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MyBFFCrackers t1_jbur7tu wrote

Reply to comment by Buddyblue21 in Colin Kaepernick says adoptive white parents perpetuated 'racism' at times while raising him by DrChefAstronaut

It wasn’t just white peoples who thought cornrows looked thuggish, and years ago that’s what they were associated with. Even a white girl wearing cornrows looked a certain way. Tattoos used to carry a certain stigma too, not anymore. Styles, attitudes, and culture change all the time. It’s not that complicated unless you’re trying to make it something it’s not.

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Buddyblue21 t1_jbutan7 wrote

Yeah, and a lot of black people didn’t allow their children to have natural hair. Where do you think that all came from?

And doesn’t your own point refute your argument? Styles change. So it’s largely his parents who didn’t keep up with the times.

Though there are exceptions, the perception that cornrows are thuggish is overwhelmingly a white perspective rather than a black one and that’s what’s at play here.

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MyBFFCrackers t1_jbuutfv wrote

Got it, white peoples baaaad! They are so powerful and they ruin everything :(

I’m calling the FBI on all whites I know.

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Buddyblue21 t1_jbuxnz5 wrote

No, you just can’t pay attention and make any effort to understand nuance and perspectives outside of your own.

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