WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH - 10TH
Happy Short Week, Students!!!!!!
Since we are just beginning our review of black stereotypes, this is an article full of historical references, and it will be simple for you to jump into the academic world of digital responses.
Here is the article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dear-khloe-cultural-appropriation-of-black-hairstyles_us_57b380cde4b014a587fba07c
Your job:
Respond to the article's audience/topic/purpose. What did it make you think of, feel, understand, find in a new perspective, etc.????? Was the argument effective - regardless of how YOU FEEL.......look at it as a student of rhetoric.
The expectation is for you to write 8 - 12 academically sound sentences that answer the previous questions.
Write well. Your response is due before September 10th at 11:59 pm.
=)
The audience of this article is towards African American people. The topic is about non-African Americans stealing credit from African Americans with the use of their hairstyles. The purpose is to make African Americans unite against this cause. It made me feel hurt by American culture that we are still that divided to make comments like this. However, I feel like this effectively would make people rally for this, because we still act like children saying, "this is mine and this is yours". Even though we are all Americans, we still feel the need to create some kind of tension: especially with everything going on the world right now. With the way she worded the article, it made me think of a school project. When grades are given, only one student gets credit, while the other doesn't. However, I do understand her point. It is disappointing that if someone wears a certain hairstyle, that they are ridiculed, but if a famous person wears it, suddenly it is the new trend.
ReplyDeleteChase
ReplyDeleteHonestly I think this was blown out of proportion. It's hard to take anything the kardashians do seriously so why start now with a hair style. Now being past that the audience is being directed towards African Americans and the topic being hairstyles that non African American people should doing. The purpose is to get African American people to get together and stop this. Sadly I don't think this article made much of an impact knowing how well the kardashians relationships are with African American people. But I could still see how this could trigger some people.
The audience that is being addressed is primarily African-Americans in America, but also people of other races that are willing to hear this women out on her opinion about this racial and cultural issue. The topic of the article is that there are people of other races that are not African-American but are making their heritage hair styles trendy and cute, which some are being offended by. The purpose is to call attention to this occurrence that some may deem as disrespectful or ignorant and possibly encourage people to take a stand against it. I think that the writer has a very valuable opinion that it is disappointing how a famous person, and in this case a white one, can wear an African-American hair style and make it trendy, yet if we saw it on an African-American in North Omaha we would deem it as “ghetto.” I understand why this author gets defensive of her culture and heritage and doesn’t like this stigma of how a white, rich, person is making an element of a minority’s culture that has always faced oppression cool and trendy. I think she is a bit dramatic though for saying that “These are black historical styles, and they haven’t earned the right to wear them.” Saying “they haven’t earned the right to wear them” seems a bit harsh to me and if you really think about what she is implying with that statement it sounds like she is saying that if you haven’t endured the history or if you haven’t experienced a particular culture, race, or stereotype, you don’t have the right to adopt any part of their culture. This sounds out of line to me because America for so long has been called “the melting pot” where cultures, styles, ethnicities, and lifestyles are shared and elements of each culture and ethnicity are passed, traded, and adopted then tweaked to fit into other cultures. If we all had this attitude of “If you haven’t survived what my ethnic ancestors have survived then you can’t experience pieces of my ethnicities’ culture” then our country would be diverse in a negative way and we would suck even more at appreciating and respecting others’ cultures and ways than we already do. So yes, the author has a point that you shouldn’t judge an African-American for wearing their heritage hairstyle if you’re fine with Khloe Kardashian wearing it, but I mean we live in a country where we have the right to do whatever we want with our hair so in the end it shouldn’t be exploded into a big feud. When considering if the argument was effective through the tactic of using rhetoric, I would say yes it was effective. The author respectfully created a persuasive argument that expressed her opinion, but I would say that she did come close to attacking the population of those who adapt African-American trends that haven’t endured being African-American.
ReplyDeleteThis article was written by a black woman, who had realized why copying black hair styles because they are trendy is wrong. She wrote it and posted it on the internet, making her audience anyone with any ethnic background, but it is mostly to stress to white people who think it is okay, and black people who don't see it as a problem. Although I knew already how it was disrespectful, I did not see the entire argument until hearing it from a black woman who saw the problem. I, like many others simply believed that if the black friends or acquaintances we spoke to didn't mind, it wasn't a big problem. I find the argument effective, because it brought more information to light, making me personally, more educated although I already agreed with her, and I feel that someone who did not understand how this trend was hurtful, understand, and even speak up alongside her.
