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Henna + Cultural Appropriation
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
im honestly more shocked someone said people wear ghutrahs because it's fashionable
personally not seen it done but id go craaaazy if i saw some white boy wearing one oof
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:29
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
Laboratory wrote:
what about ppl usin it 4 eyebrows tho is that uncool too
No thats fine 
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:29
Annie
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Annie wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
im honestly more shocked someone said people wear ghutrahs because it's fashionable
personally not seen it done but id go craaaazy if i saw some white boy wearing one oof
i go crazy when my dad wears it everyday for work but thats just me
its huge
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:30
Laboratory
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Laboratory wrote:
Saudade wrote:
Laboratory wrote:
what about ppl usin it 4 eyebrows tho is that uncool too
No thats fine 

okok just wanted 2 make sure
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:30
Annie
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Annie wrote:
January wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
im honestly more shocked someone said people wear ghutrahs because it's fashionable
personally not seen it done but id go craaaazy if i saw some white boy wearing one oof
i go crazy when my dad wears it everyday for work but thats just me
its huge
BUT IF A WHITE BOY WORE IT ISTG ID DIE
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:30
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
January wrote:
Saudade wrote:
personally not seen it done but id go craaaazy if i saw some white boy wearing one oof
i go crazy when my dad wears it everyday for work but thats just me
its huge
BUT IF A WHITE BOY WORE IT ISTG ID DIE
yer esp considering any arab man with a beard and ghutras is assumed to be a terrorist 
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:31
Annie
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Annie wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
January wrote:
i go crazy when my dad wears it everyday for work but thats just me
its huge
BUT IF A WHITE BOY WORE IT ISTG ID DIE
yer esp considering any arab man with a beard and ghutras is assumed to be a terrorist 
dont forget the thobe
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:32
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
BUT IF A WHITE BOY WORE IT ISTG ID DIE
yer esp considering any arab man with a beard and ghutras is assumed to be a terrorist 
dont forget the thobe
oh fuck man 
my friends dad has a beard, wears and thobe and taqiyah  so you can only imagine the comments they get when we're out and about w him
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:33
Annie
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Annie wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
Saudade wrote:
yer esp considering any arab man with a beard and ghutras is assumed to be a terrorist 
dont forget the thobe
oh fuck man 
my friends dad has a beard, wears and thobe and taqiyah  so you can only imagine the comments they get when we're out and about w him
where do you live? i mean what country?
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:34
Annie
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Annie wrote:
Oh one thing I remembered, on the more traditional side that not many "outsiders" do is, like my aunts and grandmother, dye their fingertips, palms, feet, and hair with henna
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:35
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
dont forget the thobe
oh fuck man 
my friends dad has a beard, wears and thobe and taqiyah  so you can only imagine the comments they get when we're out and about w him
where do you live? i mean what country?
In the UK, I used to live in Northern Ireland which is where my friend lives that I'm talking about, and its been labelled one of the most racists countries in Europe (even one year getting awarded the top spot for it lmfao)
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:38
Saudade
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Saudade wrote:
January wrote:
Oh one thing I remembered, on the more traditional side that not many "outsiders" do is, like my aunts and grandmother, dye their fingertips, palms, feet, and hair with henna
We do that too! I read somewhere that henna originally came from being used in hot countries as a way to cool off which is why you find people putting it on their feet! Super interesting ah 
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Date: 26-06-2020 23:38
Nafisa
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Nafisa wrote:
Okay so I'm Pakistani and I don't really see henna as CA in places like the United States. I understand that xenophobia has a major negative impact on South Asians (and for henna, other cultures that wear henna) practicing their culture, but I don't think that South Asian cultures are marginalized in places like the US for it to be CA for others to wear sarees or put on henna. Afaik (and I could be wrong), CA would negatively impact Native American cultures and Black American culture since these groups have unfortunately had a long history of being marginalized by the US (which included being severely punished for practicing their cultures) as well as seen White America take in parts of their cultures and profit off of it (while giving 0 credit to them etc etc). That dynamic doesn't exist for South Asians in the US. 

In my experiences, many salons in the state that I live in are run by South Asian women or have a lot of South Asian women working in them and they offer henna services. There are also South Asian and MENA grocery stores that sell henna. In these contexts, South Asians are willingly sharing their cultures so why not get some henna done and support SA and MENA businesses you know what I mean?
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Date: 27-06-2020 03:28
Ctrl
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ctrl wrote:
think it can be a useful thing for absolutely any temporary tattoos wanted but shouldn't be used in a "weird imitation of traditional designs when they have no significance to you way"  because... why
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Date: 27-06-2020 03:38
Private
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Claire wrote:
the last time i got a henna tattoo done my friend who went to high school in india did it on me at a diwali celebration. my friend is ukrainian by birth but went to high school in india. she told me about how the girls would do henna on each other during lunch break or after school just like a casual thing that the girls would do for fun. she knew a lot about the ink and how it works and the science behind it. 

i had fun and learned a lot at the diwali celebration held by my ukranian american friend. good experience. i would do it again. 
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Date: 27-06-2020 04:50
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