Braids have a lot of different variations. Some of the variations are attached to cultures and some are just regular braids everyone uses. Recently Blackpink's Lisa was dragged from hell to back for wearing cornrows. If you don't know what cornrows are then I'll use the culture appropriated term box braids.
Corn rows = Box Braids, but corn rows are the original name.
Lisa wearing cornrows is problematic because cornrows, not braids in general, are attached to black/African culture. Cornrows originated in Africa and were often used in special ways like, to tell which tribe you were from. What you did was also showed by the design of your cornrows. Cornrows (as shown in the image below) are braids attached to your scalp.
Many black people are label as "ghetto" and get discriminated against for wearing these braids. When black people wear them they are seen as dirty, lazy, and unprofessional. If a black person were to go to a job interview wearing cornrows theres a huge chance they won't get the job because of their appearance.
When a non-black person wears cornrows they are seen as "trendy" or "edgy." Many wannabe rappers in kpop wear cornrows and some idols do too. Rap monster, Kai, Xiumin, Yoongi, Winwin and more have worn cornrows.
Now the braids Yeji wore were plaits. Plaits are more freeform braids and have no cultural history behind them.
There are plenty of idols and non black people that have done plaits before, please do not mistake them for cornrows.
Corn rows = Box Braids, but corn rows are the original name.
Lisa wearing cornrows is problematic because cornrows, not braids in general, are attached to black/African culture. Cornrows originated in Africa and were often used in special ways like, to tell which tribe you were from. What you did was also showed by the design of your cornrows. Cornrows (as shown in the image below) are braids attached to your scalp.
Many black people are label as "ghetto" and get discriminated against for wearing these braids. When black people wear them they are seen as dirty, lazy, and unprofessional. If a black person were to go to a job interview wearing cornrows theres a huge chance they won't get the job because of their appearance.
When a non-black person wears cornrows they are seen as "trendy" or "edgy." Many wannabe rappers in kpop wear cornrows and some idols do too. Rap monster, Kai, Xiumin, Yoongi, Winwin and more have worn cornrows.
Now the braids Yeji wore were plaits. Plaits are more freeform braids and have no cultural history behind them.
There are plenty of idols and non black people that have done plaits before, please do not mistake them for cornrows.
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