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A bunch of Latinas at Pitzer College decided to let white girls know that they shouldn__ wear hoops anymore, because that__ appropriating a style.... I__e never worn hoop earrings for the purpose of __eeling ethnic,_ nor have I ever associated hoop earrings with a certain culture. They__e always been an accessory I like. It__ really as simple as that....I can__ wear hoops because I didn__ __reate the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization_? I can__ wear hoops because I__ not a feminist? I can__ wear hoops because some Latinas can__ afford it? I can__ wear hoops because I refuse to buy into your hypersensitive BS?....Does anyone else realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?
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A bunch of Latinas at Pitzer College decided to let white girls know that they shouldn__ wear hoops anymore, because that__ appropriating a style.... I__e never worn hoop earrings for the purpose of __eeling ethnic,_ nor have I ever associated hoop earrings with a certain culture. They__e always been an accessory I like. It__ really as simple as that....I can__ wear hoops because I didn__ __reate the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization_? I can__ wear hoops because I__ not a feminist? I can__ wear hoops because some Latinas can__ afford it? I can__ wear hoops because I refuse to buy into your hypersensitive BS?....Does anyone else realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?

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