In short: Erasure. White people wearing cornrows and not openly acknowledging the style's past — while also trying to rebrand it or take ownership — is a problem because of what Black people ...

But the girls who are now wearing cornrows are not the same girls who ... They are not the same people just because they have the same skin color. Teed Rockwell, Berkeley, Calif.

Stenberg commented on the photo. Even as scrutiny has intensified, cornrows on white people continued to pop up on runways: DKNY, Alexander McQueen, Marchesa, and Valentino all featured ...

Historically, cornrows have been significant in African cultures, where they often represent a person’s age, tribe or social ...

Cornrows are “evidence of touch, evidence of effort, evidence of know-how,” says Jackson, adding that they are—as was the case with Bo Derek and basically every other person you have ever ...

Just one cornrow or a couple on the side is really cool [as opposed to a headful], but they have to be on the right person with the right clothing.” Oh. In order to move towards "chic," we need ...

A rep for Kendall did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, but this isn’t the first time a member of the Kardashian-Jenner crew has faced backlash after wearing cornrows.

David Beckham previously opened up to PEOPLE about his cornrows hairstyle, admitting to having "regret" over the 2003 look "for many reasons" David Beckham‘s got a style contender in his son ...

Many have argued cornrows are an appropriation of African-American culture and when white people "borrow" this look, they forget and seem to glaze over the harsher reality of racial inequality.

One year later, Kylie is back in cornrows and people are NOT having it. Twitter blew up after fans saw her Instagram post. Comments on Instagram are also racially charged. One user said ...