1 drop Model got Teen Vogue feeling the flames of Black Twitter yall

[Gravity]

Men asking black women why they wear weave instead of their hair, is kinda like asking why do you wear Jordan's when you could wear flip flops or fukk it be barefoot.

Gotdamn this is a stupid ass analogy. Wearing fake hair of a different texture on top of your real hair is nothing like wearing shoes on your feet. Shoes are worn on the feet for protection. Stop perpetuating the lie that black women wear weaves to protect their real hair when we all know that the weaves are hurting black women and their hair. At the idiots who dapped this. Wearing fake feet on top of your real feet would be an accurate analogy to wearing weave. The ridiculousness of that speaks for itself.

 

[Michael9100]

As long as your not white your black, welcome to America.

WRONG!!!!!

 

[Londilon]

"you can't swim with us"
shirt

 

[Londilon]

Why is black twitter worried about fukking hair when we have people getting killed in groups now? I am so tired of black people worried about shyt that isn't even important. Damnit.

 

[bcrusaderw]

Black men have more of their own hair on their heads then Black women

That .125 inches you all keep in the form of fades counts?

 

[bcrusaderw]

This is a myth pushed by c00n feminists. Let's look at the facts: most biracials have black fathers in general so everything as relates to them--whether it be crime rate, c00nery, success, etc--will mostly involve black fathers. That's just numbers.

Furthermore, most black women who date out are c00ns in ways black men who date out aren't. Most white women with black men adopt black mannerisms whereas most black women whom date out are weirdos and estranged from black people.

To demonstrate, in other parts of the world, the biracials have black mothers and most all biracials in those countries are c00ns or confused or some shyt. The USA is the only place where biracials aren't largely c00ns. The evidence says black mothers ain't shyt

*bullshyt*

 

[MoonGoddess]

I agree that's why I don't like to intrude in these convos and tell black women with not as acceptable textures what to do. Unfortunately, I benefit from having certain features and I won't pretend to act like I understand what yall deal with with yall hair texture.

So this chick @Tae is doing all this harping but her ass don't even have the more kinkier texture hair? I could see why her post reaped of so much smugness. People from the outside looking in always have the most to say.
Well gone head and wake ya ass up the way you fell asleep then. I'll continue to do wtf i want with my hair.
Our realities aren't even the same and she's trying to berate me for telling how it is for me. I doubt anyone has ever called her hair "nappy shyt" or told her it wasn't presentable just because of its texture....

 

[mrken12]

You have a mixed model who looks straight up white modeling black hair styles. If she was in an afro sheen ad, people would be calling bullshyt.
And the fact that her shirt says "you can't swim with us" after the whole Texas pool party is making me feel some type of way.

And just for the men's benefit who think black twitter is overreacting. Im starting to see more and more mixed, white, or hispanic women modeling black hair styles or 'representing a black model" in hair ads. Thats the issue! The Kardashians wear braids and they are praised and looked at as hipster, but they just had the big controversy of making fun of Zendaya wearing dreadlocks saying she looks like she "smells like weed and patchouli oil"

I see way too many hair ads targeted towards black women with half black women in them. Christina Milian and Jill Scott don't have the same hair texture. Some black women have looser textured hair but one texture shouldn't be the only one shown.

This isn't about "Black Twitter" overreacting. It's about them having these rants that don't lead to any major consequences. I'm just as annoyed at this disrespect as they are. However, all these hashtags and memes aren't going to lead to any real backlash. If we used that influence to go after sponsors and partners for the magazine, maybe it would lead to something.

 

[Elle Driver]

So this chick @Tae is doing all this harping but her ass don't even have the more kinkier texture hair? I could see why her post reaped of so much smugness. People from the outside looking in always have the most to say.
Well gone head and wake ya ass up the way you fell asleep then. I'll continue to do wtf i want with my hair.
Our realities aren't even the same and she's trying to berate me for telling how it is for me. I doubt anyone has ever called her hair "nappy shyt" or told her it wasn't presentable just because of its texture....

Well if that was her in her pic before the new avatar, then she's very light and has very long curly hair.

