So I just wanted to ask each of you what you think about it. Now, the piece has gotten a lot of support and a lot of pushback. You are not a black woman, and you do not get to claim either blackness or womanhood,' unquote. And she says, quote, 'Maybe, for some of you, itâ��s a presumed mutual appreciation for Beyonce and weaves that has you thinking that Iâ��m going to be amused by you approaching me in your best â��Shanequa from around the wayâ�� voice. Last week, Time published a piece by a young writer named Sierra Mannie called 'Dear White Gays: Stop Stealing Black Female Culture.' In the piece, Mannie argues that some gay, white men have appropriated black, female culture. MARTIN: So let's start with a topic that's getting a lot of traction. Thanks for joining us.īRIDGET ARMSTRONG, BYLINE: Thanks for having us. And Michael Arceneaux is a writer and contributor to and. Trey Graham is a former NPR arts editor and an award-winning theater critic. Bridget Armstrong is one of our TELL ME MORE producers and creator of the pop-culture blog. Sitting in the chairs for a fresh cut or a new do, as it were, are Sarah Ventre, senior producer with public radio station KJZZ in Arizona. That's our Beauty Shop-Barbershop hybrid where we mix things up and dig into some pop-culture stories with a diverse panel of men and women. I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.
