Core Concepts
Race is often associated with this type of marker.
What are visible physical traits (skin color, hair, facial features)?
Race is described as not fixed but always changing—this means it is:
What is fluid?
Clothing, hair, and styling are tools for expressing this.
What is identity?
This April music festival is known for controversial “boho” looks and cultural appropriation debates.
What is Coachella?
Ethnicity is more associated with this.
What is cultural belonging / shared heritage?
Calling something “exotic” in fashion.
What is othering?
This concept describes discrimination based on hair texture.
What is texturism?
Wearing kente cloth in solidarity during protests sparked debates about this issue.
What is cultural appropriation?
This term describes how meanings of race and ethnicity are constantly revised over time.
What is rearticulation?
This concept describes experiencing multiple identities simultaneously.
What is intersectionality?
This describes adopting elements from another culture without understanding context.
What is appropriation?
This movement used T-shirts, hoodies, and streetwear to spread its message.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Race is not biological but instead shaped by this type of process.
What is a social construction?
This describes how dominant culture sets the standard for beauty and fashion.
What is hegemony?
This term explains how marginalized groups use style to challenge dominant systems.
What is resistance through fashion?
This movement promoted natural Black hair and beauty.
What is Black is Beautiful?
This concept explains how identities are continuously shaped through both structure and agency.
What is racial formation?
The reading says people both belong to groups and stay different—this idea is called:
What is belonging-in-difference?
This term describes how ethnicity allows for more flexibility and self-expression than race.
What is agency?
This legal case involved a Black woman challenging a ban on braids.
What is Rogers v. American Airlines?