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Should my friend boycott a racially-insensitive bachelorette party?
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Tell her to go but duck all the cameras so she can report the train wreck back to you. Witnesses can only help.
Are they all Beyonce superfans or something? I can see where some would pass, but if they're fans and no ill-will is behind this, just refuse to wear the wig and go along with it 🤷‍♂️
Wearing a wig is no big deal.
it's not like she's wearing black face. Beyoncé wears all sorts of wigs, many European
edit: oh they are wearing an Afro wig? That's um… yeah I'll pass. She almost never wears that, so it's hard to interpret this as anything other than shitty racial stereotyping .
it's not like she's wearing black face. Beyoncé wears all sorts of wigs, many European
edit: oh they are wearing an Afro wig? That's um… yeah I'll pass. She almost never wears that, so it's hard to interpret this as anything other than shitty racial stereotyping .
I think op forgot to mention that friends group must be Austin powers goldmember super fans. Basically the only logical reason for Beyonce and afro wigs
Is it one of many wigs? It might be a little better if it's part of a collection of Beyoncé looks from over the years, but if it begins and ends with the Afro wig, it's not really Beyoncé themed at all and your friends would probably do well to stay clear of it.
I'm expecting something of this calibre, but even this racist knew Beyonce doesn't really wear an afro.
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I will update on what my friend does. You'll forgive me for not asking for details and images from the party itself, whatever goes down.
I'm expecting something of this calibre, but even this racist knew Beyonce doesn't really wear an afro.
I can guarantee you there will not be blackface. I know the bride enough to tell you that much at the very least.
Of course, i would not expect that either. I'm only curious about how your friend will approach the issue and if there's gonna be an answer given/what comes of it. Only invested in the issue, not the private life of the people having the party :)
If she doesn't feel comfortable now, she won't feel comfortable there. On top of the legitimacy of her concerns, which i think are legitimate but other posts itt should make that clear, that should be enough to justify not going and thinking about her relationship with those friends.
If I got a box cut, put on a visor and a star trek uniform, I don't think anyone would consider that a "Levar Burton" costume. It's fine that they wanna have a Beyonce theme party, but pretending they're wearing a "beyonce" costume and not just a "black woman" costume is where it gets really dicey for me.
Their only experience with Beyoncé came from watching Austin Powers from the sounds of it
your friend should say "Beyonce doesn't wear an afro! lol, who decided to get an afro, did they not have anything else?"
Yuuuup. An afro wig to dress up as Beyonce is racist as hell.
Blent Your friend should tell her friends this, unless she doesn't mind them getting embarrassed as racists on social media later lol
Exactly this. They just seem like huge Beyoncé fans. It's kind of sad but yeah, this will get misinterpreted if posted on places. So IMO just make a note of this.
Being a "big Beyonce fan" and immediately picturing an afro is...a reach.
In Beyonce's entire 24 year career, spanning albums, videos and movies, she has worn an afro once, and that was for the movie Austin Powers: Goldmember, that came out 20 years ago. Well, she also did promo for that movie with an afro look dressed as her character. But still, that's such an obscure reference and I doubt it's what your friends are thinking. MOST Black folks are going to find it basic and comical at best, insulting at worse.
That said, if they got a honey-blonde afro, 70s costumes, and went FULL Foxy Cleopatra cosplay, that would be a serve.
In Beyonce's entire 24 year career, spanning albums, videos and movies, she has worn an afro once, and that was for the movie Austin Powers: Goldmember, that came out 20 years ago. Well, she also did promo for that movie with an afro look dressed as her character. But still, that's such an obscure reference and I doubt it's what your friends are thinking. MOST Black folks are going to find it basic and comical at best, insulting at worse.
That said, if they got a honey-blonde afro, 70s costumes, and went FULL Foxy Cleopatra cosplay, that would be a serve.
Yeah and she had like 2 other hairstyles during that movie as well.Being a "big Beyonce fan" and immediately picturing an afro is...a reach.
In Beyonce's entire 24 year career, spanning albums, videos and movies, she has worn an afro once, and that was for the movie Austin Powers: Goldmember, that came out 20 years ago. Well, she also did promo for that movie with an afro look dressed as her character. But still, that's such an obscure reference and I doubt it's what your friends are thinking. MOST Black folks are going to find it basic and comical at best, insulting at worse.
That said, if they got a honey-blonde afro, 70s costumes, and went FULL Foxy Cleopatra cosplay, that would be a serve.
I agree with this.
The afro-style is not right, they can't do that it's wrong.
This! This is a case of "currently doing something that will come back to haunt me". Future employers will definitely have questions about this.
The people are wanting to wear afro wigs which isn't even accurate to Beyonce and it doesn't seem like honouring her if they're just picking stereotyped black things. It would be like white people cosplaying as Arabic singers by wearing shemagh/keffiyeh and doing the zaghrouta while dancing around in a thoub with a sword.
I understand that...if it would happen id laught them off a room or maybe teach them a thing or 2....i would certainly not call them racist based on that alone. But thats just me
I do not understand why Black hair continues to mystify people so much. This shit is so basic. lol
Like...would you wear a blonde pixie cut to dress up as Princess Leia? No. Because she never wore her hair like that.
It is THAT simple.
Seeing Beyonce and thinking "afro" is JUST AS OBTUSE! With an extra dollop of racist.
Like...would you wear a blonde pixie cut to dress up as Princess Leia? No. Because she never wore her hair like that.
It is THAT simple.
Seeing Beyonce and thinking "afro" is JUST AS OBTUSE! With an extra dollop of racist.
I don't know about you, but to me it would be a mockery. Especially if the Arab singers don't do any of that. Oh and throw in a little Allahu Akbar and make a blowing up sound.
If it was fairly straight hair that Beyoncé generally has, then whatever, that's fine.
But going out of their way to use a 70s afro? That's one small step away from blackface and they need to be called the fuck out.
But going out of their way to use a 70s afro? That's one small step away from blackface and they need to be called the fuck out.
Theres a big diff between screaming allah akbar and wearing an affro trying to immitate beyonce....one tries to immitate a terrorist, one tries to immitate a singer. Watever dude. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and not judge them based on 1 action (of course obviously that action is clearly racist, which in my eyes, this is not).
What makes you think you're in any position to tell us what we should and should t find offensive?
Maybe learn some fucking history before you open your mouth and spew out ignorant bullshit.
Can ya'll not do this? Presumably, nobody here aside from the OP actually knows these people. Also, nobody here - not even the other black era members that I'm aware of - are actually calling them explicit racists. It's frustrating to see things like this brought up only to guaranteed see people preemptively downplaying shit. These presumably grown ass women don't need coddling, let people call out nonsense without twisting your backs trying to find excuses.
This, there are so many better and fun things to do. Inform the people if they ever do some public work or political they'll be thankful.
I bet Justin Trudeau wished someone warned him back then.
Yeah I'm sure they didn't have any bad intent when choosing to do this, but if they're told how bad it looks beforehand their reaction to that is key.
If they go "actually you're right, let's not use an afro", then great!
If they go "lol we're using an afro anyway" then they can fuck off into the sun.
If they go "actually you're right, let's not use an afro", then great!
If they go "lol we're using an afro anyway" then they can fuck off into the sun.