Katy Perry's cornrows?

[Nye Bevan]

Once in a while an issue comes along (such as Spiderwoman's ass) which reveals a deep divide among DUers. Is Katy Perry's hairstyle such an issue, or do most DUers not really care? Let's find out.

50 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Cultural appropriation
	2 (4%)
	Racist
	1 (2%)
	Ignorant
	2 (4%)
	I like them
	1 (2%)
	Don't care
	40 (80%)
	Katy who?
	4 (8%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[joeybee12]

1. Where's the Katy Who option?

[Nye Bevan]

3. Sorry..... added! (nt)

[joeybee12]

22. Thanks...and now that's in the lead!

[uppityperson]

4. I do not understand the allure of repeatedly signing up only to get banned and all posts deleted

Why would someone waste so much time and energy doing this? I am curious.

[Nye Bevan]

9. No, MIRT is great.

That must have been an IP based auto-ban of a repeat offender.

On edit: this one too! Why don't these people use proxies?

[uppityperson]

21. aw, I missed it.

No, they were hand banned by mirt. Autoban they never get to post, this one does the IP proxie thing, must have several hundred bannings by now. Have you volunteered on mirt? It is quite something, seeing the repeaters come and get banned. I missed this reply, was it anything worthwhile?

[Nye Bevan]

24. It was someone's first post,

saying that the earlier post said nothing wrong and should not have been removed, and that MIRT should be abolished.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

30. That ahole has been up all night whining about this subject

Repeat jackass.

[uppityperson]

38. thanks. Poor zombie, so sad.

[cyberswede]

35. I figure he's a bitter, lonely person

...who blames minorities for his failings in real life. Why else put in all that effort for nothing?

[RandiFan1290]

5. Where's your vote, tough guy?

Why do racist white people care so much about hair styles?

[Nye Bevan]

7. Just voted "don't care".

Thanks for posting!

[Brother Buzz]

13. Did you say tough guy?

I never heard of or watched Parks and Recreation until my college son played it on Netflix® last night. It's really funny.

[RandiFan1290]

15. hehe

Wait till his ex shows up

[Blue_In_AK]

47. Ron Swanson is awesome!

He's one of my very favorite TV characters.

[Brother Buzz]

48. Nick Offerman's standup comedy is great, too. Kinda blue but spot-on and hilarious

My hip son played one of his shows on Netflix® before he put on Parks and Recreation

This entertaining Correspondents' Dinner set is wry and sardonic, sans the blue.

[arcane1]

31. Do you have any basis for accusing the OP of being a racist?

Put up or shut up

[RandiFan1290]

32. Just a general question.

No accusation made towards the OP. You should work on your reading comprehension.

[arcane1]

34. Ah, my suspicions were correct after all

Try better writing next time.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

8. She looks just as stupid as anyone else with cornrows

[BumRushDaShow]

17. So think Cicely Tyson was stupid?

(From 1962)

[LeftOfWest]

78. k&r

THANK YOU

fuck racists

even those with a so called d by their name.....

[TlalocW]

10. I don't really care

But it looks to me like she's pulling them off.

Now that eyeshadow is a different matter...

TlalocW

[mythology]

11. At least they distract from her awful singing

Other than that, I have no opinion on anything related to Katy Perry.

[dilby]

12. Looks like braids to me but what do I know. n/t

[TlalocW]

14. Someone just needs to go through old Archie comic books

From the 1960s to see if the character, Katy Keene, ever did her hair like this.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/azafar/katy-perry-is-comic-character-katy-keene#.bvYn9LPlv

TlalocW

[dawg]

16. She's pretty, and cornrows look good on her.

I like a lot of her music, too. I have no shame.

[pintobean]

18. The Elmo shirt was cultural appropriation

No, wait... it was just divisive.

[Warren DeMontague]

74. Right, the Elmo shirt.

...

[pintobean]

82. It sure was...

bouncy

[B2G]

19. Africans don't have the sole claim to their origins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornrows

Oh, and who cares.

Are we going to start bashing blacks for wigs and long flowing hair extensions, to get that 'white look'? Because a lot more of them wear those styles than cornrows.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

20. I don't like them on her

And her makeup there is dreadful. And I usually think she's cute.

Shirley Manson wore some great cornrows in the late 90's, but it was so brief I can't find any pics. And she's the whitest white girl alive.

[Blue_Adept]

23. Are people who say "Katy who?" just that isolated from mainstream culture?

Or is it just a sense of them trying to be above the common folk?

[Nye Bevan]

25. Even I had heard of Katy Perry.

But I had not heard of Iggy Azalea until a couple of days ago (a singer that some say is also guilty of cultural appropriation based on the accent she sings in).

[TBF]

26. Maybe older -

I am under 50 and know who she is because of my kids. I still prefer to listen to classic rock and only hear pop music if my kids get to the radio station first. People just like different things.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

29. Probably

"I'm so hip, I don't know who she is."

My mother is 81 and has at least heard her name. She was out supporting Obama, probably that's why....

[cwydro]

55. Mine is 88.

She never heard of her or Iggy.

[LiberalElite]

40. I clicked on Katy who? just for the hell of it

I stopped paying much attention to pop culture some time around Madonna's "Material Girl". So what?

[Shrek]

41. I've heard of her

But I don't what she is famous for. Singer, actress, or model, I suppose?

[FrodosPet]

68. Some examples of her work

Fluffy pop with some positive messages

[kiva]

43. If you're over a certain age...

50 maybe? and don't have kids or grandkids, it's very easy to not be exposed to mainstream culture. I don't live with anyone who listens to her, don't have them in my car, am not a fan of reality shows including talent shows or awards shows...it's not a matter of being above anyone, just not a part of my day-to-day life.