ReplyDeleteNow I can understand how hurtful this can be, taking someone's heritage simply because it is found attractive, or trendy. In no way did anyone other than people of African descendent earn the right to those hairstyles that survived through thousands of years of abuse and hardship. But even worse than those who take the look for themselves because it is trendy, are the people who make it trendy. They make these disrespectful decisions and encourage others to follow in their footsteps. This author uses an angry, but conversational tone, to motivate her audience to keep reading, understand, agree with her, and back the side of respect for different cultures.
Sam
ReplyDeleteThis article was written with the intention that African Americans would be the audience. With the author also being African American, it seems that the purpose is to bring their culture to attention, and the way it is being. I personally don't see such a big deal in the topic, to me it seems a little bit wild. However, I know that culture is very important in all aspects. The author is able to get her point in a effective way, being very clear with her stance. whether you agree or disagree with the article, it is important to at least understand it. As far as the hair styles, I never noticed them to be disrespectful, only a new trend/style. But after understanding the viewpoint the author takes, I understand where there could be a misconception.
I think that the audience that the author was aiming at was African-American woman who have had experience doing, wearing, or seeing commonly worn black hairstyles. I believe the article was written to draw attention to the fact that hairstyles created and consistently worn by African American woman are being considered trendy and are being stolen by white women who do not know enough information to wear the hairstyles appropriately. The author specifically targets famous white women who almost advertise the hairstyles that they that they have no rights to because they were not born into the history behind them. "The problem with... White people culturally appropriating black hairstyles is simple: These are black historical hairstyles, and they haven't earned the right to wear them." The author is persistent about the idea that white women who are wearing these hairstyles are in the wrong because they did not have to go through the things that black women did and the hairstyles that they wore at the time and now should not be mimicked by cultures who do not even know about all the struggles those hairstyles survived through. As a girl born into white and Hispanic cultures in this generation I have never really thought about these new hairstyles as culturally insensitive to which the cultures they belong to. This article gave me a new perspective because even though I have never worn these hairstyles I still see them in my everyday life and never thought of them in this manner. I think this article even though it is not backed by any other reliable statics or sources is successful. I think it is an effective article because it draws attention to this issue, when most people don't even know that these hairstyles are in issue to the cultures which they belong.
ReplyDelete- Natalee Diaz
Evan Arnold
ReplyDeleteI think that her audience was to the Kardashians and white people. Her main focus was on traditional African hair styles. She doesn't like the fact that whites are starting to use these her styles. She think that this is bad thing, but the U.S. is full of different and unique cultures and we should start to accept them. Culture doesn't have much to do with race, it's just how different society's are different depending on where they are from. She does give a good point that people need to understand where these hair styles come from, I've never thought much about how my generations hair styles came to be. She does give a good argument about how the Kardashians belive they know a lot about African American culture, but they don't.
I think that the audience was intended for not only Africain-American women who can identify with and understand historically the hair styles but also white women who are trying these hairstyles without knowing the history behind what they're doing. I think the argument was effective in a some ways. The author used emotion to appeal to the reader when talking about her daughter and what future generations will be doing with their daughters. It was also effective because she mentioned how these hairstyles aren't going to disappear but it's important that those who are partaking, do understand what they are doing. On the other hand, I felt a little like the author was implying that those who want to try hairstyles such as those mentioned in the article, should only be of the race from which it came from and should know the history of it well. While not disagreeing with knowing more knowledge about the hairstyles, I think it's unfair to assume that those who are Africain American and use these styles do understand the history behind them. For me, it did put into perspective that while being white, we also have traditions and things that we would also like to keep to ourselves unless educated enough about it. This article did kind of make me upset that we still are separated in small ways such as this. It does open my eyes though to the fact that there is still tensions to this day dealing with race. What I do agree about is that the Kardashians do need to understand some of the culture especially if they want to be so involved with it.
