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I think It's ridiculous to gatekeep a hairstyle. To me, it's like saying that eating with chopsticks is racist if you're not asian.
Asians don't involve chopsticks in their religions or use them as maps to escape slavery. You also won't break your fingers like you might break your hair when you manipulate your hair strands into tight coils that aren't it's natural texture or anything close
Eastern Europeans hid western currency in their ponytails and braids when being smuggled out of the Western bloc through the untamed wilderness and the Iron Curtain, in constant danger of being shot by the border guard and being torn apart by their dogs, like some members of my family who fled to Canada long time ago. I don't see them trademarking it.
I'd say It's everyones own business to keep in mind the risks of such things in mind. Op has said, that they've done their research and have made up their mind. That's the only thing that matters.
Yeah I'm sure Western culture is under attack from appropriation and black people use it as a costume.
How is having a hairstyle wearing a costume and appropriation? Shouldn't it be a good thing that people worldwide, now more than ever, appreciate such hairstyles? Now I don't want to come off the wrong way, as I am genuienly confused. Perhaps I'd see it differently if I lived in another part of the world.
So you don't live in America where white women will get braids and still say the N word?
Well, yeah, but I mean isn't the problem just them saying the N-word? If a racist started showing off their new cool hairstyle, that started getting popular thanks to reggae and Bob Marley worldwide, I'd just think they're idiots, and laugh at them. Bozos don't even know how to racist. T'least that's how I see it.
No, wearing braids is part of it. Being disrespectful and ignorant about a culture while wearing something specifically from that culture adds a ton of insult to injury.