SIGH: Allure Magazine Uses White Woman In ‘Afro Tutorial’

In this week’s news of cringe-worthy cultural appropriation: Allure magazine ran the article “You (Yes, You) Can Have An Afro” in its August issue. The hair tutorial features a White woman with an afro (Rachel Dolezal-style), as demonstrated in this BuzzFeed article.

Per BuzzFeed:

Not only did the magazine choose to not use a black model with straight hair, it failed to reference the very sacred and political context of the natural style, worn during the American Civil Rights era as a symbol of black pride and protest for equality.

Someone should have warned you, @Allure_magazine Black Twitter comin’. Stop the foolishness. http://t.co/t5mQ5HVR9Fpic.twitter.com/OUWXI4zbkf

— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) August 2, 2015

words by me pic.twitter.com/g0HapkvfAt

— Amandla Stenberg (@amandlastenberg) July 13, 2015