bullied or beaten for it so they didn’t want to provoke.
I’ve never seen my black friend without her braids and I asked her how she has time to do it everyday and she said that her mom does it and she keeps it on for a week AND THIS WHOLE TIME BEFORE SHE TOLD ME I THOUGHT SHE JUST WOKE UP REALLY EARLY
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Sub Bot its called a protective style for a reason girlie 😭
Dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
box braids can last a whole month if u wash them
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My non black friend are still convinced that my hair magically grows 8 inches overnight whenever I get braids in
Lmao how do they not know
lmao
My manager tried me like that 😕
You need to get friends with better brains
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The thing is that I am Native American and that braids are also part of our culture so I wear them to honor ancestors but more than once people tell me that is it appropriation because I don’t especially look native.
blacks want to claim it so it's whatever
LAMOOOW That’s not true for one this video doesn’t even give any examples of transitional native braids and claim they are African so how did you come to that conclusion they are so blatantly talking about African cultural braiding
@@cllcccic8270 HOW LOOK AROUND U SO MANY WHITE AND NATIVE THINK THAT THEY CREATED IT WHEN THEY DIDNT, PPL LIKE KIM K AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY ITS RACIST
This video is not about you. And if you’re referring to the two pig tail braids, try again
Jessie Mendez did you just- ok let me just not. But um- Native American braids and different from African braids... b
the fact is that it's not just racism, it is also sexism, it keeps getting worse and worse. telling women what to do with their hair (at work, in school, anywhere) is a problem in the first place
Periodt.
it's so frustrating that afros are seen as unprofessional... thats just what grows out of my head and if you have a problem with that jump into a deep hole and don't come back out🖕🏽
not when black people appropiate the culture of white people? you seem thinking you are the opressed, but i see you doing a lot of the opression..... if your culture cant mix with others, go back to where your culture lives and was born. otherwise you are just like the "white men" taking your culture. educate yourself.
@@RandomAutist no one was talking about cultural appropriation. read the room😴
@@RandomAutist also lmao what even is 'white culture'. there are many different caucasian nations with different cultures. for example, Polish culture and Russian culture are totally different. And also who tf is appropriating your so-called 'white culture'? Give me some examples🤨
I am so glad Elle has taken ownership for past wrong doings and using their platform to educate the masses. Love this.
@Father Thomas Nothing.
NBIP plenty, first of stolen black and latinx culture and profitted from it, calling it there own. Taking sacred traditions and making them fashion trends, esp in early 2000s, with bindis for eg
@@amazingabby25
1. "latinx" lol as a West Euro living in Europe like all my ancestors, with a Latin name and Latin blood, let me tell you 'latinx' is pure garbage from the eternal agitators, and the 'scene' of American Sociology is a circus...
2. All the BS is about attacking Euros, it's not about Justice. Very simple. You just have to accept it.
3. I am sorry but not all "sacred traditions" are the same.. And "black culture" means almost nothing and the thing is a joke..
If you identify as 'white' (it means nothing but whatever..), don't be fooled; lots of people want to harm you and profit from you with an unmatched passion and seriousness.
You seem to have a good heart.
Don't be fooled and don't get agitated.
Stay safe.
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Braids were created for the first time in Egypt. So if you aint egyptian and have braids then you have infact stolen their culture. But braids spread and people in other countries started using them to. No egyptian was ever mad about that. Infact they cherrished that other countries did the same as them. But then when the third country "stole" it from the second people lost their mind. No Egyptian have ever complained about countries using their "invention" but other countries complain about other countries using it.
Allso in Western Sahara only men between the age of 20 and the mandatory retirement age can use Dreads. No other person is allowed to use dreads in that country. So if you are a women and have dreads you are cultural inappropiate to the country of Western Sahara...
In reality there is only hate and love. Love one another and if some white guy has braids or dreads its fine aslong as he or she is just doing it to look good without trying to be someone they are not. The story/history behind dreads and braids should never be forgotten. But we should all celebrate the beuty of those hair styles.
@@norlout BS
Kudos to ELLE for admitting their fault and taking steps to acknowledge where certain “trends” originate from.
VENIKA. 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽
VENIKA. 9
pipe down Sarah
I understand your point, but the difference here is corn rows are a tradition that stems so far into black culture that they're still finding increasingly ancient evidence of them - like the statue from 500BC Nigeria mentioned in the video. Also, black men and women were shamed and discriminated against for wearing their hair naturally or in corn rows, then all of a sudden a white woman wears braids and they are seen as beautiful, and white people had the 'idea' first. I'm not sure that white girls were sipping on pumpkin spiced lattes in 500BC, and they certainly weren't shamed for it. So yes, this tradition is part of black cultural identity and stealing that and claiming it as your own is cultural appropriation.
Oh you mean like the trend of tightly braiding children's hair that originated in Norway? The same custom that is practiced today? The very same cultural custom that was not just copied by African Americans, but claimed to come up with the idea. The idea of braids is tens of thousands of years old, and originates in both North Asian and North European cultures. But NOT black culture. If black people want to stick to not culturally appropriating things, they should stop braiding their hair, and shave it, or coat it in mud like they traditionally did before they stole western culture.
Being Native American, braiding was just part of culture. I find it beautiful and a way to bond with who you are, where you came from.
OMG! GIVE ME A BRAKE...U ALL WEARING WIGS!!!!!!!!!
@@sarahm7917 You suck and you can't spell break.
Sarah M all she said was that native Americans used to braid she never said anything bad about white people and no they were not wearing wigs .
I’m Native too
Terri T it was a part of Native American culture, by way of Africa. Know your history about the feather people of Africa, who migrated from Africa to "America". Also where the feather head rest come from too. Hair braiding comes from African people who are literally in every part of the world because we are the first people in the world, in all parts.
Your hair doesnt define whether you're unpleasant or ghetto. It's the way you carry yourself. Black, white, asian, man and woman shouldn't be discriminated over a hairstyle. Ugh come on people
But unfortunately that not the case. I’ve been told I’m ghetto when I’m far from it. I’ve been discriminated against my hair in school. And very young. Unfortunately it happens.
Khaniyah Mack same🤕
@@khaniyah1494 im so sorry for that, people sucks.
@@khaniyah1494 So, who is it telling you that you look ghetto because you wear braids?
@@khaniyah1494 doesn’t matter, anyone can wear braids with the right mind and intentions. It’s only wrong when people rename them as “ghetto” which is in a bad way or as “Kim k braids” which is in a white washed way.
I never knew that black women faced so much for wearing their hair in cornrow braids. When I was a little girl my friends had cornrows and I was so jelous! They always wore cute barrettes in them, and made a fun sound when they clanked together. I used to beg my mom to turn my whispy white girl hair into beautiful braids or an afro, she laughed at me and told me sorry, and I would cry!
I could never imagine someone being discriminated against because of their black hair because I thought it was just so so so beautiful. Now I understand, but still have a great appreciation and bit of a secret yearning for black hair, afros and braids.
Ja Series there was a black girl in my first grade class who would always let the other girls braid her hair and I was SO FREAKING jealous that her hair stayed in place and she had cute hair beads and i tried so hard to make my hair like hers until I realized that it wasn’t possible
It's crazy to read your comment as someone who grew up in a predominantly white town where the little girls literally ran away from me. They would be scared to get near me because then their hair would be "disgusting" like mine if they got to close. The little Mexican girls would rip my hair out and I even had one try and burn my hair with a cigarette lighter.
