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Black hairstyles appropriation. Bantu knots Fulani braids and cornrows are just some of the African hairstyles that have been around for centuries. This is not cultural appropriation it is cultural assimilation. Some argue that when white women braid or wear their hair in cornrows this is cultural appropriation while black women are asked to show race allegiance by keeping our hair natural.

Here again is another instance of the mainstream hijacking a Black hairstyle and attempting to re-brand it as their own. And for as long as these hairstyles shall live its only right that they stay on the heads of Black people. In fact a white Latina or white identifying Latina who chooses to wear a black hairstyle can be considered an example of cultural appropriation.

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February 1 2021 Alysia Stevenson 0. Tignon Laws were targeted at free women of color and made it compulsory for Black women to cover their hair in public because their intricate hairstyles were seen to threaten the social status of. Hairstyles such as cornrows and dreadlocks hold cultural significance and sentimental value for people of African descent Black hairstyles.

But thanks to fashion magazines Marc Jacobs fashion shows and the Kardashians these hairstyles that hold a cultural significance to black people have become quite popular with people outside of the black community over the years. Two months before the cornrows controversy Jenner covered Teen Vogue while wearing dreadlocks. Time and time again fashion designers have appropriated black hairstyles often putting them on white models without understanding the culture and history that is associated with them.

Cultural appropriation of African hairstyles by non-black people has become somewhat normalized in society. In fact it also happens right here in Waukee. Nowadays in the realm of employment black women tend to straighten or relax their curls as opposed to styling them as they are deemed unprofessional by many employers.