Latina Students Instruct White Women To Stop Wearing Hoop Earrings

I don’t know about the other Chicks, but I’m big on jewelry. I love it. I’m kind of obsessed with Pandora, but I’ll wear any brand. I love long necklaces. Chokers. Ear cuffs. Bangles. I’d wear a ring on every finger if didn’t look tacky. (It’s all about balance with jewelry, ya know.) And HOOPS. I’ve always liked hoops. So you can imagine my disappointment when I found out that I’m no longer allowed to wear them, being a white woman and all.

That’s right. A bunch of Latinas at Pitzer College decided to let white girls know that they shouldn’t wear hoops anymore, because that’s appropriating a style. Therefore, it’s totally unacceptable. Here’s what they wrote on the “free wall”:

Alegria Martinez, a “Pitzer College Resident Assistant (RA) and active member of the ‘Latinx Student Union,'” explained the inspiration behind the message. The Claremont Independent reported her statement:

“[T]he art was created by myself and a few other WOC [women of color] after being tired and annoyed with the reoccuring [sic] theme of white women appropriating styles … that belong to the black and brown folks who created the culture. The culture actually comes from a historical background of oppression and exclusion. The black and brown bodies who typically wear hooped earrings, (and other accessories like winged eyeliner, gold name plate necklaces, etc) are typically viewed as ghetto, and are not taken seriously by others in their daily lives. Because of this, I see our winged eyeliner, lined lips, and big hoop earrings serving as symbols [and] as an everyday act of resistance, especially here at the Claremont Colleges. Meanwhile we wonder, why should white girls be able to take part in this culture (wearing hoop earrings just being one case of it) and be seen as cute/aesthetic/ethnic. White people have actually exploited the culture and made it into fashion.”

Just for the record, I’ve never worn hoop earrings for the purpose of “feeling ethnic,” nor have I ever associated hoop earrings with a certain culture. They’ve always been an accessory I like. It’s really as simple as that.

Another perpetually offended snowflake decided to back Martinez up:

“If you didn’t create the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization, take off those hoops, if your feminism isn’t intersectional take off those hoops, if you try to wear mi cultura when the creators can no longer afford it, take off those hoops, if you are incapable of using a search engine and expect other people to educate you, take off those hoops, if you can’t pronounce my name or spell it … take off those hoops / I use “those” instead of “your” because hoops were never “yours” to begin with.”

I can’t wear hoops because I didn’t “create the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization”? I can’t wear hoops because I’m not a feminist? I can’t wear hoops because some Latinas can’t afford it? I can’t wear hoops because I refuse to buy into your hypersensitive BS? I can’t wear hoops because I might accidentally mispronounce your name? I can’t wear hoops because they never really were “mine” to begin with? Does anyone else realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?

Girl. If I paid for them, they’re MINE. Sit down. I’m buying some more hoops.

h/t The Daily Caller