It's nice to know not everyone is like that.
@@desiree2desire Smh jealousy and hate is REAL. But they were only children, I'm sure they learned that from their parents. Racism is TAUGHT.
I was the same! I wanted the two little afro pouffs and cried too when I couldn't have them.
@@lalaurlalala that's adorable
I grew up in a 90% black community.
when I was about 10 my first boyfriend's mom said I always wanted to braid a white girls hair. so I came over the next day thinking she was just going to put a few braids in.
I was so wrong 😂
she went and got all this stuff for white hair and weave.
I was sitting there was like 9 hrs
but loved every minute of it
she taught me so much about black culture and she she was so kind and funny
I got so much more then a awesome hairdo in those 9 hrs
I'll never forget it.
Thats Black culture. Wonderful in its own right.
Yuck
@@gwendolyn1003 what's yuck about a kid spending time with a good woman learning new things and being loved on for a while?
@Isaiah Tufor I'm sorry but I think that person is white A, and B, what is wrong with you?
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I clicked expecting to be told I can't wear braids as a white person, instead I learned a lot about the history and culture surrounding black hair. I'm pleased :)
White people in norther European regions also braided hair pre-Christian era and also had dreads. Don't believe all this came from Africa.
@@ShinySilverBunny all this DID come from Africa LONG before Europe even existed. You dont believe it came from Africa because you are a racist that doesnt want to face the facts.
@@j.a.5288 LOL So a stranger off the internet that you never met and know nothing about you label me as a racist simply because I don't subscribe to the same belief as you about the origin of braiding? Newsflash! the world doesnt revolve around Africa! And obviously you have clearly missed out on English 101
"Racist Defined: a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another."
Where on earth did I say anything about a particular race being superior against another?? Hmmm??? Well if you feel you are superior to whites because you are from Africa and because you think you invented the braids maybe you are the racist one!
@@j.a.5288 And by your foolish thinking, if you believe that ALL people came from Africa then that would mean I am from African and there's no way I could be aracist because I'd be speaking against my own bloodline.
ShinySilverBunny Whenever Black people wear braids, cornrows, dreads, etc. They’re seen as ghetto, unprofessional, unkempt, ugly, etc. Whenever White people or non-black people of color have braids, cornrows, dreads, etc. They’re seen as stylish, chic, cool & high fashion. Many white/nonblack celebrities have used braids, as well as other pieces of black culture to make profit and benefits themselves. Since OUR hairstyle are seen as unkempt and unprofessional, we can be oppressed, humiliated & punished for wearing them at school & work. Last year two black girls in high school were kicked off their teams and banned from their prom because they wore braids. Also, another BLACK women was humiliated at her job. She was told that her braids were to “urban” and “unkempt” by her white manager. There’s a HUGE problem when Black hairstyles can make black people lose jobs, opportunities, etc. But, make non-black people famous, rich, idolized , and much more. During Slavery, they were forced to live in plantations and had to work to death for white people to the point where they had BRAID MAPS into their HEADS just to find ways to escape. Though you may say, “slavery was a long time ago” even if it is Black people still suffer these same consequences. As Black Women/Men our hair is important to us, it signifies a lot. It’s not just a hairstyle. It’s represents the struggle our ancestors had been through, the struggle we continue to fight. It represents self-love and self-acceptance. As a race that has never truly been equal. Not saying everything is evolved around Africa but certain stuff from Africa was mocked through the misuse of sacred items.
I hate so much when people say " it's only hair" girl is never just hair. I am from brazil and my hair so curly like 4c and people used to bully me because of that. Everyday was a battle until i straight my hair. Its a struggle to straight and put a lot of really bad products almost every month, and even with straight hair people judge it. So is not just a hair. Its part of a group of people that were segragated and these characteristics still being opressed nowadays. It's so funny that black people wear this braids for centuries and now that kardashians and non black people wear it it becomes a trendy
Think about that when u start to talk shit
So you're a hater? At least you admit it.
@@bluemamba5317 how?
@@bluemamba5317 the point flew right over your head 😂
You are black ?
@@bluemamba5317 shut up mayo
I'm 14 and doing my hair is always so fun I bond with my mom and the other women in the hair salon
💖💖💖💖
Aww, that’s so wholesome!
JAYYY LYNNN RICHMOND same I do that a lot when getting my hair braided
Ignorance is still out there, would you believe my teacher called my braids dreadlocks?
Edit: ps this is just a modern day example, i don't blame her for not knowing. Don't get me wrong it isn't the biggest deal in the whole world but is little things like this that make us value pride in our hair and our culture and what can eventually lead to larger prejudices like saying certain hairstyles aren't 'suitable' for a work environment
emma adewole mine did too! and the class laughed. less than a year ago mind you
emma adewole sad thing is that i just NOW realized how wrong it was for my grown teacher to laugh at my hair and say that my braids “looked as bad as dreads.” How did I even let that slide?
damn I go to a pretty much all white school in England and when I came thru w the cornrows every was like "omg ur dreads look great". its even the clever ones as well who say this. I mean I'm happy for the complement but some people need to learn the difference
My teacher did too. Then again, I think it’s because he couldn’t get a closer look, so I’m not too upset. But I didn’t have the heart to tell him that they were braids, not dreads.
You can't blame him for that
I come from Kenya.
Natural braids are recommended for primary school, they look neat and pretty. We all had them when we were younger and I never really thought about it, until now.😊
In fact it was mandatory to plait your hair esp backwards cornrows in primary school
I don't get it... all I see is a black girl with blonde dreads getting offended because white people are stealing a hair style even though its been done by whites thousands of years ago... what the fuck
LAMOOOW so cornrows, box braids dreads and more AFRICAN styles were done by white people before thousands of years i need proof and information now lmao
@@cllcccic8270 really?! Like seriously?! Hmmm....every person of black or African heritage will tell you they've been around braids since they were born. Never heard a white person say that before. White folks do braid their hair, but never in the same manner as Africans!
@@rainyseason3767 normal fucking dreads. Rofl. Not a style that was made recently by black people
y’all need to forward this to the entire kpop industry.
Lol right. But for kpop I dont rly know. Cause I think in Korea if they seen someone with box braids they are seen a ghetto but a kpop idol is seen as trendy. I hate that
PLS PLS PLS PLS-
Korea close minded af, pretty sure they won't learn :/
@@cellestyya why shouldn't they be allowed to wear their hair as dreadlocks?
Braids are not black culture. The first known depiction of braids was 28,800 years ago in modern-day Austria.
Alicia Keys did not start the backwards braids. The Fula tribe in Africa did. Hence why they are called Fulani braids.
Mercy Nerestant SAME THING I SAID 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
she literally just said alicia keys started the backward braids and it was cool . If she was saying what you are saying, she could have just said it. Popularize and start are two different words.
Who’s Alicia keys
Aïshaa Queen Fulani 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾💖
Katie Harte wtf “this girl is on fire” doesn’t ring a bell to you???
Black women, this comes from a Mexican woman. You are beautiful and your hair is beautiful too. Natural, curly, fro, braids ect you guys can rock it like no one can. I like to admire, respect and see the beauty in all cultures. That's what makes humanity beautiful, different cultures, ethnicities, race.
Mags😁
Mags Felix Mexican “woman.”
