Popstar Complains About Racist Hotel Shampoo… Gets SHUT DOWN

I travel a lot.

Some hotels have great shampoo. (I’m looking at you, Omni Motelucia. Thank you for being a friend.)

Some (most) don’t.

I have incomprehensibly fine, wispy baby hair that frizzes at the sight of humidity… if you’re curious.  I’m not particularly picky about shampoo, because my hair’s going to look a MESS regardless.

I guess that’s why I just didn’t realize that hotel shampoo is racist… or something like that.

I’ve been traveling for years now and it’s been so frustrating that the hotel toiletry industry entirely alienates people of color. I can’t use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo. Neither can 50% of ur customers. Annoying.

— h (@halsey) April 27, 2018

Oh?

White people shampoo?

(My mom is fully hispanic. I’m half hispanic. We both use Tresemme or whatever… just putting that out there.)

I DO understand that black people use different hair products. I’m not dumb. Buuuuuuut black people aren’t 50% of their customers. Putting that out there. 12.5% of the American population is black. Not 50. So financially, it kind of makes sense for hotels to have one not-really-that-great-for-anyone shampoo.

Additionally, hotel shampoo isn’t really meant to flatter your hair… it’s just meant to wash it if you forgot to bring your own.

It will wash ANYONE’S HAIR.

It’s not like white people go “WOW! This white people hotel shampoo has my hair looking better than ever before!”

If you want fancy crap that makes your hair look great, that’s on you.

Anyway, I guess I’m just not woke…

This is so so true. https://t.co/CfooJFcBah

— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) April 27, 2018

THIS! If hotels really wanna do something… put some Organix Shampoo and Conditioner in the bathroom , Shea Butter soap, and add a flat iron to go along with that lil raggedy blowdryer that hangs on the wall. https://t.co/q0oVhHjETd

— IG: AYANATHEDIVA (@AyanaTheDIVA) April 27, 2018

Oh yes. Turns out them not providing styling tools is also a race thing.

Do you want to use a flat iron a bunch of other people used? I don’t. Those things get crusty.

But let’s get real here, shall we?

Lmao imagine if hotels had two shampoo types and labeled them “For Blacks” and “For Everyone Else” how the outrage would be 😂 https://t.co/0GefopRBR5

— 𝓧𝓲𝓪𝔁𝓾𝓮 ♥ (@Xiaxue) April 27, 2018

AAAAND

Also isn’t this woman white with like v little hair what’s the problem pic.twitter.com/M5QF9lkc1B

— 𝓧𝓲𝓪𝔁𝓾𝓮 ♥ (@Xiaxue) April 27, 2018

Me & my “white privileged hair” (whatever that means) can tell you hotel shampoo universally dries out & destroys your hair. Crap shampoo doesn’t discriminate. https://t.co/CNvrn2iwfa

— Britt McHenry (@BrittMcHenry) April 27, 2018

I always bring my own shampoo and it has never crossed my mind that hotels are racist. Holy victim mentality, Batman

Does she expect hotels to offer every variety of shampoo imaginable so as to not discriminate against any hair types?

I can’t believe there are ppl this entitled https://t.co/zr3UmYvTA3

— Yasmine Mohammed (@ConfessionsExMu) April 27, 2018

It’s fun to pretend that as a multi-millionaire performer you don’t travel with a team that brings your own preferred hair care products with you to your luxury suites… score those social justice points though. https://t.co/Iv9jN2odWi

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 27, 2018

Of COURSE she defends herself:

I’m fortunate enough to be financially in a position to do so, but POC traveling frequently for work/medical reasons might not be. Just making a point is all! https://t.co/6u7PWqc1yY

— h (@halsey) April 27, 2018

Wait. Is she saying people who travel frequently can’t afford their own shampoo? Not to be cold, but is that the hotel’s responsibility? Should they ALSO provide free meals and child care?

I’m sure people traveling for medical reasons have bigger concerns than racist hotel shampoo.

But WHAT DO I KNOW.