Can A White Girl Wear That?
A conversation about head wraps and appropriation
3 min readFeb 13, 2020
“Can a white girl wear that?”
She asked me after complimenting the style of my Ankara head wrap. She was one of my favorite white girls. I just liked her. Something about her was annoyingly sweet, hilarious, and so lovable. I wanted to be her friend. Like a ‘someone you go see a movie with’ friend.