“Women” is plural
Sarah M bc they want to?? ur point is what? it would be the same as a girl with pin straight hair braiding it and going out with waves. but no one says anything about it. what about people with brown hair dying it blonde? i dont see the difference its all the same: doing whatever the fuck they want bc its their hair. the persons comment was about loving ur hair, and im sure they have no problem with however they decide they choose to style it.
Sarah M because (some not all of) society says that
1)our natural curly hair is not good enough and that we need it to be straight.
2) it’s very difficult to deal with and putting on a wig is so much easier .
3) from someone who had been bullied into relaxing my hair cause it’s not “good or pretty” enough I can tell you that people will hate you because of the hair you were born with.
Sarah M you can’t even say most because you don’t know “most” you only know what you see on tv or around you city. Please don’t say something you know nothing about even if you are mixed you don’t know the real struggle about being an African American woman.
I just love being a black woman...
i just love being a white man...
-THAT'S RACIST!
Same girl I’d never wana be anything else
epicFAILeffect Who called it racist? Nobody called it racist... Have several seats
Loving your race is racist.
Yesss girl 🙌🏾👏🏾
YALL SEE THIS? ELLE has recognized their own faults, have EDUCATED THEMSELVES, and have put themselves to educate OTHERS! 10/10
Maybe educated yourself first. The first known depiction of braids was 28,800 years ago in modern-day Austria. Not to mention the internet was invited by white people as were cars, planes, electric motors, the telephone etc.
@@PlayWaves1 just say you’re racist and go
@@PlayWaves1 wrong try again 😊
@@PlayWaves1 girl or boy bye even the BIBLE has said the first ppl were Egypt or somewhere in Africa so cough cough Adam and Eve were BLACK so go read that section plz and thank you and if you don't have the same religion ad mine then just don't reply PERIOD!!!!!
Josuealopez 3 it was on ethiopia
Imma tell y’all a little secret. The reason non black people should not get African braids, besides the reasons stated in the video, is that your hair and scalp is not strong enough to handle braids like that. African braids are meant for 3a to 4c hair that can grip the extensions to keep from pulling the hair out and damaging the scalp in the process. Anything below 3a and the braid will pull out your hair and damage the scalp
True, of course. But there are other types of braids historically, see Nomadic tribes, Vikings...
some black folks hair cant tolerate braids regardless.
Thats a hair type not a race
@@BEss-ei3bm But it is a hair type that is found primarily in those races
@@danaiijahv7328 yes, but nice to meet you lol
I still feel weird wearing braids though, so I'll settle with staying crazy jealous
Im latino and i moved to the us two years ago and when I came here I thought that only Latinos were the one that face discrimination in the US. I like history so I decided to investigate and learn more about history of this country, and while I was investigating and learning more I just can’t believe all the things that African-Americans had to go through. Before,During, and after USA independice, all the things that happened in the south and how African-American were treated it’s such a shame. The worst thing is that discrimination still exists in America. I’m not racist or anything but it’s incredible how some white people defended all that, how they still think that racism it’s okay, and how they still don’t wanna believe that racism in America is real.
Sorry if my grammar is bad and if I typed something wrong, I’m still learning English.
Yessmar Ramirez thank you so much for feeling and trying to understand our pain and suffering. We are survivors.
@@Tes-qe1jc You don't suffer anymore. Stop playing the victim and dragging it along with you. You guys didn't give a shit for over 300 years and now you suddenly bring it up to play the victim.
@@anna-if8fi wtf
mollinq mollinq LMAO that’s like telling 911 survivors and family members to forget about the incident because it happened so long ago
PS: You sound real ignorant
the word ‘discriminate’ just means to ‘note similarities and differences’ when creating morphing lists of traits
My mom was in the army with a lot of black women and they would corn row her hair for her so that it would easily be kept under her cap, which the army is very strict about, not a hair should be showing. They complained about her hair being too slick lol! But I'm really grateful they were so cool to my mom and shared their culture with her. I think that helped her a lot as she grew up in a very white, segregated town. I am saddened that proper appreciation and respect hasn't always been given but I hope that changes and I'm grateful for those African Americen women sharing a bit of their culture with my mom.
Thats so cool
That's awesome! Tell your mom thank you for her service!
Thank you for shedding light when some of these comments are so ignorant! If we can acknowledge it we can move past it much love
The fact that people think black people wearing these braids is “ghetto” is dumb . Because it’s their culture and I personally think it looks beautiful . I think everyone should be able to wear whatever hairstyle they want . Even if it comes from another culture . It’s like you’re embracing their culture . It’s just hair . Anyone should be free to do whatever they want with it .
The people judging others for something they don't understand is dumb in itself. Who do they think they are labeling others as ghetto or trashy? Thems some lame ass, sheltered rich folk and the blame is shifted to race when it's a class issue that started as a cultural differences issue when ignorant people saw something different and reacted with a false sense of superiority. Here we are centuries later still mulling over that hereditary ignorance... Nasty nasty nasty...
i agree as long as they use proper terms and are respectful im fine. just dont say "tight little french braids" or whatever
Its okay to embrace our culture but not mimic us. Acknowledging that you are a white woman wearing an african style is needed.
What about Brown people? Can we wear them?
@@Nprelaw “mimic us” as if we own the concept of braiding hair. Just because some dark-skinned people on a continent far away decided that they wanted to braid their hair doesn’t mean they own anything and it doesn’t give you the right to say that people of any other complexion who were born on any other continent have to acknowledge you when they want to make their hair look nice. If hair really is just hair and if skin color really is just a color, stop making a fuss whenever you feel that someone is “mimicking” you.
As a strong black man, I believe that anyone can wear their hair however they see fit, just so long as credit is given where credit is due. I respect and love all of God's children and if those with straight hair want any braids, cornrows, individuals, French braids, etc, then they can. Who are we to deny someone's artistic expression through the beauty that is braids? Remember, darker skin tones were indirectly and directly told to straighten their hair for acceptance into the work force and especially the film industry. It's all love now. Peace and love.
You are the voice of reason here.
Give credit how and to who? Of course if you’re wearing a certain type of braids that originates from a specific place or culture, then you should obviously acknowledge that and appreciate and give credit. However, braids have been worn by all different types of people, not exclusively black people. Surely using this logic black people should give credit to other races when they relax their hair?
@@joshuabeeck6750 what you just said was unknowingly offensive.DO YOU THINK AFRICANS WERE OUT HERE CHANGING THE TEXTURES OF THEIR HAIR AND BLEACHING THEIR SKINS BEFORE COLONIZATION?im sick and tired if this whole"oh but black women wear weaves,oh they relax their hair.Do you have knowlegde of history? Black people have been told by their opressors time and time again that their skin is unaceptable,inferior feautures etc.hair being unprofessional ,dirty unapeasing.Many women felt as though they were forced to chemicaly straighten their hairs to *SURVIVE* and get jobs to fees their families.in a country of white supremacy.I could go on...😤😥
rhagar mills i wasn’t talking about bleaching skin, obviously that’s fucked. Yes, sometimes black people may be unfairly forced to change their hair for professional reasons, when this happens it’s obviously an example of modern day racism/ oppression in some way. However, the vat majority of workplaces are not going to force black people to relax or dye their hair. Not all black people who relax their hair or weaves are forced to do so because of their jobs, a lot of them just like how it looks, which is more what I was referencing in the previous comment. Take Nicki minaj, she isn’t exactly forced to relax her hair, she’s worn it naturally in the past, but a lot of the time she does choose to relax it/ wear a weave. So if we were to use the logic of giving credit to a certain hairstyle, should she not give credit to other races? (Not that i think she should). Also, assuming your talking about America, how exactly is it a state of white supremacy?
