Mo’Nique Jumps In On The Bonnet Debate

The bonnet debate continues to be trending on social media with some folks arguing that Black ladies shouldn’t put on their bonnets exterior of the home whereas others defending a Black lady’s proper to put on no matter she desires, each time she desires.

That debate got here to a head this weekend when legendary comic and actress Mo’Nique jumped into the dialog. Carrying a bathrobe, she took to Instagram to inform her 1 million followers a narrative about when she went to the Atlanta airport catching a flight to Mississippi. “I noticed so lots of our younger sistas in head bonnets, scarves, slippers, pajamas, blankets wrapped round them, and that is how they’re exhibiting as much as the airport,” she defined within the 5-minute IGTV video. “I’ve been seeing it not simply on the airport, I’ve been seeing it on the retailer, on the mall. I’ve been seeing sistas exhibiting up in these bonnets and headscarves and slippers. And the query I’ve to you my candy infants: when did we lose pleasure in representing ourselves?”

Mo’Nique’s stance is all about having pleasure in your self, exhibiting as much as locations presentable, and representing your self and the household you created. She desires the younger sistas to point out the world they’ve pleasure in themselves with out somebody having to ask them and whereas she’s not flawed in wanting the very best for our younger Black Queens, maybe her method was just a little off-putting for the Web. She even gave us all a warning, saying “if I see you within the streets, within the airport, within the Walmart and you bought a bonnet on and also you go slippers on and also you trying like what the f***, auntie gon’ faucet you and say ‘hey child woman, present what you’re value.’”

For some, Mo’Nique’s standpoint could be very old-fashioned as a result of as we all know, traditionally, Black folks all the time felt the necessity to show their value by going above and past to look polished, “stored” and of a better class with a purpose to keep away from racist stereotypes and disrespectful remedy. However for others, her take is spot on, as some folks within the dialog imagine {that a} lady’s bonnet ought to by no means go away her residence.

On the finish of the day, persons are going to do no matter they wish to and Black ladies ought to be allowed to point out as much as areas nevertheless they wish to with out being judged and having to impress strangers, particularly in locations just like the airport or the nook retailer. And since Mo’Nique simply added extra gasoline to the bonnet debate fireplace, social media clapped again on the comic in memes and jokes for, what some would name, a disrespectful sizzling take.

Try a few of the finest responses under.

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