I have as much right as ANY human being to say what I think is right or wrong. And being a person of color doesn't give you ANY right to police other's style of beauty or dress. There's cultural exchange, cultural appropriation and cultural similarity. Do you know what ALL of those things are and that they exist at the same time, or is EVERYTHING about you and only you and hurting YOU? In MMA, cornrow braids are used to keep the hair from being used as a handle. That's safety not culture. Braids are about as basic a human thing as you could possibly have. There are paintings, cave drawings and carvings to back it up. Romans wore braids, Ancient Hebrews wore braids, Egyptians, Northern very white tribes certainly wore braids to keep their hair neat while on ships with wind blowing. They didn't wait for Africans to tell them it was OK. That has nothing to do with any culture. And you should learn more English before you try to reason with, berate or judge anyone in their mind OR their HEART. You're barely forming sentences, have no punctuation and and seem to be unaware of anyone else but yourself or how these terms and ideas affect all groups because your ability to understand and study it still has gaps.

And who are you to suggest that it's OK to abuse a 12 year old for wearing braids she appreciates??? Does being person of color make it OK to be cruel to children now?

This kind of rhetoric is made to create racial strife and separation of working people so they're not as powerful to oppose abuse by the overclass. You don't even know to question it.

And furthermore that rice crapola is exactly that. Why do something a elaborate as braid hair to hold rice when you use such things as leaves or skins that do the same job far better? Do you believe every pro-african thing you’re told?