Honestly thank you!
Why do we brush off the fact that Kenya Moore was the second African American woman to win Miss usa
She was the first lol the first one got her title took because she did a nude cover for play boy👌😳😳😳 Kenya came and became the first black miss usa
@@stormstorm7396 vanessa Williams
@@guidedlovemeditation1024 not in the world of Hollywood 😂😂😂👌lol
QUEEN LIL-BOOTY that was miss America not USA
Dabs
I always loved my friends braids and hair texture and never understood the issues they faced until i started working. A couple of my coworkers would get box braids and others would talk about how unprofessional it was and i just didnt fucking understand. Her hair was clean, out of her face, she didnt miss work because of it and it didnt impact anyone else. Its racist as fuck and they were disguising their feelings by saying it was unprofessional for work. If we empower women we need to empower all women. We cant pick and choose.
Mirian V exactly. As a black women I totally agree with you girl! 🙌🏾
Mirian V 👏🏾
In other words, if your hair isn't straight, you're not wanted. Well I prefer my lice free nappy hair.
Mirian V Wow You are the First White Women To say this wow you Get It! That feels really good even if your just one person. Thanks for understanding 💕
Mirian V I just am glad that slowly but surely women of all races can be who there are. Where the norm is whatever she wants, not what society dictates. 🇨🇦❤️
braids have been in almost every culture and race through time! from Africa to Asia to Ice Land to South America.... We all can wear them... BUT its about the type, the context and the way you carry them and the meaning. It´s at the end a matter of respect.
Originally they were were worn by vikings. Vikings were white.
Stop cultural appropriating vikings.
Barry Scott originally they were worn and created by Egyptians 😑🥱😒
@@celineomar3349 stop cultural appropriating Egyptians then
waaat
@Kehlani castillo You aren't an Egyptian. Stop cultural appropriating Egyptians.
This needs more views. So good to see Elle using their platform to educate their audience
Now if only they would do that.
Educate?😂😂 More like indoctrinate!
You mean indoctrinate
This needs more views. :-)
+Josie Scott Try indoctrinate.
You can tell who actually watched the video and who commented within 7 mins of the video ... “ I wear braids too “ was never the issue 😑
Diamond Walker 💯💯
You should see some of the comments
One woman simply said that “white women in corporate settings when noticing discrimination against braids Nd such , should stand up Nd bring MORE attention to the mess” and other people attacked her for her kindness instead of disliking her comment Nd going about their day
👏🏽THANK👏🏽YOU👏🏽HUNTY👏🏽
A M actually its really not , a lot of us could careless who wears the hairstyle I mean its just twisting of some hair strands at the end of the day.. its the discrimination that pissed us off .. its just annoying seeing who gets the praised all of a sudden & who gets condemned for a hairstyle
Exactly
Lol right 😂😂😂
I never comment on videos, but I really appreciate this video. It helped me to understand the offense of appropriation in a way that I had not. Thank you for that.
I never was one to even care about braids or braiding I did the best I could with my hair because nobody cared I used to have three plaits and that was three what they used to call doo doo braids as I grow older I pressed my hair and I didn't have money cuz I was a young girl I didn't have money to go to a beauty parlor Beautician and get my hair done now even when I had my children I was in my twenties I didn't go to the beauty parlor so I'm never really much cared about beauty parlors and print perms and things like that so maybe I will sleep with all this happen I never had braids or cornrows in my head I lasted a long. Of time I think in my whole lifetime I might have had two or three cornrows but I never really cared that much because it wasn't in my parents or parents house you got by the best way you can with your hair so As I Grew Older I learned how to do my hair loud today I have waist-length hair and I wear my hair natural so so far is worrying about how I never did that 5 still till this day a 2019 I really don't care but I do have here and I take care of my hair and it's not a big thing with me I have for ABC here and so far as I keep it neat I keep it clean but I really don't care it's not a thing that I really care about I don't have a problem doing my hair when I started to go natural and used to take me maybe about 4 hours now I wash my hair cool drawing on the draw and on a blow dryer and I'll fix whatever style I'm going to fixed am I here but I still I don't see what all the hoopla is about I don't see the hoopla about the hair salons in the the beauty shops that the Asian people on because I don't go in if I can ingest AOL or cook with it or rub my skin with it it goes in my scalp so all of these products that you talked about it never occurred to me I do my hair the way I do it I see people who are just about bald headed I don't know where the day use perm I don't I never asked them but what's in the black I never was want to even care about braids of braiding I did the best that I could was my hair because nobody cared I used to have three Platte and that was three what they used to call due to braids and as I grow older I pressed my hair and I didn't have money cuz I was a young girl I didn't have money to go to a beauty politician and get my hair done now even when I had my children I was in my twenties I didn't go to the beauty parlor so I never really much cared about Beauty Paula's and perms and things like that so maybe I will sleep when all this happened I never had raise the cornrows in my head. Last of the long period of time I think in my whole life time I might of had two or three cornrows but I never really care that much because it wasn't in my parents or parents house you got buy the best way you can with your hair so as I grew older I learned how to do my hair now today I have wasteland here and I will my head natural so so far is worrying about it I never did that buy still to this day of 2019 I really don't care but I do have here and I take care of my hair and it's not a big thing with me I have for ABC here and so far as I keep it need I keep it clean but I really don't care it's not a thing that I really care about I don't have a problem doing my hair when I started to go natural and used to take me maybe about 4 hours now I wash my hair cool dry it on the drawer and on a blow dryer and I fix whatever style I'm going to fixed on my hair but I still I don't see what all the hoople Lowe's about it I don't see the hoople about the Hair Salons in the the beauty shops that the Asian people on because I don't go with them if I can and just a oil or cook with it or of my skin with it and goes in my scalp so all of these products that you talk about it never occurred to me I do my hair the way I do it I see people who are just about bald-headed I don't know whether they use per bottle I never asked them but within the black community it's always have the weed the heads the wig the Hair Braiding I never really cared one way or another your watch it you're doing you go to work come back and it's never was a big thing to me and it's not a big thing today
It related with people trying to have “fox eyes” (asian eyes) or wearing a bandana as a top as a trend that came from Mexicans and edges that were called ghetto and people just were them as if they are a trend when black and Mexicans wear is on the daily and same with Asians and how their eyes look
Asians aren't bothered by the makeup, just by the had gesture they were making along side it
Mexicans also have bigger problems to care for than people now using bandanas
yaretzi prieto you must not have tiktok lol Asians are concerned abt the makeup and Mexicans are concerned about the band and C U L T U R A L A P P R O P R I A T I O N
CeCe's Squad yes black people did but it was originally from hispanics and mexicans
CeCe's Squad they didn’t....
@@elohel1065 so following the video, can I use the bandana and make up my eyes as foxy eyes, right? But knowing where it came from/origin
In Ethiopia every braids style it’s has different meanings
You're racist and you think you're a SJW
@Kir By why do you think that?
@Kir By but if you know that black women get mistreated for wearing their hair like this why do u do it and if u know that black people dont like it why do you do it anyway?