That's why I don't intrude in these convos cause unfortunately my hair is coveted in the natural hair community. Just the other day when I went to Whole Foods, I had my hair out curly cause I did a wash and go (literally I WASHED MY HAIR, PUT IN SOME LEAVE IN AND LEFT lol) and it was 90 degrees outside so it dried up mad quick. The cashier who was a cute young black girl looked at me all wide eyed, I was confused she's like "what are you, you have good hair!" I'm like "what am I? I'm black sweetie, you have cute hair too". She's like "no but I mean what are you mixed with?" I'm like "black and more black". I mean I do have a great grandmother that was French, but I'm black through and through. I didn't mention that to her. But people from Ethiopia and East Africa in general tend to have my hair type anyway. But the fact that I've gotten those comments a lot in my life, even when my own mother who doesn't have my hair type would take me to the salon and try to put a relaxer in my hair or something, the hair stylists would all gather and be like "no she has good hair she don't need no relaxer, we'll put it in a roller set". I can't pretend to know what it's like to have 4a-c hair. I can't be like "wear your hair out who gives a fukk what people say", because there's a complexity behind that I don't understand and I won't pretend. Y'all still my sisters, but I'm not going to comment when I don't even have the same hair type and don't know that particular struggle. It's all about acceptability politics.

 

[MoonGoddess]

Well if that was her in her pic before the new avatar, then she's very light and has very long curly hair.

That's why I don't intrude in these convos cause unfortunately my hair is coveted in the natural hair community. Just the other day when I went to Whole Foods, I had my hair out curly cause I did a wash and go (literally I WASHED MY HAIR, PUT IN SOME LEAVE IN AND LEFT lol) and it was 90 degrees outside so it dried up mad quick. The cashier who was a cute young black girl looked at me all wide eyed, I was confused she's like "what are you, you have good hair!" I'm like "what am I? I'm black sweetie, you have cute hair too". She's like "no but I mean what are you mixed with?" I'm like "black and more black". I mean I do have a great grandmother that was French, but I'm black through and through. I didn't mention that to her. But people from Ethiopia and East Africa in general tend to have my hair type anyway. But the fact that I've gotten those comments a lot in my life, even when my own mother who doesn't have my hair type would take me to the salon and try to put a relaxer in my hair or something, the hair stylists would all gather and be like "no she has good hair she don't need no relax, we'll put it in a roller set". I can't pretend to know what it's like to have 4a-c hair. I can't be like "wear your hair out who gives a fukk what people say", because there's a complexity behind that I don't understand and I won't pretend. Y'all still my sisters, but I'm not going to comment when I don't even have the same hair type and don't know that particular struggle. It's all about acceptability politics.

Exactly whats crazy is their are peoples who's hair is even harder to manage then mine. And to tell you the truth my hair isnt hard to manage because of the texture, its because i have a big ass head full of dense fine hair. I have to be extra extra careful because my strands are very fragile.
Anyway it is what is, im sure she thought she was teaching me about self love or some shyt lol. I never been one if these black woman that hated my hair. I also meet people who cant believe that as a black woman i have so much hair, if it aint about texture then its about length. Some of these people think that we all are some bald headed nappy ass hoes

 

[Poitier]

That .125 inches you all keep in the form of fades counts?

Most Black men my age are rocking fros or dreads

 

[Taadow]

Teen vogue is a form of white supremacist media.... Used to spread white supremacist propaganda


It matters... Stop trivializing it's negative impact on society


It's the principle

So you are a regular reader/viewer of Teen Vogue?

You're part of their target demo?

 

[Colicat]

So you are a regular reader/viewer of Teen Vogue?

You're part of their target demo?

Nope... I am not a teen...

And the teens in their target demo don't put braided extensions in their hair.... So what's the point of this appropriation?

 

[RARI_Godwind]

You have a mixed model who looks straight up white modeling black hair styles. If she was in an afro sheen ad, people would be calling bullshyt.
And the fact that her shirt says "you can't swim with us" after the whole Texas pool party is making me feel some type of way.

I didn't peep that.

The dimensions

Maaaaaaaannnnn this a full on assault on black people

 

[Taadow]

Nope... I am not a teen...

And the teens in their target demo don't put braided extensions in their hair.... So what's the point of this appropriation?

1. Uh...teens in ther target demo DO put braided extensions in their hair LOL!
They absolutely do. They just don't (or maybe some haven't) done it this particular way.
And they may try it now, because Teen Vogue told them to because...

2. ...Teen Vogue - and hell, regular Vogue - are fashion/lifestyle magazines.
They're supposed to push propaganda to...their target demos. That's what they're for.
"Outrage" for this particular type won't stop that.