Natives are Hard on New Blacks: Pharrell got regulated for wearing a headdress

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Pharrell Williams isn't used to making people this unhappy.

The singer has apologized for his appearance on the cover of Elle UK's July 2014 issue, which shows him wearing anindigenous headdress, CBC News reported.

The cover photo drew widespread condemnation on Twitter Tuesday and Wednesday, with a number of First Nations people expressing their offense at what they called an instance of "cultural appropriation."


"I respect and honour every kind of race, background and culture," Williams said. "I am genuinely sorry."

People who objected to the cover remarked on how the headdress is something that is earned.

One user said that people shouldn't wear it for the same reason that one shouldn't don a jingle dress or priest's outfit.


Pharrell isn't the first to come under fire for using a headdress as a fashion statement. Chanel apologized to anyone who may have "misinterpreted" its use of headdresses in a "Cowboys and Indians"-themed show last year.

"Native Americans are an integral part of Texas' rich history and culture and the feather headdress, a symbol of strength and bravery, is one of the most visually stunning examples of creativity and craftsmanship," a spokesperson said.

"We deeply apologize if it has been misinterpreted or is seen as offensive as it was really meant to be a tribute to the beauty of craftsmanship.

Pharrell's Native Headdress On Elle UK Cover Angers Indigenous People (PHOTOS, TWEETS)


They had the hastag #NotHappy goin' in on him

ELLE magazine, indeed

 

[Strapped]

shirt look dope

 

[Larry Lobster]

Isn't that a women magazine? What is this fakkit in the cover

 

[Zardoz]

I remember bumping into a Native American site saying the biggest difference between blacks and themselves is that we obsess about sex on a 'tribal' level.

That's all I know about these people.

 

[MekaCatt]

@ the thread tittle. Lol

 

[Asiatic Black Hebrew]

 

[beenz]

well he kinda went in that direction on the last NERD album.

 

[DarlingNikki]

Isn't that a women magazine? What is this fakkit in the cover

This was going to be my comment.

 

[sun raw]

Isn't that a women magazine? What is this fakkit in the cover

Yeah why would they put a man women like on a magazine cover for women

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

well he kinda went in that direction on the last NERD album.

They were wearing them in one of the videos for the album, too, but Pharrell is bigger now (to a certain audience) than he was before

 

[Larry Lobster]

I remember bumping into a Native American site saying the biggest difference between blacks and themselves is that we obsess about sex on a 'tribal' level.

That's all I know about these people.

 

[Rawtid]

Isn't he part Indian or whatever?

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

Awaits an "indian" organization, fellow celeb, or "new indian" to defend his actions against the criticism as being too sensitive, too race conscious, as not embracing other cultures, and too stuck in the past

 

[Poitier]

Isn't that a women magazine? What is this fakkit in the cover

 

[MBwithadream]

Pharrell's Native Headdress On Elle UK Cover Angers Indigenous People (PHOTOS, TWEETS)


They had the hastag #NotHappy goin' in on him

ELLE magazine, indeed

Don't they know that his kin once ran with Geronimo?



#newnatives