@Kir By thats different tho not all cultures are the same you cant compare them like that this is about years and years of oppression black people are ridiculed for their hair by white people and told its ugly nappy unprofessional and they were not allowed to wear it but once we start embracing it white people wanna hop right on the train with us and get praised for it its just confusing for me one day i wake up and my hair is a "trend" no one really knows what that feels like unless you've walked in the shoes of a black person.
Ethiopia is beautiful what's it like I'm Jamaican
Moral of the story: give 👏🏾 credit👏🏾where👏🏾credit👏🏾is👏🏾due👏🏾
Yes! Give credit where credit is due: Indigenous Native Americans were the first to braid hair!
@themailman43 ...Yes, it is along with the many accomplishments we enjoy today!
@themailman43 ...The white race was inspired by the accomplishments from the past (Ancient technologies, games, food & etc)...Most ideas were stolen!
Diana Lozano ummm....no? Braiding began in Africa with the Himba people of Namibia around 3500 BC. And even when Native Americans braided their hair, I hardly doubt they did cornrows or dreads
themailman43 everything you listed would’ve never been possible without algebra & maths whichwas founded by 7th century Arab & persian scholars. Please stop this “white superiority” bs, nothing would be where it is today if every “race” hadn’t contributed.
Call me strange! But there’s something so satisfying seeing them braid with their hands greasy and the pick or rattail comb going through the hair.
Ang Robins nope I was right there with you! it was like comfort food
Those all make me cringe! Lol I couldn't stand the smell and feel of the grease and a lot of stylists would rip the comb through my hair.
Yooo I thought it was just me!! I love seeing hands Cornrow 🙌🏾😂
Ashleychanelol I'm with you! Definitely strange! I'm 39 years old and I still hate doing my hair. It's super coarse and thick and it's even harder to manage when my hands are all greasy. Combs go flying, hair products go flying, elastics snap, globs of hair everywhere. There's nothing pleasurable about the whole experience. Just did my hair tonight and it was torture. I always feel like I need a drink or two afterwards. No joke.
I was in the military with three black roommates. My hair was all kinds of braided with them offering. No bias. I love them for that!
I bet they loved your hair, bw love playing in non bw hair
i hope you acknowlege that all those styles they used belong to black culture. Also i hope you actively support the black community
I like the atmosphere of this video. It is not any angry about cultural appropriation, it is simply educating and telling people to think about their choices. Very effective
@Gyri Sulcie its not a european thing either.
@Gyri Sulcie Egyptians created it. Egypt is in Africa
@@Yasmin-jn3my suddenly you claim Egypt, you don't even know where it is on the map lmao
@@ana.1485 Who even said I claimed a country?. Are you blind or just dumb?. I learnt it in history. And Egypt is located in North Africa headass.
No one has the right to tell me what to think.
And no racist black bitch is going to tell me you pay her lying ass homage as I do my hair like my people have been doing it for thousands of years.
*me wishing people wouldn’t get judged for their race*
Dabs
No matter which “race”
we have to stop using the word race, whether you are white or black, we are all part of the same species which is humanity, but still you can use the word ethnicity
cornerdelia well like in some cases it can show your heritage but I don’t think race has to do with how you act or present yourself Culture can do that in some cases but yea
@@user-tp3zz9ne7b True. White and Black are both just artificially created classifications created to develop the system of White supremacy in the West, a system that is, by design, an unjust system. This is why the streets of America are on fire right now....this system is boiling.
Im a white lady working with kids, and we have a few african girls who wear their hair natural, braided or styled in other ways, and I often tell them how lucky I think they are, for I always wanted corn rows, but my hair can't handle it :) They look amazing and they get so happy when I complement them. I love those kids
KatFromMars Thank you so much. Please do not stop loving them and complimenting them. They need all the positives in a society of negatives. All children!!
i love that you compliment them!! i have some black friends who grew up without those compliments, it makes a big difference coming from a different race.
You are jealous AF
@@frankgeorge9017 Whatever floats your boat man xD I'm happy with my hair, and I also love the look of all the amazing braids. But when I was a kid, I was jealous af ;) Also in part for the reason that my mum and sisters have thick hair, and I don't. :)
Frank George how tho?
As a white woman living outside the United States, I never thought about, or came across, the history and cultural significance of braids. Now I understand that it is my responsibility to learn and know as much as possible to help make this world a better place. Thank you ELLE and all the participants for creating this and for educating us!
Fired over your style of hair? It's lawyer time!
She's full of shit. 😆
@@Rahab111222 no...its real which is why several states have recently passed The Crown Act, protecting people from being fired over their hair.
@@Rahab111222 no is absolutely real just recently laws have been put in place that you cannot fire or kick out a student on their natural hair.
as a white-passing brasilian with black roots, i feel so bad for my sisters and brothers who are so much more "black looking" than me who get called ghetto with braids when i can wear them and be seen as pretty
Tumble Bee why white pass tho such a dumbass
E N J O Y Y O U R S E L F it’s not like they can control it, mixed/light skinned people of colour get mistaken for white at times. It’s not their fault, blame genetics
Man as a little girl i used to sit with my neighbor (also my bff) for hours as her mom braided her hair. Her mom used to pull out these special boxes full of hair ties and clips of all kinds ahah i just thought it was like magic seeing her hair change!
Sam Pearce I saw how White ppl in Germany used to ask if they could watch me do my hair after I wash it lol
side note: i think the points were incredibly well said by the women chosen to speak
My mom braiding my hair. Hated it! But it was during this time she talked to me. It is during this time she imparted life lessons that has gotten me this far❤️
💯💯💯 when i braid or lock my children's hair i do EXACTLY the same thing because i have their full attention...it's a bonding time 💜
I love your comment!
Say that twice for the folks in the back rows !!!
This is it right here
that's beautiful
Culture appropriation= not giving credit where credit is due 👌🏾
@@kanecorbin4940 obsess with you? I think it's the way around "it's ours" idfc who created it, I like it I'll wear it, I won't say I created it. If black people get fired for that hairstyle, something I find ridiculous, it's probably cause the law doesn't protect them, so it's not white people's problems sorry
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Lol trust me sweetie MOST of us don't want to be black @ grow the f*ck up @@ana.1485
Cultural appreciation = giving credit were its due and appreciating the background behind styles
@sheila washington How should they give credit? Should they get a "Cultural Appropriations License?" When a white woman gets "boxer" or cornrow braids, should she thank every black girl she sees on the street? Make a public proclamation? How does she give credit? Should she seek permission and if so, from whom?
Proudly Africa, proudly Nigeria 🇳🇬. 😭💋
Lupita is so smart and articulate. I had neved seen her outside of a movie. She has class and she is gorgeous
You should see her vogue interview.
Articulate?
@@Nrr216 English isn't my first language sorry if that's wrong. I meant the way she speaks is really nice.
She went to Yale. How did you imagine she would be exactly?...do I even want to know?...
@@averagelife5449 You did use a correct word for describing someone who speaks with eloquence, but calling bipoc people "articulate," comes with an insinuation that you do not expect them as a black person to speak that way, and that it is somehow superior to speak in a "whiter" way. English is not your first language though and I'm of course not saying that was your intention, but it is good to keep in mind for the future! ☺️
It absolutely baffles me to hear black women say they didn't feel beautiful because of the color of their skin and their hair. I grew up admiring the beauty of black women wishing I could do my hair that way or look how these beautiful girls look.
Then I have to remember...there's alot of hate and ignorance outside of my city and generation. All I hope is that these girls and women see that they are just as beautiful, if not more, than anybody else.
