Posted on 11/23/2016 2:04:46 PM PST by grundle
Social justice warriors, who usually claim to support a woman’s right to control her body, are making an exception for white women who like to wear their hair in a black style.
Also, unfortunately, a white woman named Emily Bador has allowed herself to be brainwashed by the social justice warriors into believing that it is somehow wrong for her to wear her hair the way that she wants to wear it.
I don’t know who Emily Bador is. I’d never heard of her before I read this Washington Post article.
But I sincerely hope that she will choose to use her brain, and realize that she has the right to wear her hair however she wants to wear it, and also realize that there is no logical reason for her to feel guilty for wearing her hair the way that she wants to wear it.
Also – and I find this to be absolutely hilarious – a black magazine “accidentally” put Ms. Bador’s photograph on their magazine cover, because they did “not know” that she was white.
I would also like to point out that while the social justice warriors accused Ms. Bador of cultural appropriation for wearing a black hairstyle, they said absolutely nothing about the fact that she was wearing a nose ring, which, if the social justice warriors were consistent, is also something that, according to their own “logic,” is a form of cultural appropriation. In fact, many of these social justice warriors themselves wear nose rings, which means that they themselves are guilty of the very same kind of cultural appropriation that they accused Bador of committing.
Here is an excerpt from the Washington Post article:
Black U.K. beauty magazine accidentally put a white model on its cover. Apologies followed.
November 23, 2016
Emily Bador is a white woman. She is not, therefore, a black woman. Normally, that wouldn’t be news worth reporting, mostly because it isn’t news.
But her race came into play recently due to the new cover of Blackhair magazine, a British glossy that bills itself as “an internatio nal bi-monthly magazine for the style conscious black woman. Packed with 100’s of hair inspiratio ns, fashion, lifestyle and celebrity interviews , we are one of the leading publicatio ns for women of colour in Europe.”
The magazine, which generally if not always features black or mixed-race models, used her photograph for the cover of its December/January issue. The editors have admitted they didn’t know she was white.
Prominently on the glossy cover was Bador.
This is the text of Bador’s apology, as reported in the Washington Post article:
I would deeply and sincerely like to apologise to every one for this, and black women especially. I would like to clarify, I believe this shoot is from when I was around 15 and didn’t understand cultural appropriation or the impact it has on POC. I was uneducated, which obviously is no excuse, ignorant and immature. Growing up in a very very white city, I had no idea the struggles black women face and how often they were persecuted for their hair. I didn’t understand how black women are constantly told their natural hair is inappropriate/unprofessional for the work place, or how young girls are told they can’t go to school with natural hair. I didn’t understand that shoots like this support the very Eurocentric beauty standard that the mainstream media focus on which reinforce the idea that black features are only ok on white women. I didn’t understand that as a white passing woman I’d be praised for this hair, but if I was a black woman I’d be persecuted. I didn’t understand cultural appropriation. I do regret doing this. I hold up my hands, I’m so so so sorry and I’m very sorry this cover was taken away from a black woman. This image is (I think, although I’m not 100% sure) about 3/4 years old, it was never intended to be on the cover of this magazine. If I had known it was going to be published, I would never have condoned it. I’m upset and angry I was never asked by the photographer/hair salon/anyone if this image could be used for the cover Black Hair. I’m so glad I’ve educated myself and surrounded my self with people to teach me what is right and wrong. I constantly am learning and becoming more and more informed. It’s important to come forward and be honest with ourselves about our past mistakes, otherwise we will never learn. Again, I’m truly, deeply sorry to anyone I’ve offended and I hope if nothing else this post can educated others so they don’t make similar mistakes. (also please let me know if I’ve said anything wrong or offensive in this post!!! or anything i can add!!!! i love u all sm and the last thing i want to do is offend or hurt any one, i really hope you don’t all think im a massive twat.
Gee, would they apologize if were Rachel (Buckwheat) Dolezal?
That is what PC have done. Shameful and not worth a talent by God
How is it her fault the editors of “Blackhair” made a mistake? What am I missing here? How did the magazine even get a photo of this woman?
Black women have been straightening their hair, coloring their hair, and wearing their hair in white hairstyles for a very long time with no whites demanding they wear their hair differently.
This is assinine.
Jan Brady would never get away with this today.
Wow find me someone who’s right in this article. I got no horse in this race. People should stop listening to what other people think about them. Do what you want and don’t question your self even if others do.
Would look better in a chador.
How about all the “Sistas” wearing culturally inappropriate hair pieces and wigs?
My guess is that the photo was probably in some sort of commercial database than can be purchased for publication.
That was back when music was awesome and political correctness barely existed.
This is absolutely earthshaking information. It should be front-page news all around the world. /s
You think they are outraged now, just wait until they cast Chris Farley as MLK...
(HT to Alberta’s Child for making me have to clean coffee off my desk today...made my wife laugh too, and she doesn’t often find humor in any of this!)
LMAO. Thanks for the heads-up!
Embrace diversity. Except don’t because it is culturally appropriating. These people are bat feces insane. Imagine how miserable and worthless your life is that you have to invent new ways of finding offense and nagging people.
Or blacks like Beyonce dyeing their hair blonde.
It can be summarized as “everyone be proud of your stereotype, don’t you care go beyond it”.
That is an excellent point!
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