Hair Oppression and Appropriation

Bibliographic Data

ID4160256
AuthorsAndrea Mejía Chaves (Victoria University of Wellington), Samuel Bacharach (0000-0002-6001-2922, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author), Sondra Bacharach (Victoria University of Wellington)
Year2021
Volume61
Issue3
Pages335-352
Publication date2021-08-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/aesthj/ayab002
OpenAlexW3193459758
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited8

In countries like the United States, White people benefit from appropriating Black hair culture, even while Black men and women experience race-based hair discrimination and oppression. One goal of this paper is to raise awareness of hair discrimination and oppression within the philosophical community. Another is to consider whether current theories of appropriation can account for the wrongness of this widespread phenomenon and, if so, how. We are particularly interested in the special case where one minority group appropriates from another minority group-viz. the appropriation of Black hairstyles by Non-Black Persons of Colour (NBPoC). Our paper highlights the complexity of appropriation claims between competing minority groups-both of which have been oppressed, albeit differently, by White people- due to their multi-ethnic, multicultural and, therefore, intersectional, status

Appropriation · Black women · Cultural appropriation · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Minority group · Multiculturalism · Oppression · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sociology · White (mutation) · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Musicians’ Health and Performance · Philosophy · Social Issues and Sustainability

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