Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Hairstyle free:
Since Justin Bieber posted pictures with dread hairstyle on social media, he has been accused of cultural appropriation over his black people indigenous hairstyle. The question is if people claim equality among raises, why white people can’t wear locs ?
Justin Bieber was criticized by “natural hairstyle organization that” he is being dilettante and dipping toes around culture’’, and black netizens were outraged seeing white people wearing a historically significant hairstyle without knowing / ignoring the struggles behind.
I disagree with these comments because of following reasons.
First, hairstyle just a style, people are free to wear whatever they like. If we think of western people putting on fox-eye style making up, should Asian jump out and criticize westerns don’t know the beauty history of our Asian make-up while appropriating it? Everything has its own history, if we are being too sensitive thinking of people using each other’s stylish symbol as discrimination or racism, there will not be any type of culture exchange then.
Second, there are always two sides of everything. When people accuse celebrity wearing dreadlocks without knowing the history angrily, should be smarter leverage it as a chance to let white culture know more about black history and emphasize the importance of black history.

Hairstyle free:
Since Justin Bieber posted pictures with dreads / with a dreadlock hairstyle on social media, he has been accused of cultural appropriation over his indigenous black people hairstyle. The question is if people claim equality among races, why can’t white people wear locs?
Justin Bieber was criticized by “natural hairstyle organization” that he is being dilettante and dipping toes in culture’’, and black netizens were outraged seeing white people wearing a historically significant hairstyle without knowing / ignoring the struggles behind it.
I disagree with these comments because of following reasons.
First, hairstyle is just a style, and people are free to wear whatever they like. If we think of western people putting on fox-eye style make up, should Asians / asian people jump up and criticize westerns for not knowing the beauty history of our Asian make-up while appropriating it? Everything has its own history, and if we are being too sensitive thinking of people using each other’s stylish symbol as discrimination or racism, the result will be a lack of any type of cultural exchange.
Second, there are always two sides to everything / there are 2 sides to every coin. When people angrily accuse celebrities of wearing dreadlocks without knowing the history they represent / reflect, wouldn’t it be smarter if black people leverage it as a chance to let everyone / the world know more about black history and emphasize the importance of black history.

Vocabulary

it’s playing on my mind

I criticize you for ___ (n)
I criticize you for doing that / for your hairstyle / for your homework 

ashtray – sth you put cigarettes out in

he’s trying to cut down / he’s trying to rein it in