"We can appreciate their culture without having to do or wear their hairstyles, or trying to act or be a certain way that we're not."

"So it makes sense why it's happening - because I guess some people who are white-presenting feel like they're not the standard anymore. So now they're trying to do things to stay relevant and keep their popularity."

"We're coming into a time where you see a lot of black women really expressing themselves and stepping into their blackness, and owning it, and not being ashamed of it anymore.

The "Kardashian effect" has also been blamed for an apparent rise in young people seeking cosmetic surgeries.

accused of appropriating black culture

"fine line between appreciation and appropriation".

Like Alicja, she says she understands some of the backlash against her, but denies pretending to be a different race to her own.

She says she's not suggesting "white privilege is not a thing" - but wants to tell her critics "the assumptions you're making are wrong".

etishistic in that they want to achieve this ‘exotic’ look in order to attract black men. It seems like it’s all it is".

Emma was white, revealing she believes the model "fooled everyone".

"It matters because it makes people in our community feel as though we’re not the best representation of our everyday selves. "They’re gaining success by appearing to look like me while I work 10 times as hard to get where I really want to be. It’s unfair."

because people love black culture but not black ppl."

Emma claimed that she does not understand why black women are upset with her appearance.

My intentions have never been to look like a black woman."

"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

se I have some acne and scar issues so I use a lot of face scrubs, toners and peeling products.”

To further back her claim, the influencer also shared a photo of her brother and father, which shows them with deep skin tones as well. “As you can see they also tan very easily,” Hallberg wrote. As for her hair texture, Hallberg says that also runs in her family.

“This Swedish White girl is guilty of ‘blackfishing,’ a term used to describe someone who masquerades as a Blk person to deceive others. By extreme tanning, dark makeup & braids, this fraud is exposed!”

Brushing off blackfishing as “not that deep” is a fallacy because blackfishing really is that (skin) deep.

“bigger fish to fry” are wrong.

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N—–fishing,”

Everyone wants to be black, until it is time to be black.”

Research and be who you are. 

iphy: The Office (U.S.)

We may think we’re just trying to adopt a culture because we fell in love with it

How do they feel?

Now, with the rise of social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, marginalized groups finally found a place where they can educate, explain, and voice their concerns.

Stop and think:

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I’m sure not many people know that this is even happening.

top-selling.

misrepresent,

the financial well-being of black women:

White actors in Hollywood would wear brown and black makeup and exaggerated the expressions and behavior of black people, which we described earlier.

There’s a saying that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” But what happens when imitation appears to cross over into cultural appropriation and exploitation?”.

“It matters because it makes people in our community feel as though we’re not the best representation of our normal selves.

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culture appreciation. When someone appreciates the culture, they not only understand, but they are aware of the importance of culture or religion

does not give credit to that culture, religion, ethnicity, or race.

Culture appropriation according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture.”

Culture Appropriation vs. Culture Appreciation

wearing cornrows or braids and giving credit to someone else instead of the culture it came from.

lip injections to make their lips bigger

Was she ever called the N-word to her face in fear while driving through her parents’ neighborhood?

“at body_blendz keeps my TAN fresh and even.

Clearly, that is not true because there’s no way that one can become that dark in the summer and their skin turns white in the winter.

article, “White Influencer Denies She Pretended to Be Black to Get Followers: Let Me Explain” written by Robyn Merret from People,

“There is a black aesthetic that many are attempting to capitalize. An aesthetic which many dark-skinned people are still shunned for having all on their own.”

by YouTuber Annie Nova, and she

Julianne Hough, a professional dancer, and actress was in deep trouble in 2013 fo

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One tweeter summed up this view with a post that said: “These blackfishing threads just remind me how blackness is viewed as a commodity.”

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“Most of the people who are accused of ‘blackfishing’ don’t directly state on their profiles that they are black, but rather insinuate it through their new appearances, the way they dress, and the products they’re selling or endorsing,” Danielle Bainbridge, a postdoctoral fellow in African-American Studies at Northwestern University, told InsideEdition.com.

“Blackfishing” is defined as when a person, usually social media influencers or personalities, passes as black by altering their appearance – often their hair and skin tone. The practice is problematic, experts say, because it’s a deception by omission.

“blackfishing”

“other ways of showing appreciation”.

“We can appreciate their culture without having to do or wear their hairstyles, or trying to act or be a certain way that we’re not,” Gumbayan said.

Parallels have also been drawn to the Kardashians because “Kim, in particular, has been accused of appropriating black culture on several occasions down the years”, the BBC notes.

“With things like tanning, I don’t think I’ve done anything in a malicious way. So I don’t feel like I need to stop doing something because... why would I stop doing something that’s benefitting me or that I enjoy doing?” she said.

“It takes away from actual black creators on Instagram and YouTube whose job it is to promote things,” says Nova, using the example of brands who send natural curly hair products to white influencers.

One tweeter summed up this view with a post that said: “These blackfishing threads just remind me how blackness is viewed as a commodity.”

“Too much of anything, however sweet, will bring the opposite of whatever you thought you were getting. One becomes many, many become one. You start out a consumer and you end up consumed. The trick is to recognise the pattern before it is complete.”

Maybe intentional friction will lead us to ‘the pot of gold’ of equanimity as we face our modern busy lives.

Creating friction intentionally maybe something we can sign up to more easily than relinquishing comfort and ease; and maybe becoming a consideration in software design going forward, as shown by our Space App example above.

Of course, the flip side of the lack of friction is that we build unconscious habit and let our fingers do the walking, as we open Twitter for the Nth time in an hour without ever intending to…and stay there catching up with nothing.

3 year retreat,

“I’ve deleted the Twitter apps from my devices, and now if I want to check in I have to use the browser. Not having notifications or easy launching of a stream adds a bit of friction. I also have 2-factor authentication enabled, and logout after checking in, so dropping into twitter is deliberately kind of a pain in the ass.”

‘clunky-ness’ in technology

The sweetness and delights of the resting-place are in proportion to the pain endured on the Journey. Only when you suffer the pangs and tribulations of exile will you truly enjoy your homecoming. (The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi – Book 3)