White rapper Jack Harlow is being accused of appropriating Black tradition as soon as once more—this time for carrying a hair bonnet in public.
On Sunday, Harlow was noticed at an occasion for the Louisville Metropolis Soccer League carrying a coordinated outfit, together with a black T-shirt, sun shades, and bonnet.
“He wanna be black so unhealthy,” one Twitter user wrote.
“Gotta have 3-5 pages on cultural appropriation,” another commented.
Black ladies have notoriously come below hearth for carrying bonnets—which shield the feel of their hair—in public.
Hair bonnets, scarves, and wraps have existed for hundreds of years, seen as magnificence equipment but additionally as ways to decrease satisfaction Black ladies have of their hair. Throughout American enslavement, Black ladies have been ordered to cowl their hair as an indication of inferiority.
Many social media customers appeared upset {that a} white man was given a move for carrying a bonnet in public whereas Black ladies are ridiculed for a similar observe.
“Coming into the bonnets in public discourse I see,” music blogger Ladidaix tweeted.
“It’s loopy how Jack Harlow can exit in a bonnet and most of the people don’t care however when black ladies do it y’all bash us,” one other Twitter user wrote.
“They’ll say how cool, edgy, daring, or trend ahead,” a social media user tweeted. “However he actually received’t get the burn like Black ladies have for a similar effort in look. Not within the slightest. Should be good… Love that for him.”
Others claimed the rapper was making a trend assertion and shifting the bonnet-in-public pattern ahead.
“I lowkey recognize him doing this tho… I’ll use these pics in additional arguments about respectability politics,” a Twitter user wrote.
“He’s rocking that bonnet! Lol seems good,” one other social media user tweeted.
Harlow has beforehand drawn hearth from critics who say he has tried to co-opt Black tradition in his climb via the ranks in hip-hop music, regardless of Harlow being adamant about his respect for Black artists who influenced him.
This time, some skipped the bonnet and respectability politics dialog and simply couldn’t recover from how foolish Harlow regarded.
“I am simply getting Chef Boyardee vibes,” a Twitter user commented.
A consultant for Harlow didn’t instantly return The Each day Beast’s request for remark Tuesday about carrying a bonnet in public.