#mini buns

Double Bacon Cheeseburger Dip

The topic of cultural appropriation comes up often in 2019, but it’s a discussion that needs to be had, especially when it comes to the topic of white people wearing black hairstyles.  Yes, some white people just take the hairstyles and act like it’s some cool new trend, and purposefully ignore the concerns of black people.

But here’s the thing: not every white person who wears black hairstyles has ill intentions. They probably saw a “how to style mini-buns” article in a magazine and thought it was cute, unaware that the proper term is Bantu knots, named after a large ethnic group in Subsaharan Africa.

And that’s the biggest problem.

Magazines and white celebrities who co-opt black hairstyles never give credit where credit’s due. It’s just another “cool” hairstyle to them.