Independent: Justin Bieber Accused of Appropriating Black Culture with His New Blond Dreadlocks - Blacks straightening or dying hair blond? Perfectly okay.

Looks like he's also going for that sleepy vacant loopy look favored by the bruhthus. 

Justin Bieber has stirred controversy with his new dreadlocks, with fans calling him out for cultural appropriation.

The 22-year-old singer appeared on stage at the IHeartRadio Awards with his new hair style and posted several photos of the dreadlocks on his Instagram.

Fans vented their frustrations, arguing that black hair styles are more than a fashion vogue, and cannot simply be culturally appropriated.

“People are annoyed cause when black people wear this style they are stereotyped as druggies and are “unkempt” look at Zendaya for example. She had fake dreads and she was stereotyped, But when people such as JB […] wears them its suddenly ‘the latest trend’,” wrote one Instagram user.

“Justin Bieber got dreads. There’s your (unwanted) daily dose of cultural appropriation,” wrote another user on Twitter.

While another added, “Dreadlocks are cultural appropriation. we’ve taught u this before. Your hair is fine as it was”. (sic)

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