Black women are objects of fetishism and brutality –this appears to be the mentality surrounding black femininity and beauty in a society built upon Eurocentric beauty standards. White women are paragons of virtue and desire. “Black features are beautiful,” she said in the open letter. No one was called Queen Latifah fashionable or gorgeous when she rocked the same braids Kimmy K’s been rocking, as Cleo in Set it Off.Īctress and activist Amandala Sternberg addressed this her July 2015 criticism of Kylie Jenner’s exaggerated features. But what hurts the most is that a lot of the things being stolen and misrepresented were traits Black women were chastised by in the past. It is impossible not to think of Kim Kardashian: she was the one that. But this has got to be the 1000th time a major publication has appropriated something that is historically Black and given it relevancy to White people by labeling it as a new phenomenon.Ĭhristopher Columbus-ing Black culture is wrong for so many reasons– as we’ve noted multiple times. Among the coolest trends of the moment we definitely find boxer braids: thick. If it was the second, it may be understandable. Or, as they call them, 'boxer braids.' MTV UK is on the ropes with Black Twitter after posting a tone deaf message to social media informing everyone that 'A-listers' like Kim Kardashian are. If this was the first time this has happened, it’d be excusable. Then –because this is a service piece– they give step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the style also made “famous” by Katy Perry, Kylie Jenner, Hailey Baldwin and Perrie Edwards. “Whether you’re off down the gym or need a casual but polished day to night style, meet your new favourite hair do: boxer braids,” they say. Referencing the cornrows Kim Kardashian West has been wearing for weeks now, they break down what they call “boxer braids”. Like Cleopatra (note: also a Black woman) wore twist outs.īut here comes MTV UK, being ignorant and uninformed as ever in a post that has people upset. So it’s clearly understandable why Black women would be livid every time Susie-Come-Lately is embracing a hairstyle that women of color have been rocking for CENTURIES.
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