ReplyDeleteMakinsey Pladsen:
ReplyDeleteThe audience was mostly focused towards African-Americans but also, in a way, towards white women. This article was focused on how white women are "stealing" the African-Americans hairstyles. The point they are trying to get across in this article is that African-American hairstyles should not be worn on white women because they're not "educated enough" about the hairstyles. "The problem with the Kardashians and other white people culturally appropriating black hair styles is simple: These are black historical styles, and they haven’t earned the right to wear them". The author is saying that white women shouldn't get the opportunity to have the African American hairstyles because they have never had to go through what they had to. This almost makes me feel despondent to a point, that its sad that our country is like this and we shame people for doing something that their not educated enough about, but people really need to learn the history behind it all. I understand that we all have traditions, but you also need to know the background of things if you want to be involved in any of it. This article was very effective in a way of explaining that if you're a white women and want to wear African-American hairstyles, you need to know all history behind it.
Peyton Schendt
ReplyDeleteThe intended audience for this article would be focused towards African Americans. The purpose of the article was to stress that white people or people of other races with "no knowledge of the black culture" do not have the right to wear hairstyles from the black culture. I however disagree with her and think that this article is over dramatic. I don't think each culture "owns" a certain hairstyle that others cannot wear. We should be able to dress or do our hair however we want to without getting an opinionated article written about us. I don't think that most women who wear their hair in cornrows, or dreads, or Bantu knots do it so that they can look black or try to act black. Instead they do it for themselves because they think it looks good. I got cornrows while I was in Mexico this Summer not because I was wanting to look Mexican, but because they look really cool. This article made it clear that in order to wear your hair a certain way, you need to know full background knowledge of where the hairstyle came from and ask permission from that culture.
Sydney
ReplyDeleteThe audience of this article is meant for African American readers. The purpose is to invoke rage against the dominant culture. I can't see how this argument will hold up, considering the author has very few actual statistics and little evidence to her point. Her point, on its own, is very weak compared to the huge problem she is trying to tackle which is basically white vs. black. All I feel this article does is segregate. Leaving readers with a bitterness towards white people. Although I don't agree with the author, I would say her point was made and I have seen this argument on pop culture headlines before. In fact, there was a Cosmopolitan snapchat story that made me feel like a terrible white person for ever wearing braids.
Alexa Johnson
ReplyDeleteThe article made me feel sort of bad. I understand the point that was being made, but it also hurts me to think that each culture has a hairstyle that is meant for them and people of other cultures can't do the same thing with their hair. I think that if you like a certain hairstyle it's not a big deal to try it out, even if it came from a different culture. I also think that, like with certain words, you as the person using it should understand where it comes from. The argument was effective in my opinion, but I do not agree. Personally, I feel like this whole thing is blowing out of proportion because you shouldn't have to "ask permission" to do something with your hair, just understand the history and where it came from. Skin color does not matter. As the article was intended for African Americans, any white person reading may feel awful or attacked because it is "wrong" to wear a hairstyle that does not "belong" to your culture.
Jacob Daugherty
ReplyDeleteThe author of this article has a bias and it is very clear his purpose of the article is to bash on non African Americans copying "black" hairstyles. The author uses the terms "wrong" and " doesn't belong" several times and suggest to us that anyone other than black people cannot wear original black hairstyles. The argument was understandable and I can see where the author is coming from but by no means did it influence me , therefore I found it very uneffective. It almost made me laugh at times with the reasons the author used to support his arguments, saying that the hairstyle is for only black folks and copying it is insulting to the race. Personally I also found it odd that the author tried to tie hairstyle all the way back into slavery, which is trying to bring out " white guilt" and make the whites people copying the hairstyles feel ashamed.
Jackson Curtis
ReplyDeleteUp until this point, I had never heard of this or seen this as an ongoing trend. I have however seen white people taking up black culture and trying to use it as their own, so i understand where this article is coming from. For me, the article raised questions. One of which being; "is the standard of beauty changing?" Is it saying something that rather then black people making attempts to assimilate into our culture, we are trying to assimilate into theirs? Is this trend (if it be one even today) harmful or helpful to the back community? White people certainly don't deserve to appropriate and profit off of black culture due to a racially charged history (such as white people profiting off of black music for most of the 20th century). But could it be said, that white people in doing this are also learning more about black culture and accepting more of it then they have in the past 200 years? And if so, is it appropriate for the kardashians to do something like this, to show a community of white people what is "cool", and not provide money to poor black communities?
