Mallory Merk - Strangers

teddie88

teddie88

Is there not a News topic or whatever happened to Random Thots? Anyways I thought this article/girls story was interesting and is it wrong for this white girl to be walking around with box braids? *Looks for cultural appropriation thread?



12-Year-Old White Girl Goes Viral Over Braids, Gets Race-Tinged Backlash


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When 12-year-old Mallory Merk opted to share a photo of her new hair style—box braids—she had no idea that a racially charged backlash would follow.

Mallory apparently wanted to try something new with her hair. What she didn’t know is that what was “new” to her was a hairstyle strongly associated with African-Americans.

And as social unrest continues over the treatment of African-American lives and culture, this pre-teen unwittingly waded into a debate she was probably too young to truly appreciate.
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Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1770985/12...ets-race-tinged-backlash/#y2Mixp3BYvZxXakQ.99

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OmegaOverdrive

OmegaOverdrive

I suppose she has to do something to draw attention away from the name 'Mallory'.

I had to run this through the baby name book to find out what it means.

Mallory \m(a)-llo-ry\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Mallory), is pronounced MAL-or-ee. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Mallory is "unlucky".
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You're not joking.
 
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jinzo

Oh, do one.

I could understand it if the girl was wearing a niqab or a turban- something with deeper religious or spiritual values/connotations/ownership attached to it- but this is a hairstyle, a cultural choice.

Tumblr Social Justice Warriors need to stop focusing their attention on the stylistic choices of a 12 year old and more on the racial schisms evident in the modern workplace and in the criminal/judiciary arenas.
 
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MTY

Wow, some people have no lives! To be complaining about a 12 year old's hair...they really should leave their basement once in a while.
 
Tribal Spaceman

Tribal Spaceman

Oh, OK.
Vasilios said:
All kids look older now, They dress more like adults too, which is good. When I was young you dressed like a child till you were 15. Now it's timberlands and tight jeans etc from 7.
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Haha when I was a kid all the children in picture books wore spotty dresses and dungarees and shiny shoes. These days even the Famous Five look like they'd cut you if they didn't like your face.
 
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Julia Campuzano

The hair looks great keep exploring....I think it looks good. First of all we shouldn't have only black or white hair styles . Black straighten, curl and etc the same styles that most white people do so what's the difference in it.
It's just hair. If someone feels otherwise, they need to get over it. When "hairstyles' like natural braid hairstyles are thought to belong to a "culture" when they belong to an individual. it's called personal choice. Otherwise, by that thought process: black people shouldn't do hair extensions because that's "white culture hair"...
 
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Square

Julia Campuzano said:
The hair looks great keep exploring....I think it looks good. First of all we shouldn't have only black or white hair styles . Black straighten, curl and etc the same styles that most white people do so what's the difference in it.
It's just hair. If someone feels otherwise, they need to get over it. When "hairstyles' like natural braid hairstyles are thought to belong to a "culture" when they belong to an individual. it's called personal choice. Otherwise, by that thought process: black people shouldn't do hair extensions because that's "white culture hair"...
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Why resurrect an 11-month old topic for something you know will cause arguments
 
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