The most I know about Zendaya is she sang that one addictive song (Replay).I've been following this thread, but haven't had much to add, and I hadn't heard of Zendaya before this popped up on my homepage this morning, but Zendaya's statement reminded me of the things y'all have been discussing.
This is probably going to sound horrible but the only thing that shocked me about all of this is a news item revealed Zendaya actually has a last name. Even in this "enlightened" day and age, I am not surprised one iota that somebody is making such ignorant and uninformed comments about somebody else's hair.The most I know about Zendaya is she sang that one addictive song (Replay).
Her statement is incredibly mature, though. What a woman.
Kuwi, try Moroccan oil. My sister owns a salon, so I get to try a ton of products. I have a lot of hair. I'm blonde, and my hair is extremely thick, but fine, if that makes sense. When I use Moroccan oil after a proper blow dry, it just lays better, and has better movement. Plus it smells really good. I recommend getting the good stuff from a salon though. At least a small bottle or a sample to give it a try.
I kind of got the opposite from those stupid comments about Zendaya's hair. I think the E! woman didn't realize Zendaya was Black and was making a hippy joke. It's really stupid nowadays to assume you know someone's racial background without more info than surface looks, so it's still really dumb.
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Do you mean argan oil?
It is useful for a shit-ton of stuff (good in skin products too, AND it's tasty!) and also -- we visited a place where they make it in Morocco. It was like a collective, and women who are widowed etc and would otherwise not be allowed to work (due to cultural restrictions) help produce it and share in the profits, and so can support their families. So you're helping people too! Well, you are if you get it from them anyway....but our understanding* was this is a common way for those otherwise unable to get an income to...get an income
* They spoke French and Arabic, we speak English and, at best, broken French. But with schoolboy verbs and much sign language...
I just checked my bottle. It says Moroccan oil, but the description on the back says Argan oil, made in Israel. So I guess it's the same thing. I LOVE this stuff. It's oil, but doesn't leave your hair greasy, and smells soooo good. My hair is healthier since I started using it. I use a lot of heat on my hair, so I feel like this helps nourish it a bit.
I think the E! woman is an idiot if she didn't realize Zendaya was Black or possibly Hispanic, even though the second one would be wrong. Im not much darker than Zendaya is and I'm also mixed, and BOTH Obama and Shemar Moor are mixed and way darker than me or Zendaya. If she mistaked her for anything other than POC of some sort then she obviously doesn't know enough POC, especially mixed White-Black ones.
I think the E! woman is an idiot if she didn't realize Zendaya was Black or possibly Hispanic, even though the second one would be wrong. Im not much darker than Zendaya is and I'm also mixed, and BOTH Obama and Shemar Moor are mixed and way darker than me or Zendaya. If she mistaked her for anything other than POC of some sort then she obviously doesn't know enough POC, especially mixed White-Black ones.
She probably thought locs = Rastafarian = weed + patchouli. Because anybody who wears dreadlocks, including white people, are all into de ganja, mon.I was thinking she might have thought Latina. Zendaya's hair is so straight in so many pictures that I think she didn't realize that was her hair was quite curly really.and that the hairstyle was no kind of an 'alternative' sort of fashion statement.
The patchouli and weed thing makes me think she was making fun of it as being counter-culture. It can't be counter-culture if she knew she was Black, lol
Hey. I'm sure this is a stupid question, but it's bugging me. Someone in another thread said something about how not all black women have kinky hair and it's wrong to assume they do.
They don't? Google has failed me. I know there's a lot of variation when it comes to texture, tightness, and volume, but I didn't realize black women could have naturally straight/wavyhair.
EDIT: or does "kinky" refer to a very specific kind of hair?
This video does a good job (I think) a good job of discussing cultural appropriation of Black culture, including a discussion of hair.
http://www.makers.com/blog/%E2%80%9Chunger-games%E2%80%9D-star-perfectly-explains-cultural-appropriation