The article was intended toward African Americans. The purpose of the article was to target white people or people of other races saying they are not allowed to rock "black hairstyles" without any knowledge of the black culture. I would have to disagree with article I think anyone should have the right to rock any hairstyle of any culture with out getting targeted at for stealing a hairstyle. Many people wear cornrows etc. not because we are trying to be black or even act black but because we feel confident wearing it. I don't think a certain culture "owns" a hairstyle. We should all be allowed to dress or do our hair the way we want to without being shamed for it. think the publisher needs more acual facts rather than her own opinion. The article as well was very bias and offensive to white people and people of other races.
ReplyDeleteCade Friggin Witt
ReplyDeleteI think this was directed towards the African American race because they would maybe agree with the author of the article and see this as a form of racism. I think that this probably isn't something that needs to be made into a big ordeal especially with all of the racism problems going on now. The author is only fueling up the fire of everyone's hate and rage towards each other because of racism with this article. No one needs to be a certain race, or type of person to wear their hair a type of style or dress a certain way. People have the freedom to look however they want because we live in America. Yet people like the author of this article try to find the smallest problems and blow them up out of proportion. Being born in America basically means you're set to live however you want.
I'll go ahead and take my 100% now
DeleteI believe the audience that the author is targeting is both black and white people. I think they try to target black people by talking about their culture and saying how wrong white people are for using these hair styles. The author is targeting white people by informing them that she thinks they "don't deserve to wear these hairstyles" because they didn't have to go through what black people had to go through. The purpose is to get white people to stop doing these hairstyles because they don't know about the black culture and they use the Kardashians as an example of saying how they only wear this hairstyle because its "trendy" and they get compliments about it. When black people wear them, they get called ghetto. If you see a white person-or any other race have dreads, they would be called the same thing though. I can see the authors point and I think it can be effective to a point, but it didn't effect me much. That would be like making a huge argument if someone decided to have a payot hairstyle (jewish hairstyle). Although i'm not black so I cant really say this is a big deal for me, but writing an article over it saying that other races "don't deserve" to wear their hair a certain way is a little silly.
ReplyDeleteLarry Mercier
ReplyDeleteI find the argument that this author is trying to make very odd and I see her writing as quite scattered. I see it scattered in the ways that she is trying to tie the hairstyles back to slavery and whatnot. I would say that after reading this article I feel very irritated that someone would accuse the entire white race of "stealing the black culture" and "not understanding the meaning behind their hairstyles". It's very obvious that this women is very biased through her writing and it seems that she is lashing out because she is offended. All feelings aside, as a student of rhetoric I do not see this as a valid or a good argument because I believe that the point of her article is to convince her readers of the same beliefs. I do understand what the author is saying so you could say she was successful in that sense but I am not convinced by any means to swing my beliefs in her favor. Also, I have never seen an article about this or heard anything about this being offending to the black culture/race until reading this, so it does not appear to be a big deal to anyone else and it doesn't seem that she has anyone to back up her stance. Based on these factors I do not see that she was successful in this argument in the article. Lastly, if all races and cultures are "equal" and we live in a free country then anyone should be able to do whatever they want (within reason) and that should in life hairstyles, correct? I mean that is what the minority cultures in this country are striving for right, equality among everyone?
Emily Haus
ReplyDeleteThe article is directed not only to the Kardashians, but also (but mainly white) privileged women (and men). The topic was on cultural appropriation of black hairstyles, focusing mainly on Khloe and the other Kardashians. Thinking about it for a while, I understand her position, but what does it matter about hairstyle? This article mainly talks about how white women have taken black cultures hairstyles and other items, but aren’t educated on the culture itself. The purpose of this article was to tell the Kardashians and other privileged cultures, that you should not take anything from a minority culture. Now I would understand where a problem lies if it were anything other than a hairstyle. Of course you should know where your influences come from, but now in this lifetime, everyone steals from everyone's cultures. So why does it matter what we decide to wear for ourselves, we are free to do as we please with our bodies, it’s our life. Even Though this article exists, will anyone really change just because an author is upset? The argument wasn’t very affective, she went from 0 to 100 really quick, and blew it out of proportion.
"These are black historical styles, and they haven’t earned the right to wear them." This article was intended to strike up controversy between blacks and white. The quote above implies that to wear your hair in a certain way you have to be born a certain color. In my opinion that is just as racist as someone saying to a black person they can't come into the store because of there color. It doesn't make any sense to me because this lady in a way is being racist because she is segregating white people from having a certain hairstyle just because they are white. Who is she to decide what type of hairstyle certain individuals can wear. People are not assuming that just by wearing their hair a certain way they are making a whole race mad, they are just expressing themselves in a different way. And as it says in the article, most of the time it is because they have seen someone who could pull off that look and wanted to see it for themselves. People like his person in my opinion need to stop talking about these little things because it is getting blown way out of proportion and keeps whites and blacks separated.
