What the hell is happening?
Why white girls need to stop wearing nameplate necklaces: https://t.co/VDbTSa80Ka pic.twitter.com/WmOHqiq1It
— Splinter (@splinter_news) November 2, 2016
Apparently white girls have appropriated the necklaces from “black and brown girls,” or something. From Fusion:
Nameplates have always leapt off the chests of black and brown girls who wear them; they’re an unequivocal and proud proclamation of our individuality, as well as a salute to those who gave us our names. The necklaces are a response to gas-station bracelets and department-store mugs emblazoned with names like Katie and Becky. But most of all, they’re a flashy and pointed rejection of the banality of white affluence.
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White girls and women have other stories, but they don’t have ours. It never feels like a homage to me when I see a white woman rocking a nameplate. Instead, it comes across as nothing more than an awkward replica—true “biters” of our shit.
This is a good question:
who still has the energy to fight over this kind of shit? https://t.co/6Qp62Ho3aX
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) November 2, 2016
If Donald Trump does win in 6 days, Dems will have to take a long, hard look at their social justice warrior media industrial complex and admit to themselves that they’ve gone too far.
Update. The Daily Beast’s Olivia Nuzzi has a good take on it:
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/793804535168962560
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/793805173760163841
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