To be clear, this girl has beautiful coils that should be celebrated, styled or unstyled, and when the photo posted we were unsure (as François admits) what the context was surrounding the shoot and how her hair came to be in this photo. Her hair and edges are uncombed, appearing that no one at the campaign shoot touched the girl’s 4C hair. This morning, celebrity hairstylist Vernon François posted a photo on Instagram from a recent H&M ad that includes a little Black girl with her natural hair pulled into an undone ponytail.
H&M has been called on the carpet for an ad that has sparked a frenzy on social media. But I think the message that would be a lot more positive would have been "children are little monkeys", this would have removed race from it.In case you were languishing for controversy, with all the fashion weeks passing with no known cultural appropriation scandal, no Blackface hitting stores, or campaigns with blatant racial undertones, today you’ll get your fill. Yes the word can be used as racist abuse. This is what we are seeing more of, even before Trump's presidency. When we're jumping down on people for something that *could* be interpreted as racist, instead of encouraging something a lot more positive, more and more people are taking the view when the word "racism" is thrown around that it is snowflakes complaining about nothing. My observation of the last 10 or so years has been of the latter. And two, the boy cried so much than when it was there, people didn't listen. There are two main points about the story of the boy who cried wolf, one is that the boy cried panic over something that's not there. I will instead impart the opinion of the boy's mother, that people are crying wolf over this.Īnd I think there is sense in her words. But no, here we have a ton of whites going "But -I- have opinions!" "But -IIIIII- have observatet this and that", "But -I!!III!!II!- as a white person can still see what racism is!!!!11!!", "But -IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- this it´s racist to see the kid as a black kid and not just a kid!!!", we, as whites, do NOT go through the same racism as they do, we do NOT know the same pain, and we are not blind, we do bloody see the kid is dark, it´s obvious, but we have no right to treat anyone bad because of their skincolor, thats the thing.You wouldn´t expect someone who is colorblind to see colors the same way you do, exactly the same does racism work, we do not see the world the same as dark people do, the history is still there, they do not have the same opportunities with buying houses, getting jobs and so on because who whites fucked them over in the past, so tired of whites entitelment.Īs I would not be allowed to have an opinion as a white guy. Why does Robert Williamson have so many downvotes? he´s right for crying out loud. I think racism is fucked up and want it gone but I don't see how the current approach is helping. The assumption is "they're ignorant" and this lack of discourse is just going to make things worse, as it has already been.
You may not take it from me that it is crying wolf, would you be prepared to listen to the boy's mother who said the same thing.
Crying wolf has weakened the word "racism", meaning people take it less seriously and it does mean there is this side that now believes that "racism" is just a snowflake term, because they believe people get offended by anything that COULD be interpreted as offensive when it wasn' meant as such. One thing I do get to see is that the "crying wolf" approach and the reactions that come with it worsen attitudes and not improve them. I would not claim otherwise or claim any privelige over any fellow human. I strongly want to see racism to cease, I get I don't understand things from the perspective somebody who's black.
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