ReplyDeleteTravis Koesters
ReplyDeleteThis Article is directed towards the white privileged women but also men. African American race can see this as a form of racism and think it is trageting them. It doesn't matter what race you are yoy should be able to wear your hair the way you want too. People should have the right to look however they want and when they want. Many people in this world look at the small things and judge people off of those and blow things way out of proportion. Being born and living in American gives you the right to do and look how ever you want and you
Should not be judged and based off that. I feel that this article was bias towards whites and any other race out there.
Finest Hampton
ReplyDeleteI honestly think it's dumb like I understand where she's coming from but it's just a hair style like yes the hair style originated from black culture but there's no specific meaning behind a hair style. The audience she's trying to reach are African American woman and the topic is how white people shouldn't be able to wear certain hairstyles because they didn't go through the opression black people did. She's dumb I don't think she got her opinion across at all because the Kardashian's have relationships with black males a lot too so they probably got it from them tbh
Rylee Mowen
ReplyDeleteThe primary audience that is being addressed in this article is Africa American Women, as well as white women. The topic of discussion was that other races, mainly white women are wearing the same hairstyles as African Americans and how "white people haven't earned the right to wear them" and it is disrespectful. I don't believe that there was a reasonable purpose for this article other than to separate the lives between blacks and whites even more than they already are. I feel that she is looking to far into this topic and is making it seem like white women are being racist and imitating them by wearing their hair the same as the African American women, when in reality it is just a hairstyle that everybody with hair on their head can achieve. African American women sometimes wear their hair straight or curled and white women don't say "thats a white women's hairstyle" because the fact of the matter is every single person is different with different hair types, different skin, and different bodies and there is no need to be separating ourselves based on those things. For example this article separating blacks and whites, and then there is rich and poor, skinny and fat, pretty and ugly, etc. There are so many pointless segregations that are blown out of proportion and thats what is keeping everyone from being united rather than divided. I don't think that this article was effective in any way unless the author intended to create another conflict between blacks and whites then i would say she succeeded.
Grant McGrail
ReplyDeleteI believe that the author's purpose is to raise awareness to white culture taking parts of black
culture. The intended audience is the average everyday person. This article in my opinion is wrong and the author is advocating inadvertently for segregation. She may not know it but by writing the article she is asking for white people to stop wearing their hair like black culture. In today's society we have all of these pushes for equal rights, yet the author is asking for this separation of hairstyles. Maybe the author is racist, maybe she is not. Either way she is advocating for the separation of blacks and whites.
The main audience attracted, in my opinion, are white women. The article talks about how important hairstyles are to African American woman because it's the only physical survivor after hundreds of years of racism and prejudice against blacks. White women never experienced or felt the hardships that black women went through, therefore they don't deserve the right to copy they're hair styles. The topic was to explain the importance of African American hair and why it is so important to them. And it's purpose aims to provide a clear understanding of the racism and hardship that has been brought upon African American women throughout generations and how their hair is the most important surviving evidence that links all black women together as a culture.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the authors purpose was to show how famous white people have been stealing the african hair styles and posting them so middle class and poor white people can do exactly what a kardashian can do I strongly disagree with what the author was arguing about because i feel like if someone changes there hair style and likes it they will most likely want to show of yes but doing it just so people can copy them idk about all that. The author all so tried to tie in how they like african American men which honestly has nothing to do with what they do what their hair.It was a bit strange when the author said that the kardashians didnt know anything about black culture or heritage which makes no sense at all because how would you know they dont know anything about black people unless the author personally questioned them which he didnt because all the quotes in the article all came from her none of them from anyone else
ReplyDeleteThe audience that this article is addressed to is the African American culture. The authors purpose of this article is to show that the white community has no privilege or right to wear African American hairstyles, because due to the fact that they know nothing or even care to know about the black culture. I think the author blew this situation out of proportion. To me I look at it as just a hairstyle that looks cute, but that's just my perspective on it. I can also understand why the author gets mad, and it could be that she herself is an African American who is very involved with her culture. She also states that the Kardashians know nothing about the black culture, but how is she supposed to know that ?. I disagree with the hairstyle think and believe that anyone should be able to wear their hair however they want too.
