https://contemporaryracism.org/3068/we-want-a-black-james-bond-but-is-that-the-most-productive-fight-to-be-fought/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Tue, 05 Apr 2016 01:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/3068/we-want-a-black-james-bond-but-is-that-the-most-productive-fight-to-be-fought/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 01:02:02 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3068#comment-666 I understand your thought process here and I have felt the same way sometimes about some instances of cultural appropriation. That being said, Julisa said during one of our conversations in class that it isn’t the corn rows themselves, for example, that are so hurtful it is the double standard that when black women wear their hair in that way it is considered unprofessional. So while I see where you are coming from, this instance is symbolic of larger issues and when we fight against these seemingly less important issues we are really fighting against the meanings behind them, and that is what we should be focusing on.

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