Wow you drank the punch didn't you.
@@chelseafricke2068 yeah, they drank the "not a bigoted asshole" punch. What exactly is wrong with their statement? You should stop being a troll.
Where I grew up there was a lot of black pride and they were really the dominant culture and I envied black women for aging better than most white women. In fact if you look back, women like Marie Antoinette, were all about that big hair. I think the truth is that they know they look good but say they are insecure because it gives them power. If anything from growing up around a lot of black people, I know they see white people as timid and weak. I've been in a lot of fights because of it... they are always left in shock how well I can fight because I have been in soooo many fights over being bullied for being white. I just hope they realize they don't have to lie to kick it because I don't even know how to talk to them anymore without thinking the whole time "this person hates me for no reason". :/
@@chelseafricke2068 Wow you drank the punch? So calling black women beautiful , intellectual, etc is drinking the punch?
Walmart has a great sell on white sheets.
Becareful your white superiority complex is showing!!
Idc about the people of all color wearing braided hair. What I don't understand is why are they giving credit to Kim Kardashian a white man said " They started the trend " and Wendy corrected him.
Honey Amber False. It never went anywhere🤷🏾♀️
@@AButterflyinChrist Black people wear those styles on a regular basis. They never went a away.
@@AButterflyinChrist Erm black women/girls have been wearing box braids and cornrows long before KiM kArDasHiAN girl stop.
Honey Amber I have been wearing cornrows way before Kim K has been born. My kids have been wearing cornrows before she ever thought about it. She didn’t bring cornrows around or back because we have been doing it forever. I have been cornrowing people’s hair since the 80s and I still do cornrows today. You are definitely delusional as hell.
@@AButterflyinChrist That's not true. I see girls and women in braids every, single day.
my white best friend is still convinced that my hair is actually long.
in reality my hair is slightly shorter than shoulder-length, curly, painful, lovely.
and when i took out my braids in front of her, she yelled at me saying these *EXACT* words:
"you lied to me i thought your hair was naturally long. i can't trust you anymore."
*BISH WHAT THE FU-*
Tf was she on
@@oyinosolo5837 idk :(
Throw the her away lmao 💀🤚🏼
What?!
A whole 20 minute documentary, and y'all still don't get that it's not about the braids🤦🤦♀
No it is about an ideology where groups can own simple ideas based on skin color. I mean a lot of racist white folk try this shit as well on electricity and other inventions, and they are as stupid.
My view is that if you did not personally invent something you don't deserve any credit for it. If you invented like a dance move then sure you'd be the first to do it and yes you can make your claim. You are the first person on the moon, then sure you can claim that as well. Me personally I haven't invented anything so I don't think I need credit for anything.
Sure you can be insensitive for example there were people throwing pigs heads in front of mosques. That is malicious intent, and I see that a completely separate issue. There is still a lot of racism that we need to fix, but I don't see how making claims on ideas based that the people who invented them have been dead for centuries is helping anything?
Everything you do and wear has been borrowed from the past. If we didn't do this we'd be living in huts. I say do more benchmarking, take the best of ideas you like and make them yours. I personally love rap, manga, Chinese food, cucumbers, coffee (from Arabs)... and I took them as my own, so should I go around thanking my neighbour who is an Arab for the coffee that I am drinking.
There is a really good course on the dissipation of ideas:
www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/36-mind-blowing-concepts.html
I have a feed in cornrow ponytail, as my hair is ruined due to colour damage, bleach etc..... i love it and the lady showed me the correct way to keep them clean and how to look after my scalp. She was amazing and so fast. Im like, how you not get cramp in your fingers and hands. I love them and i cant wait to get my next style done by her xx
Ectoid agreeeeed.
@@PartyScars._1988 U know what I think you're the only person who gets this u called it a cornrow that's all we really need just dont call it bo Derek braids or Kim K braids like lol
Ectoid no one is gonna read all that 😑 kid wrote a whole a dictionary
OKAY I’ve been scrolling through the comments and a lot of the comments are like you can’t own braids etc. This video is not about that. This video shows that when black people do braids such as cornrows it is deemed as ghetto whereas when whites people do it it’s exotic and cool. Regular Dutch braids or french braids are not inappropriate neither is straight hair because it is not associated to just one culture. Everyone has different hair textures no matter what ethnicity or race they are. Cornrows are primarily (I’m not saying exclusively) indigenous to the black culture. They aren’t shaming white people who do use cornrows and box braids.
Thank you for saying this I felt like no one watched the same video as me going through these comments
With more whites doing it, it will become common rather than exotic. If you just let it happen the novelty will wear off or not. But it won't be new any longer. But to say that you are not allowed is not a good thing. It appears exclusionary and divisive. I believe black people deserve recognition for their contributions to American culture and to the world. But to be inclusive would be a better thing. They are embracing black culture. They think it's cool. This is not a bad thing. They admire and appreciate. Just keep reminding them where it all came from. Hold on to the recognition. You can have cornrows but... call them corn rows. You can rap but acknowledge that it was invented by black people. Do it gently but share it. It would be good to have things in common. We could come together. But to be told you are not allowed divides.
Claudie M my question I guess is who ever called it ghetto cause I've never heard anyone call it ghetto unless it's on a light skin person. No one I've ever known has seen cornrows or any braid as ghetto.
Bailey Seistrup Obviously caucasians and other races have called it ghetto, as one girl said her manager said her hair was too “ethnic.”
Bailey Seistrup just because YOU never heard it being called ghetto doesn’t mean it’s not true.
I’ve always wondered why we call them “French” braids if the style is of African origin.
Because used it used to work in France with two braids because they couldn't/ didn't like the look of "little braids" aka corn rows on their thinner hair but they (the French) call it African braids in France still
french call them african braids. lol
Gotta respect the french people calling them from the original origin and not rebranding a culture vs the white americans
@You Mad? how you gon watch this video and say that? Make it make sense bc i dont understand
DOMONIQUE SMITH the term comes from slavery, French slave owners saw the slaves braiding hair and they stole it from them and started making their slaves braid their hair and eventually stole it and renamed it French braids.
I have been wearing my hair in a natural afro and i watched this video being mad as heck seeing white people wear braids and calling them " boxer brads" like wtf. If you are going to wear braids appreciate the culture and be able to understand that braids come from history and you cant rename history. I am black and i have been wearing my hair in braids since i was 1 years old.
Yes braids were worn by vikings.
What are they called? I've heard black people call them boxer. Also are there not any boxers that are black? I'm black and just want to know
@@barryscott3327 and also by most girls in middle-eastern europe
@@ashleechan22 they are called box braids, Bantu knots or cornrows
Don’t wear it if you aren’t blsck period too
Hearing all these stylists learning from their mothers is so beautiful. The culture is so stunning, I admire it so much.
White women need to do our part and make real effort to stop the racist notion that braids are Ghetto, dirty, unprofessional. That means standing with our black friends at work, in public and media. Being loud and honest, that black hair is beautiful and acceptable. The main problem is black women with natural styles, including braids are discriminated against for work, health care, public safety over freakin hairstyles.
Its funny how you only say "white" women like every white person is racist:/
@@m0ya313 its funny how only white bosses have company rules prohibiting black hairstyles. Jog on you twat. Your response here IS racist and you know it. Freaking Gadge.