ReplyDeleteThe audience that this author was trying to reach was African American woman. Its purpose was to show in a way, that whites are not allowed to wear black peoples hair styles. The reasoning for that, I find dumb. Just because the white people don't "know" about the history of it doesn't mean they can't wear it. People can do as they please. I feel that if someone wants to change their hair to look cute or just to change it up, they don't need to know every little detail about its past. She kinda makes me feel like she wants blacks and white to be separated. In my opinion, she is racist. I disagree with her saying that white people cant "take" the hair styles of black people. Thats just stupid. But I guess everyone feels differently about certain things in life and this is just one of those things.
ReplyDeleteMaddy Gaspard
The audience is intended for African Americans. The main topic of the article is to explain why hair has been more influential then most realize. The article states that whites can't wear black hairstyles because they "haven't earned the right." I both agree and disagree at the same time. Anyone can and is able to do any hair style they want. However, like in Khloe's case, those who adopt certain styles may face negative responses. The purpose of the article was to bring this situation to peoples attention and make readers think of how much hairstyles can represent a culture, and some are trying to claim it. I understand more of how this can hurt certain people, but this hasn't been any big news. I think that the author, or maybe the authors intention, is to promote segregation, in a fashion way. But the simple takeaway I had is that people have the right to fit in where they want to fit in.
ReplyDeleteRiley Butterfield
I believe this article was written for African Americans and the public as a whole. Part of it is projected towards African Americans, because the author is trying to get more people to stand up for their culture. She also says it is one of the last things that binds African Americans together. The article is also aimed at the public because the author is saying that tradition of Africans shouldn't be claimed by others as a fashion. She wants to protect the hairstyles of African culture because "These are black historical styles, and they haven’t earned the right to wear them." The topic of the article is that culture can't be swapped back and forth because "it's in fashion." I feel that there will always be people that try to push the limit of fashion and are looking for new things to adopt. We do live in a free country, so people will do as they're pleased until there are major consequences for doing such things. Fashion just isn't one of those fields. The purpose of this article was to make the audience more aware of what is happening in the world of fashion and how we need to watch what we do next and how others will or will not accept it. In this case, Khloe is receiving a lot of hate because her family has relation with African Americans, but cannot adopt their customs or traditions because they have relations. I feel like this whole act is blown out of proportion, because it's a hairstyle. That's it, a hairstyle. I also don't feel the author's argument was valid, because this has happened for a long time, with very little opposition in the past. Cultures share ideas and spread them to others. Instead of separating culture, these things should be shared to create a bond. The author was also a little childish in her reasoning: "this is mine and I don't want to share with you." In the end, I feel this whole situation was blown up to something that should be praised and not looked down upon.
ReplyDeletethe article is attended to inform white Americans on why it bothered her seeing people not of the african heritage wearing there still of hair. at first i thought i thought she came off really strong and aggressive. but just because a kardashain wears her hair like that and a raiders jersey means shes trying to act black. shes from californa, raiders are in californa. but when she stated they havent earned the right to wear them, changed my perspective on her argument it makes sense since she stated back to the black ancestry and how important there hair is to them. also when she says when white people do it its trendy but when black people do its ghetto, is true though. people make that assumption when that happpens. I believe her argument was effective by the her tone and the way she presented her argument points.
ReplyDeleteThe article appeared to be targeting the general population, but more so trying to bring the attention to the eyes of the African American community. It seemed that she was trying more so to persuade the African American population to side with her than to "educate" the Caucasian population. Her topic was that she notice Khloe Kardashian rocking a hair syle common to African Americans, and this apparently triggered the writer. She was upset that those who are not African American wearing there style of hair, or more so that they wear it and are less aware of the heritage. I do not believe her arguemnet was effective, i say this because though its logical it just lacks real evidence and substantial support. So what? Its just hair, and i dont believe those wearing it in these fashions mean any malcontent, so why is it an issue?
