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 ...

Native Americans, Greeks, Romans and Celtic (Irish) art have depicted people in cornrows as long as 1,000 years ago. Kelly Earls. WHY IS IT FASHIONABLE and trendy on a white girl, but ghetto on us?

Now, yes, it is cornrows. Now other people want to wear it. The standard of beauty is changing. Cornrows do have a a lot of meaning behind [them], but then again, people like fashion.

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.

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 ...

David Beckham previously opened up to PEOPLE about his cornrows hairstyle, admitting to having "regret" over the 2003 look "for many reasons" ...

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.

Here we go again. This time last year, Kylie Jenner was called out for wearing her hair in cornrows by the ~internet~ and also Amandla Stenberg, who went on to write an essay about cultural ...