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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.54,0:00:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So black hair has always been \Nan essential component of black culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.93,0:00:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black hair requires upkeep in order \Nfor it to grow and remain healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.80,0:00:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so black women \Nhave always done their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.83,0:00:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a part of our identity: \Nbraids, locs, twists and cornrows, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.26,0:00:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cornrows are a really functional way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.85,0:00:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of keeping black textured hair unknotted\Nand neat, but like with style.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.54,0:00:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can see why hair is such a big part \Nof hip hop and rap culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.88,0:00:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are styles of music which \NAfrican American communities created
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.13,0:00:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to affirm our identities \Nand our voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.86,0:00:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the early 2000's you saw \Nmany R&B stars wearing cornrows:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.37,0:00:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alicia Keys, Beyonce, R. Kelly \Nand many more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.85,0:00:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As hip hop became more and more popular \Nand integrated into pop culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.54,0:00:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so did Black culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.03,0:00:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eminem's album went four times platinum and he \Nachieved immense success in the hip hop world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.35,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black culture had become popular.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the early 2000's turned into 2010's, \Nwhite people began to wear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.96,0:00:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothing and accessories associated with hip hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.54,0:01:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more celebrities could be seen \Nwearing cornrows and braids and even grills.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.24,0:01:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by 2013, the fashion world \Nhad adopted cornrows as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.51,0:01:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cornrows and braids were seen \Non high fashion runways,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.54,0:01:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for brands like Marchesa \Nand Alexander McQueen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.21,0:01:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and magazines had editorial campaigns \Nfeaturing cornrows as a new urban hairstyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.100,0:01:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riff Raff came on to the scene, \Na suburban white middle class man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.07,0:01:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who almost ironically took on a Black-set \Nand wore braids and gold teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.58,0:01:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then James Franco took inspiration from \NRiff Raff for his role as an alien in Spring Breakers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.37,0:01:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pop stars and icons adopted Black culture \Nas a way of being edgy and gaining attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.21,0:01:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, Miley Cyrus twerks \Nand uses Black women as props,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.92,0:01:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in 2014, in one of her videos called \NThis is How We Do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.21,0:01:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Katy Perry uses ebonics and hand gestures, \Neats watermelons while wearing cornrows
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before cutting inexplicably \Nto a picture of Aretha Franklin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.27,0:02:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soooo... as you can see \Ncultural appropriation was rampant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.48,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only were white people becoming rappers \Nbut they were excelling in the world of hip hop.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' song Thrift Shop
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.86,0:02:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garnered a number one spot \Non Billboard's year end chart for 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.34,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then Iggy Azalea's song Fancy \Nreached number one the following year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in May 2014, Forbes released an article titled
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.52,0:02:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hip Hop's unlikely new star, \Na white blonde Australian woman."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.24,0:02:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, police brutality \Nagainst Black people came to the forefront.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.15,0:02:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an incredible movement \Nignited by the murders of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.41,0:02:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, \NEric Graner and many others,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.99,0:02:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people began to protest institutionalized racism \Nby marching and by using social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.81,0:02:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Celebrities spread awareness and \Nshared condolences, or at least some did,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.90,0:02:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Azealia Banks, a Black female rapper,\Npointed out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.12,0:02:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Azealia Banks observed in her tweets,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.20,0:02:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white musicians who partook in hip hop culture \Nand adopted Blackness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.30,0:02:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Iggy Azalea in particular-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.80,0:03:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failed to speak on the racism \Nthat comes along with Black identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.57,0:03:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Banks & Azalia feuded on Twitter until Banks \Nparticipated interview on New Yorks Hot 97.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.42,0:03:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Azealia Amanda Banks] I have a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.98,0:03:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when youre trying to like say that it's hip hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.87,0:03:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and youre trying to like put it \Nlike up against black culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.77,0:03:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like cultural smudging, is what I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.72,0:03:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All it says to white kids is like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.18,0:03:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}'Oh yeah, you're great, you're amazing, \Nyou can do whatever you put your mind to.'{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.35,0:03:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it says to black kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.65,0:03:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}'You don't have shit, you don't own shit, \Nnot even shit you've created for yourself.'{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.23,0:03:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it makes me upset."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.54,0:03:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Amandla Stenberg] That itself is what is so \Ncomplicated when it comes to Black culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.15,0:03:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean the line between cultural \Nappropriation and cultural exchange
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.75,0:03:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is always going to be blurred, \Nbut here is the thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.71,0:03:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Appropriation occurs when a style leads \Nto racist generalizations or stereotypes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.82,0:03:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it originated
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.22,0:03:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is deemed as high fashion, cool or funny \Nwhen the privileged take it for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.17,0:03:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Appropriation occurs when the appropriator
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.75,0:03:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not aware of the deep significance \Nof the culture they are partaking in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.33,0:03:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hip hop stems from a black struggle, \Nit stems from jazz and blues,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.35,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,styles of music which African-Americans created \Nto retain humanity in the face of adversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.42,0:04:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which itself stems from songs song used \Nduring slavery to communicate and survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.71,0:04:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a smaller scale but in a similar vein, \Nbraids and cornrows are not merely stylistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.13,0:04:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Theyre necessary in order \Nto keep black hair neat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.22,0:04:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Ive been seeing this question a lot on \Nsocial media and I think it's really relevant:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.53,0:04:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would America be like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.45,0:04:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we loved black people \Nas much as we love black culture?