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dia.zalez :
I’m not Oaxacan, but I will never forget about how people have ridiculed, disrespected, mocked, and abused the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico. All of a sudden they’ve got short term memory about colorist comments or jokes they made about “La India Maria” 😤😡
2025-06-18 20:33:59
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Lily :
I think the disconnect is that it’s not a trend lol. Just bc posted videos of it doesn’t mean it’s a trend to them
2025-06-19 03:37:42
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Gen 😡 :
Girllll!!! Are you from Oaxaca????!!!
2025-07-11 09:13:40
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nolvet🫀 :
you said it PERFECTLY! they wanna call our culture and traditions “trends” and “styles” but this is our everyday: NOT A COSTUME. they even try to argue that being mexican and indigenous is always synonymous with one another, and this idea perpetuates the erasure of our pueblos and tribes that have been scrutinized since spanish colonization
2025-06-18 22:11:03
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nanccc15 :
And also people who have no connection to the culture or heritage telling other people it’s okay to wear ribbon braids…. Like it’s not yours to share ….
2025-06-18 22:47:56
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✩Ask my nail lady✩ :
I’m from Oaxaca & I commented under a girls page that did a pop up. I told them I loved it if they had some acknowledgment towards indigenous people. Not a single like lol cause all of a sudden I’m getting asked
2025-06-19 15:35:03
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My family is from Mexico. From many different ranchos. I’m a Chicano myself. Am I allowed to wear the braids? I’ve seen many takes on it but I’m just not sure. Many women in my family wear these but I never did. But I want to start representing my family, community, & culture.
2025-06-20 17:52:26
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saca la bolsita :
I respect your opinion all love but ima wear my ribbon as protest i will rage for my parents/raza and make the silent complaint people uncomfortable with them. I haven't wore my braids ever since I was little cause I'd be called India maria and people talk their ish but as an adult I will wear my hair as such with ribbon as such as a political statement. since they cant speak up and dress how it is how they want due to being profiled i will. I dont see it as a tend at all tbh
2025-06-18 22:13:27
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🌻 :
This is exactly why I dislike this trend and the word “fashion” being put onto indigenous cultures, because for us indigenous peoples our traditional customs aren't a "fashion". We don't wear our traditional customs within our cultures as a "fashion element" especially when many of our traditional clothings, jewelry, and cultural hairstyles etc……that hold very important values to us that have historical, cultural, and spiritual meanings that is tied a specific indigenous community identity/heritage/and our oppression……💯
2025-06-19 05:48:13
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bingsuvivi :
Yup! I was made fun of for wearing a similar hairstyle as a kid by other Mexicans 😭
2025-06-18 21:54:34
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jennyglucero :
MINDING MY INDIGENOUS BUSINESS yes girl 😘😘😘
2025-06-22 15:44:21
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Coffee LVR :
My mom, as a Mestiza in Zacatecas, wore these braids as a child. My white Mexican neighbor used to make similar braids for her child. Some of us Mexican kept some native practices. Mexican culture is a mixture of Native, European, and African cultures. Feel free to wear the braids as long as you acknowledge where it came from
2025-06-19 05:00:40
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speedymoralez18 :
This is so true being from Oaxaca has always been hard because people would shame me for my color and for looking “India” and now people want to find it cool to do “Mexican braids” when they know nothing about our people that do these braids on a daily I’ve always been called India Maria just because I have two braids crazy how people think this is ok
2025-06-19 10:23:39
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far :
I love that you mentioned other indigenous communities outside of Mexico because you’re so right! The women of my grandma’s pueblo in El Salvador also wore braids with laces, my grandma would do it on me
2025-06-19 03:46:13
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tiddiyuh :
In the Mexican community why is it an insult to be called Oaxacan. I used to be embarrassed of being indigenous Mexican but the culture is so rich and beautiful I needed to open up and learn more
2025-06-19 18:43:46
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cely :
i’ve been ridiculed and mocked for wearing my regalia all my life by mexicans even at my high school graduation i spoke in purepecha and someonesaid i shouldve spoken spanish.. so no my culture isn’t a trend
2025-06-19 00:00:29
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Ella the OriGinaL :
they make fun of us when we do these hairstyles on a regular everyday basis
2025-06-18 20:08:05
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ރ𝔏𝔦𝔩𝔄𝔷𝔱𝔢𝔠._ ރ :
Not from Oaxaca but I am part of Puebla and Veracruz náhuas. Many generations are forgetting where they come from and from my parents pueblos are very few kids who knows the language un like me both sides of my family they stop for the reason family that was left from this world were the only ones that knew and didn’t get the chance to teach my parents their siblings. I may not know many words but I always try to learn.
2025-06-20 07:38:26
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supa.sweetz :
thank you amiga 💖💖
2025-06-19 17:18:45
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Not Demure :
I promise you all indigenous women in oaxaca are not bothered by people wearing the trensas🤷
2025-06-21 23:53:35
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qhiaarimbaa :
Literally!!! Reina!! 👸🏽
2025-07-16 11:45:24
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fatifat :
i agree! alot of ppl are trying to wear the braids saying "reconnecting w their roots"😭 i just find it to be such a lazy response bc they dont even know what cultures they are taking from. most the time theyre contributing to homogenizing the indigenous ppls of mexico.
2025-07-11 00:55:37
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sam⁷ (spaghetti vers) :
im lowkey confused, so Mexicans who don’t have indigenous blood or roots or rnt from Oaxaca can’t do these braids? Bc my parents r from Acapulco and Vera Cruz and I have warn braids when I was younger and I even did once like as a teen and I got called India Maria 😭 I’m willing to learn but this whole braid trend thing is confusing me😭
2025-07-18 15:19:04
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DoneBeingFakeFuckAllUBitches :
Thank you for saying this 👏 many of my family members are harassed for wearing their trenzas and many do up end up being found dead with little to no knowledge on their death to which ppl simply label as natural causes. I fully support reconnecting and learning indigenous ppl but it’s important to stick to your own culture and respect other cultures by not appropriating it because yes even natives can appropriate each other’s culture
2025-06-19 19:12:26
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