That said, I looked up Katy Perry for something else awhile ago, so did know who she was - but otherwise, I would have been one of the 'Katy Who?' group.

[X_Digger]

50. My radio has one preset- NPR. No kids, nieces, nephews, etc that I'm around.

I've never been into music, period. I know the name, but I couldn't pick the face out of a line-up.

Scratch that- I don't give a flying fuck about music, or sports, or movies..

[csziggy]

59. I've heard of Katy Perry but I have no clue what she does

Other than being a celebrity.

Does she sing? (Only slightly kidding!)

[bigwillq]

61. That, or they haven't discovered the Google

There's a lot of things I don't know, here and in real life. When I don't know something, instead of saying "Katy who" or "Miley who", I Google to get an idea of who or what something is.

I guess none of these "katy who" folks know what the Google is.

[treestar]

64. There is so much music out there now

I've paid little attention to pop for years. It's not the same as it was in the old days, where you couldn't not know the biggest people in pop.

[Codeine]

70. I've heard her name. Never heard her sing.

Today's media choices mean one can isolate oneself from idiot pop music far more thoroughly than in past days.

[Warren DeMontague]

75. It's DU, dude.

The demographic here skews more towards "Does my grandson know how to program this damn DVR?" than Dubstep.

[Throd]

81. Or perhaps "I'm too sophisticated to acknowledge popular culture".

[Warren DeMontague]

83. For me it's not an act; I am genuinely out of the loop, and I admit it.

My idea of a hip hop artist is Grandmaster Flash, or maybe Deborah Harry.

[Throd]

84. Not far behind you. My most current references are from the mid-90's.

[ann---]

27. My god

her eyes look horrible.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

28. If I knew who she is, I still wouldn't care.

[Aerows]

36. She is irritating

to me, but I do like them.

[LiberalElite]

37. What's with that eyeball earring? nt

[Fla_Democrat]

39. Not as good as Bo Derek's cornrows. IMHO

[HereSince1628]

53. That was a 10 in the way-back

[MineralMan]

42. Thinking about Katy Perry's Hair Style...

that's something in which I have no interest whatsoever. I think she, and all other women should style their hair as they please.

[bigwillq]

44. I think they look terrible on her

but I don't see anything wrong or offensive by her wearing her hair how she chooses.

[H2O Man]

45. Other.

Everything she does is fine with me.

[Nye Bevan]

49. Including marrying Russell Brand? (nt)

[H2O Man]

54. Sure.

I really don't know him at all, except for seeing him on tv a couple times. But, as long as that's who she wants to be with, and he treats her well, that's fine with me.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. I Dunno

That looks almost as much like a 40's braided hairstyle than it does cornrows.

BTW: I voted Don't Care. She's a talentless hack and she's on minute 14.

[pnwest]

51. pass, because corn rows are ugly on everydamnbody.

[Codeine]

71. Agreed.

And these look nastier than most. The greasy front hairs aren't helping.

[Glassunion]

52. Personally I'm not a fan of her music style. But the hate in some responses is hilarious.

She may wear her hair as she chooses.

[Rowdyboy]

56. Until she criticizes my hair styling choices, I'll leave her alone....

[B Calm]

57. How easy is it to shampoo cornrows?

[Number23]

58. 100 votes for "don't care" and a slew of posts about how BO DEREK's rows were better

Sweet Jesus.

Though I do suspect that some of these responses have more to do with who posted this OP than the matter itself.

[bravenak]

60. Whoever did them is not that talented?

I could have hooked her up.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

67. IKR !! and she was probably overcharged for that limp, loose hot mess. sheesh.

hope you are having a happy holiday season bravenak

[bravenak]

73. It's been a great holiday!!

I hope yours has been good too!!

I saw those cornrows and knew somebody was being lazy as hell. I did better in grade school.

[Bucky]

62. If this bothers you, I suggest waiting the 15 minutes until it changes

However I do find the swirly waxed bangs offensive to my Latino heritage

[XemaSab]

63. It makes white people with dark hair look like they're balding

Black people and blonde people don't have the contrast so you're not like "That chick needs some rogaine."

[Strelnikov_]

65. Wow, you explained why . .

it does not work for her.

I sensed it, but could not articulate.

[LeftyMom]

66. I was temporarily blinded by that eyeshadow before I noticed her hair.

[Codeine]

69. No option for "Disgusting and dirty-looking"?

She looks like she needs a bottle of shampoo. Ick.

[dissentient]

72. My opinion is it looks horrible

She looks much better with her previous look, IMHO.

[Warren DeMontague]

76. I don't care about the hair, but that fucking earring looks like it wants to put a whammy on someone

[Cha]

77. LOL So

Judgmental!

[Divernan]

79. Recall Bo Derek in the film "Ten"?

When I was actively scuba diving on numerous trips to the Caribbean & Cozumel, the first day there I would head down to the beach to get my hair braided by one of the beach vendors. I absolutely loved the freedom it gave me to pop in and out of the water all day long with my hair looking great. I hated to take the braids out when I finally returned home, but they shouted "vacation" and were too distracting and casual to be accepted in a court room or at a hearing. I needed people to focus on the content of my message and not my hair.

In response to this poll, I could give a rat's ass if a white woman chooses to wear cornrows.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

While heading to dinner with boyfriend Martin Kristen and her family in New York City yesterday, the German-born model rocked the braided hairstyle she got while on her July 4th weekend vacation in the Bahamas. The tanned skin, blonde hair and chiseled facial features gave us serious flashbacks to Bo Derek's iconic cornrows from 1979's "10."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/heidi-klum-braids-bo-derek_n_3560668.html

[BubbaFett]

85. Where's the Riff Raff option?

Versace Posting, aquaberry ice?