@@kittyfantastic7681 why you mad
, and where are your sources 😁😁
@@m0ya313 That's not what's being said at all. The fact that group A is doing something bad to group B doesn't imply that every member of group A is bad. There's really no need to get offended and make this about you.
@@Philoglossos what
To summarize: Anything of any ethnic culture that's worn, eaten, used or hair in this case considered weird/ unacceptable until certain group of people put a 'stamp.of approval' like they invented the trend, then it starts getting approval by the world. Like why???
Criticizing people of why their natural hair looks a certain way when they have no control over.. I am sure they would love for you to have hair like theirs for a period of time then that way you'll understand why and how.
Caron Tan that certain group is mainly white people and some Asian people
@@krossmichaels4589 I didn't say what race in particular so they don't come for me.. lol. I'm just going to say 'if you know, you know'
These days you can't even express actual curiosity towards people's hair without them thinking you're trying to make fun. Thankfully some of my questions were answered because I come from a wanting to know place.
since I was little I loved folk and tradditional slavic/Polish clothing (we are white, ethicity is slavic) and I wanted to wear those tradditional clothes but I was too scared because those things were not "cool" and I never saw them in tv or being worn by anyone else. Than from america emerged the "folk inspired trend" and i would see those clothes inspired by our traddition (the most used was tradditional man slavic/ukrainian shirt inspired blouses they are pretty destinctive and you can easily spot them) so now I see some american celebrities (ours too don't take me wrong, it got adapted to everyday weare which I like because I can find it easier but the soul and traddition got lost)
I can see our shirts, flover crowns,skirts and tradditional scarfes on American women. Those companies are stealing from coultures to make money of of it, milking every teaddition and not leaving any soul and secrecy. I can tottaly see why espetially black people can be even mader than me for stealing their coulture because of the hundreds of years of oppression. I love african art and espettially mythology/folk tales (I'm a geek for myths of different people and my own) and looks but i would never "just wear it" cause it's pretty, I can adore it from afar and hope that african women would appreciate it and love it freely💙
It seems to be more about class than race to me. Poor folk don't set trends unless rich folk copy them and happen to mention who started it, ever notice that?
@@Sunshine_Daydream222 you have a point but I feel like it's both ways.. I don't know much about fashion because I don't care however with food. Yes.. the once upon a time, peasant food or poor people's food that people frown upon is being put on menus and charge a ton of money for it because of the modern 'techniques' it approach to the food.
oooooh now I get it it, it's not about actually using the elements of other culture but not giving credit for the source and just calling it theirs!! Honestly, Ive been trying so hard to grab this concept of cultural appropriation because I feel its okay to share and embrace other cultures and use elements of other culture.
I am Mexican and admire black culture so much, even their hair speaks a loud story 👑
saying you are Mexican is vague since it's a nationality (like saying you are American or Canadian) as well as saying "black culture". There are many different cultures of black people across the world and they are all unique. It would be like saying a culture and traditions of an Irish person are the same as people in Poland.
Also, usually if you say you are Mexican, I would assume you are Native American or Native American/European mixture. There are also blacks in Mexico and some Mexicans may have a small degree of Sub-Saharan African DNA in them.
Colton it’s not that deep bruv
@@damaged.collateral Exactly, because it has nothing to do with "being deep".
It's called being accurate, because in today's age we will lose our history and become ignorant without proper education and communication.
I personally would rather not have someone stereotype me or misidentify me just because I look a certain way.
I only commented before so that others can understand that "black" isn't a culture and "latino" isn't a race. It's the stupid census that didn't help and made these concepts confusing and vague.
I am not trying to attack anyone in case that is what you may think.
Colton while ‘black’ isn’t culture, black people do have a culture. i imagine she meant it as ‘i admire the culture of black people’. i was still able to get what she meant by that and it wasn’t offensive (i’m black + african). besides, just because you’re african doesn’t make you black, and she’s not the latter if her profile picture is here. anyway, i don’t get why you’re so concerned with the dna of a stranger 😳 like dude. no.
@@damaged.collateral you are repeating what I already said. Many groups of people across the world who are black have culture.
Yes I am Afro-Caribbean so I have a recently made "Caribbean" culture and the same thing with black people in America. If you go to Africa, there are many many different cultures there.
I never said just because you're African means your black. There are even people outside of Africa (Melanesians) who look black yet are genetically the most distant from people in Africa.
I am not concerned with a stranger's DNA, I am irritated that a lot of people don't know their true identity based as a product of colonialism. I've known many Latin Americans who are mixed with Native, and their phenotype says it all, yet people in their family are ashamed of it and withheld that information from them.
Sorry if I offended you.
As a black girl in New York. I always have to think carefully about my hair and style before applying for a place I really want to work.
I’m in the dmv area and I vividly remember taking out my colored box braids a few days before an interview; fearful that I wouldn’t get the job
White women dont have that problem and that's the problem. I'm a white and I think that's horrible. Even if I have a crazy hair color or braids it wouldn't matter but for a black woman to have to change just to be taken seriously that's the problem.
That's f up! ☹️
No lie also as a Nyer I have thought about my afro being the sole reason why I may have not been considered for employment.
I agree with you .....theres a time and place for everything... certain styles for work then u have styles for just hanging out and u have dress up styles ...ex. You wont see a nurse with her full afro out esp if she / he has real lo g hair....
I’ll never fuckn forget when Guliana rancic made that comment about Zendaya smelling like “patchouli oil or weed” bc she chose to wear her hair in locs at the oscars. That’s ignorance for you America
Vanessa V that's why her ass got fired and haven't been seen or heard from again.
As a black man you shouldn't need to ask this question. You should know our hair is seen as ugly, called words like "nappy", "picky", described as a "brillo pad", we're told our hair is "unprofessional", "unkempt", "distracting". It's called assimilation. To conform to living in places we don't fit. Not to add that many of us are still mentally enslaved. We've been taught self-hate and it's been drilled into us for hundreds of hears. I've always worn my hair natural but I've been bullied for it and I still battle with trying to genuinely love my hair on a daily basis (literally was just in the bathroom looking at my hair wishing it was a different texture). Luckily I had my mother who tried to teach me to love myself, and I'm trying to teach myself to love my hair. Not every black woman has a mother that does this (many black girls don't even know the texture of their hair as it was straightened from they were kids). It's a long process that will take a long time to undo and get to a point where we're genuinely happy with our naturaly kinky coily BEAUTIFUL hair. Please try to understand this "as a black man", uplift your sisters brother don't drag us down.
Donald Trump is Affirmative Action for the GOP we show our real hair sometimes but it’s not healthy to have it out all the time, that’s why braids are sometimes referred to as ‘protective styles’
Vanessa V omg. Get over yourself
Gabriel Bizzlebop omg. Get off my comments
I’m so happy that Elle made this. It’s really empowering to black men and women. And I hope that one day people from other cultures will respect the main message of this video,
💗 Thank you!
I want braids to be spread to everyone, so they can experience the pain of sleeping with tight new braids. 😄
Right. It's like stepping on a lego barefoot in the middle of the night. You never forget that pain.
😂😂😂
Lol
Pain brings people together.
lol, not to mention how itchy they are!
I remember growing up my mom would tell me not to wear my hair natural/braided if I was going for a interview it had to be straight. Good job Elle on bringing light to the situation. Let's just stay united and embrace each others culture along with respecting it.
Unfortunately, Americans like to refer to America as a melting pot instead of a salad.
