Women of Color: Thoughts on Hoop Earrings?

I'm enjoying thinking about this as I put on my ballet flats to go to a meeting.

my earlobes hurt, just looking at those huge (and I'm assuming, HEAVY) hoop earrings!

I think calling hoop earrings cultural appropriation is a real stretch, and all it's doing is making them look silly. Native American headdresses or something of a religious nature, I could see, but not just earrings. If cultures can't adopt some of the practices / outward trappings of each other, then I guess I should be wearing an ethnic Swedish / German outfit such as a dirndl skirt, rather than the jeans and tee shirt that I'm wearing today, huh?

I think that's it in a nutshell.

i have a dress with a mandarin collar. i liked it and found it flattering, i had no idea i was stealing someone's cultural identity as a white woman wearing an asian inspired style.

how about fringed jackets or purses, native american inspired... are those offensive?

although my first thought was, yes, as white person i am horribly offended by other races wearing polo shirts.

honestly, some people just gotta get their knickers in a twist about something, even if it is a stretch.

My ears aren't even pierced *shrugs shoulders* I take more of an issue with the cultural appropriation as it relates to black hairstyles. But really I think we should just focus on how to vote next time

WOC don't care about you using black hair care products! I've never heard that argument and I've offered plenty of pea advice regarding my hair care regime. Where do this misconceptions come from? 

How would we know which tribal pattern to wear considering colonizers ripped us from our homes . Maybe genealogy or something huh? 

 
As a lesbian I really love plaid.


Check out this video about cultural appropriation! 

Apparently there are WOC out there who do or it wouldn't have been such an issue in that particular group.  

The girls at this college are just plain ignorant and attention whores. Hopefully they eventually will know enough to be embarrassed about their stance in years to come.

Odd. I mean unless its handcrafted in small batches by a black woman or something then I could see being offended. Hope you've developed a regime that works for your hair! 

I did hear he promised to get the California gold miners back to work

Yes, but that was only to ensure an unlimited supply of raw materials to make gold furnishings for his properties.  He can't pull off hoops.  His comb over might get caught in them.

The article in the OP is from the daily mail. It's graffiti. So if by you people you mean black women we've already concurred. Yes hoop earrings isn't the Hill we want to die on.