No it's not just hair!

[BrokenQuill92]

^white women

I kinda get it, you have black women who have consistently been told "your hair is ugly" and they have to straighten it to be seen as professional and approachable. From that point of view, I understand why it's frustrating having white people being seen as "quirky and cool" when they do a black hairstyle, when it's "ew gross" on a black person.

Having said that, I'm really not a fan of taking peoples' bodily autonomy away from them, and I think this is a situation that needs awareness rather than censorship. I don't think you can and should be able to stop these people from "usurping hairstyles", but I think if they're going to do it they should at least be aware of the context of the style they're doing.

Just my thoughts on it

Like I said, I am not interested in stopping white women from doing as they please with their own bodies. That would be hypocritical. I'm just saying it seems like people never stop to think about what they say or do before they see something that's a part of a marginalized group and make off with it like a magpie. And if you try to explain to that person why you take issue with it, they throw a tantrum because *gasp* they aren't welcome to water down pieces of other people for "mainstreaming".