ReplyDeleteThe thought of appropriating hair styles or a specific culture above others is ludicris. America is known for being a figurative 'melting pot' due to the large mix of ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, this leads one to believe (based on the history of America's immigrants) that we are not many seperate people but one. Considering this, Americans share similar backgrounds, leading us toward a more and more connected lifestyle. This being said, a single race can not "own" a specific lifestyle. This is due to the constitution or even free will. Just because an individuals background brought forth a new style or trend does not mean they own the rights to it, regardless if it is valuable to their history or not.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that just because a Kardashian does something doesn't that the public needs the freak out. She obviously doesn't know about the history of African Americans or simply what that even means. It is part of their history to wear it like that and she just does whatever she wants to. It's so wild that a simple thing such as a hair style can cause so much corruption and anger in today's society. Just because one famous person does it doesn't mean it will start a huge trend in society.
ReplyDeleteThis article is very disrespectful. It made me feel as though this was blown out of proportion. It made me feel as though just because a celebrity does something, everyone has a tendency to throw it out of proportion. It shows that an argument, even one as small as the way hair is done, can be extremely "offensive" to others, even though the one doing the actions has no intent of offending anyone. I don't believe that the Kardashians have any intent to offend someone with their hairstyles, yet the whole issue has blown up. This article to me shows the medias ability to blow things out of proportion.
ReplyDelete-Brian Greco
The purpose of this article was to inform rather than to scold. I believe the authors’ intent was to reach an audience wide enough that people of all races would read and be informed. I’ve heard both sides of this argument many time sand overall Id have to say I agree with her on her main points and reasons supporting them. Being in the privileged race you have to be able to recognize your privilege and acknowledge that you can do things without consequences that other races cannot at least without being mocked or looked down upon. While I recognize that being this passionate about someone else’s hair may seem silly we have to be able to see the persons point of view and sympathize with them. Bringing attention to cultural appropriation and other topics like this will help create an open discussion like this one to inform a wide variety of people and also one that is much needed.
ReplyDeleteI think this article is ridiculous. I understand that the hairstyle was originated as a "black womans hairstyle" but that's like a white woman saying a black woman cant wear her hair straight? This article is targeting mostly African Americans, as well as white women. I do believe the writer had good intentions, ans was not trying to target anyone, as much as inform them. I also believe she is a very strong follower of heritage, but I do still believe his article can be falsely perceived as targeting white women. I also believe that if it wasn't Khloe Kardashian, it wouldn't have been written in the first place, but because she is famous, and known to many thousands of hundreds of people, she was the perfect target.I also do not believe Khloe meant any harm by doing it, just a simple thoughtless picture like all the rest of them. I do understand though as a black woman, this can be perceived as mockery or disrespectful.
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John Byrne
ReplyDeletejust becasue a Kardashion does something, doesn't mean the punblic needs to make a big deal about it. She aboviously does not know about the history of African Americans. It's part of their history to wear their hair like that and she does whatever shen wants. It's crazy that a simple thing like a hair style can cause such a big issue in todays society, it's stupid and childish.
Ryan Byrne
ReplyDeleteI find this perso to be very ignorant honestly, hair is just hair and theirs not much else to say. If a white lady can't wear a black ladies hair style because they dont "own it" is completely stupid If I say that one person can't wear a certain hat because my culture founded it first is a pretty pointless aregurment, shit you might as well say that all the imigrants should move back to their home land because they did't own when they landed in America for the first time. The thing is though we don't have a say in that because the was years ago, same goes with this article, we have no say in it because we were never really part of that age, that time.
Ryan Byrne
ReplyDeleteI find this perso to be very ignorant honestly, hair is just hair and theirs not much else to say. If a white lady can't wear a black ladies hair style because they dont "own it" is completely stupid If I say that one person can't wear a certain hat because my culture founded it first is a pretty pointless aregurment, shit you might as well say that all the imigrants should move back to their home land because they did't own when they landed in America for the first time. The thing is though we don't have a say in that because the was years ago, same goes with this article, we have no say in it because we were never really part of that age, that time.
Winnie Mondi
ReplyDeleteI honestly feel like they dragged out the whole situation. Americans and African Americans shouldn't fight about a hairstyle because it really shouldn't matter, a hairstyle is a hairstyle you shouldn't be judged on it, its a hairstyle meant for anybody and any race and it shouldn't depend on your skin color. Its pretty ridiculous because we are all supposed to be one and should't fight over the dumbest things and especially a hairstyle. I just find it very sad how once a famous person wears something especially the Kardashian's its the new trend and if a regular person would wear it , it wouldn't be such a big deal just because they aren't as rich and pretty as the famous person. Long story short nobody should be judged on there hairstyle even if its not for there skin color, we should all be one and lifting each other up instead of bringing each other down.