So basically, animal crossing added hairdos from black culture, and white people put them on their character in game, and people are genuinely going nuts about it.

    • AlfredNobel [comrade/them,any]
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      4 years ago

      That's a good question, my thoughts are that symbols have power, and people don't want to see them divorced from their context. Why does an afro look cool? What caused the cultural shift that allowed black people to wear their hair in a natural way in the 60s and 70s? There is a lot of context of struggle, overcoming racism, and experiences there. So what are you celebrating if you don't know the context?

      Like I said above I think this was just someone trying to add that context which then got blown up.