That's so messed up tho... if you can't wear your hair natural OR braided, how are you supposed to wear it?! This euro-centric whitewashing of black culture needs to GO. I'm so sorry you've had to deal with this!!
pisceanqueen1 It’s all good now that was like 10 years ago. She doesn’t feel this way anymore but at the time it was frustrating.
My mom too. My mom and dad loved my hair straight. My mom is hispanic and my dad is black. My dad would even tell me, "I love when your hair is straight. That's my favorite hairstyle. You look elegant." Smh.
Hey Brittany! I actually love your hair in your profile pic :) Your story I just remembered me to one former co worker. She used to came with straight hair every single day, like Meghan Markle style... One day, I met her suddenly in the supermarket, and saw her beautiful natural curly hair. She was shocked and uncomfortable, though.
When we get to know each other better, she just confessed that her mom used to tell her when she was a kid about never wear her natural hair/ braided because was a really bad looking for the work world :/
I remember me just chillin at school and this one white girl wearing cornrows said she looks blacker and acted blacker then me, let’s just say I was a really hard thinker so I thought into that a lot😂
@Alpha Veronica 🤣
Conscious non action at such a young age, that's impressive! You've no doubt grown into a conscious, strong woman. Kudos lovely lady 💞👊💞
Corn Rows is Scandinavian not black.
@@srs6461 your joking right??..... -_-
@Alpha Veronica facts
Bro it's hair calm down kids are still dying of hunger and here people are crying about hair styles being called a different name
😂
I loved this documentary and it was definitely needed. However, I hate to be nit-picky but Alicia keys did not start "backwards braids" as you call it. That is a Fulani style from West Africa. Yes she made it popular in America but you're not about to Christopher Columbus this hairstyle... (Research your facts thoroughly).
Deborah Gusah so is calling these braids "alicia keys braids" culture appropriation?
Alecia Moody where did i say it was cultural appropriation?
You didn't! 😑 I was asking you an honest question. I guess thats a no.
Maybe that should’ve said popularized or something like that. I wasn’t aware of that though so thanks for sharing
Deborah Gusah
Yes chile, yes!!
A couple years ago.. I used to work for a company (JC Penney) where management didn’t allow braids because they said it was not a professional hairstyle.. just pathetic, sad, and very offensive.
Why is it considered unprofessional? In most of Europe it would be considered well groomed for a work place environment.
JC Penney has lots of issues. Back when people paid bills by mailing a check, they used to hold it for a few days, then hit the customer with late charges. I have long boycotted them because of abuse I suffered from them. I understand they're about to go out of business - ain't it time!
What did you do about it? Did you stand up for yourself (whom ever you dealt with.) and what you believe in?
They are not backwards braids, they are not bo dereck braids! They are called FULANI BRAIDS! From my tribe the Fulani Hausa tribe in different parts of Africa!
princessp98 EXACTLY
princessp98 smart
Thank you!! I was like Alicia Keys started what?!
princessp98 Fulani tribe is in west Africa specifically the majority in Nigeria
Vinthedoll ok, your point is?...
This is a great video , most people focus on bashing everyone , stumbling upon an educative video is refreshing
First off nobody mad that they wear braids we mad that when we wear them were known as ghetto but they are fashionable and that they had to rename them wtf is a boxer braid like they hair finna fall out anyways
then blame those who call you ghetto, not those who admire you hair.
You wouldn’t understand so be gone
does each style has a certain name? or does every style has the same name?
@Axios .king yeah I was wondering that too like I'm pretty sure braiding has been around since Eve and some complex ones too so I guess I'm missing the point.
Hair is beutifull. If anyone complain about your hair then they are not even worth your time. People that say mean things like that are not even worth talking some sence to.
I love being black. ✊🏿
I love being white.
Me to ✊🏽
Yes let's all love who we are ✊🏽
ARMY!!!
Army😁😁😁
Elle I give you mad props for this! You admit you were apart of the problem, you got educated and now are spreading knowledge. Braids are not a trend but rich in history. Kudos!
Erica Brown so does that mean only black people can wear them ?
Erica Brown there are tons of trends rich in history lol
Anyone can wear breads, but understand the cultural significance. You can't pick up something and just act like it's new or you created it. And no $hit, most trend have some sort of historic meaning. But do you know them? Have you taken the time to understand them? Probably not, so instead of trying to troll my comments get rich in knowledge.
Erica Brown do you know any one besides your own? lol you only care about this one because you can
Erica Brown my mom literally braided our entire heads every summer as kids ... a bunch of half white/ half Mexican kids .... when people say something like that is cultural appropriation it pisses me off, it's not just about knowing where it came from that pisses most black people off about this.
I honestly don't understand the people who call black people "ghetto" for wearing braids. I'm white, and the first time I saw a black person with braids I just stood there staring with my mouth open because their hair was so damn beautiful. Like, if you think that black people are "ghetto" when they wear braids, go to hospital please😬
Yes. Growing up I braided all my hair because I saw black hairstyles as a kid. I thought they were beautiful. But I'm pretty sure now someone would have looked at me as a culture vulture.
As an Indian woman, if we can't stand up for black people, we shouldn't be 'borrowing' from their culture.. lol, lots of opportunities to stand up for whats right and speak out against racism towards black people and most of us are too lazy and selfish and scared to do it. Just being observant.
@Sal m that's not the point tho
Yoy spilt tea 👀☕
PREACH!
Before you stand up for black women, how about representing your North Eastern sisters in the media .... they are almost invisible!
Lol Indians aren't borrowing, y'all are supplying lmao
This has made me feel so proud. I was going to get my hair done in a weave this week as I'm going on holiday next week. I'm 100% doing braids now. Thank you for this x
MJ Reynolds EXACTLY! I HAVE MY BRAIDS AS WELL😙😄😊
Agh I’m so happy I don’t live in America
Giulia M good, it sucks.
Lol lucky. Save us!
Ahnna Beruk I always wanted to live in the USA when I was younger but yeah I kinda realized the American dream is not what I thought it was. Anyway I want to visit America but I don’t think I wanna live there. Nothing against Americans tho.
Lairde Scotte that’s great so we’re both glad I don’t live in America I guess. Also why do I as a Croatian person speak more proper English than you do?
We are still gonna take ur oil
I keep coming back to this because the hair is just so damn gorgeous
I have no problem with non black people wearing braids, but you have to understand you can’t just take someone naming for those hairstyles and give it a complete different name. That’s where it becomes stealing... like no my ancestors were whip and hang Over them hairstyles. Chill out
Docholland45m
I don't know if you were being sarcastic but why do you think they [females] were forced to cover their heads?
Chinada Laurius What? No they were not. You sounds so dumb. I think half of you guys are missing the point.
Um I can call these whatever I want. I'm black but I was born and raised in Spain, I do not call them cornrows and no one will make me call them cornrows. Language is free and I don't want my language manipulated by anyone no matter the circumstances. It's a "free" country but once people gang up on you for saying something or misnaming something takes that theory and throws it out the window. Limiting someone's speech or forcing them to alter it is a form of oppression, and as a writer that offends me aswell.
Braids have been prevalent in England and Britain for 2500 years since the celts and mainstream in Europe for a thousand years. Not corn rows and French braids are really North African braids that colonisers brought back. But there are examples beautiful and ornate English styles.
Docholland45 it was every little thing that mass’s did not like. Do not comment on my history if u are not black. Especially in a nonchalant way. Cause then we will have problems