Under what circumstances is it ok for a white person to wear an afro wig? Asking for a friend.
Only if its for Foxy Cleopatra because she is a whole lot of woman!
I can't recall a single video with Bey with an Afro or ever having one. Would be best to reconsider.
The video for her single Work it Out (still a bop, too).
But again, this was more Austin Powers promo. All instances of Beyonce in a fro is tied to this one movie from 20 years ago that nobody talks about anymore or remembers. lol
Surprised no one is calling out the store that sold them the wig in the first place. They really should be more diligent about not selling costume supplies to people who are the wrong etnicity.Boycott? Is your friend going to picket outside with a catchy chant?
Surprised no one is calling out the store that sold them the wig in the first place. They really should be more diligent about not selling costume supplies to people who are the wrong etnicity.
You don't think businesses should be responsible for the products they sell if they're culturally insensitive?
Surprised no one is calling out the store that sold them the wig in the first place. They really should be more diligent about not selling costume supplies to people who are the wrong etnicity.
Why would someone like that need an afro wig?...are white people who have hair textures course enough to naturally form "afros" themselves culturally insensitive?
I don't think this is the drag you think it is.
Oh this gonna be goodSurprised no one is calling out the store that sold them the wig in the first place. They really should be more diligent about not selling costume supplies to people who are the wrong etnicity.
Are you for real or is this satire? Who, pray tell, is going to be in charge of analyzing a customer's ethnicity to properly judge whether they're, I don't know, black enough (or whatever the metric is) to be able to buy a specific wig from them? Can't you see how quickly that'd build into a massive mess?Surprised no one is calling out the store that sold them the wig in the first place. They really should be more diligent about not selling costume supplies to people who are the wrong etnicity.
I feel like the line you're drawing doesn't exist. A white person in an afro can only really be doing it for the purpose of cultural appropriation. Like under what circumstances is it ok for a person to paint their face black?It's to point out that, although afros are synonymous with Black people (as one of the more common hair textures among Black/African people naturally forms afros), Black people are not the only ones who can have them. There are non-Black people with hair textures that can form afros. Believe it or not, there are also Black people with hair textures too loose to naturally form afros. So why would it matter that a costume shop sells afros to non-Black people?
The problem isn't "white people wearing afros." The problem is "white people wearing afros to represent a Black woman who never wears afros."
Like, I really want to stress how unintelligent this is. It is a racial association so basic I would honestly expect it from a 6-year-old.
I'm not saying that I'm saying why sell afro wigs in the first place if they're insensitive?Are you for real or is this satire? Who, pray tell, is going to be in charge of analyzing a customer's ethnicity to properly judge whether they're, I don't know, black enough (or whatever the metric is) to be able to buy a specific wig from them? Can't you see how quickly that'd build into a massive mess?
I feel like the line you're drawing doesn't exist. A white person in an afro can only really be doing it for the purpose of cultural appropriation. Like under what circumstances is it ok for a person to paint their face black?
A white person in an Afro is so not even in the same solar system as a a white person in black face. What. The. Fuck. I'm not even sure you're arguing in good faith anymore.I feel like the line you're drawing doesn't exist. A white person in an afro can only really be doing it for the purpose of cultural appropriation. Like under what circumstances is it ok for a person to paint their face black?
I'm not saying that I'm saying why sell afro wigs in the first place if they're insensitive?
I'm in agreement that white people shouldn't wear afro wigs, it just seemed like a natural comparison to make....So, you're segueing to blackface and skin tones. In an argument. With a Black person.
At what point do you think you should just...I dunno...listen?
Maybe I should have said the manufacturer instead? If people are using their products inappropriately don't they have some kind of responsibility to try to mitigate that?Edit: Maybe JAQ is not the right term here, but it's dead obvious the poster is upset that white people can't freely use black culture as a costume, so feigning outrage at the costume shop apparently sounded smart to them.
I'm in agreement that white people shouldn't wear afro wigs, it just seemed like a natural comparison to make.
afro wigs are guns now? a bit smokey in here i can't quite make out what you're doing.I'm in agreement that white people shouldn't wear afro wigs, it just seemed like a natural comparison to make.
Maybe I should have said the manufacturer instead? If people are using their products inappropriately don't they have some kind of responsibility to try to mitigate that?
I'm not the biggest beyonce fan but when has she ever had her hair in an afro i can only think of that austin powers movie?
As an aside, did you know Bob Ross did not have naturally curly hair like that? He happened to get a perm for the pilot and the producers made him keep it up, much to his chagrin. He hated it.
A) Talk to people involved in private
B) Make decision based on the response and having full context that we on Era can't have
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.
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I'm sorry but exactly for this reason I won't make assumptions about people. Beyoncé is adored by millions of people worldwide regardless of color.
And those millions of people who truly adore her know she doesn't wear a fucking afro.
We both seem to have different life experiences. Then again, im Canadian.
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I'm sorry but exactly for this reason I won't make assumptions about people. Beyoncé is adored by millions of people worldwide regardless of color.
We both seem to have different life experiences. Then again, im Canadian.
but they're so easy to relate to. i can look at them and just think "what it that was me, i would want someone to give me as many chances and benefit of doubt as possible."Possibly. Or maybe people need to stop giving passes/the benefit of the doubt to white people?
Their only experience with Beyoncé came from watching Austin Powers from the sounds of it
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I'm sorry but exactly for this reason I won't make assumptions about people. Beyoncé is adored by millions of people worldwide regardless of color.
or maybe and hear me out here, people judge people for who they are...not...you know...the color of their skinShe is. Did I say otherwise?
Possibly. Or maybe people need to stop giving passes and the benefit of the doubt to white people?
Wearing an afro isn't trying to imitate Beyonce, it's imitating a stereotype of black people. She doesn't wear afros usually so it's not an imitation of her. You're giving these people way too much benefit of the doubt.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).
or maybe and hear me out here, people judge people for who they are...not...you know...the color of their skin