Hotel shampoo sparks debate on white privilege

I hate Halsey - stupid voice and dumb lyrics nobody cares that you like poon and peen

It's always the black people who are hardly black that make the biggest fuss about "white people" and "discrimination."

She's whiter than I am.

Is this idiot so poor she cannot afford to BRING HER OWN FUCKING SHAMPOO when she stays in a hotel? It's a complimentary item they put in the bathroom. If you don't like it, don't use it. And get over your nasty self-righteous attitude.

I can't see how can she go on living deprived like that!

You know, because stuff that's given away for free a courtesy, should be top tier spa quality stuff.

The only debate that should be had is how ridiculous whining about free stuff is.

I have the same problem when I stay at Buckingham Palace.

Maybe if I show the Queen Halsey's tweet, she'll take me seriously.

You know you all are mad at her for being white-adjacent. Preach, homegirl.

She's super annoying. Plus, she might be biracial, but anyone who sees her will think she is white. I love all these 'woke' types of black/biracial women who sit preaching, but exclusively date white men.

Newsflash, NO ONE can use that shampoo, you race baiting troll.

Serious question: do black people have to use special shampoo? “Black people” shampoo?

And I am a white person who always brings my own toiletries because I AM SPECIAL TOOOOOO!

cocoa butter and grease

Halsey is not even half-black, her father is biracial, he's black and white.

She needs to STFU. And what the fuck does she know about Halsey Street in Bushwick?! That's where this poseur got her fake name. She needs to fuck off into oblivion!

[quote] “I’ve been traveling for years now and it’s been so frustrating that the hotel toiletry industry entirely alienates people of color,” the biracial star tweeted, sparking a debate between herself and her fans. “I can’t use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo.”

And I thought that **I*** had problems!

She is 25% black at most, her father is bi-racial and 3 of her 4 grandparents are 100% white. She does not have afro hair and is full of shit.

[quote] I can’t use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo. Neither can 50% of ur customers.

FIFTY percent?!?

oh, I do NOT think so...

I refuse to believe Halsey made a fuss about shampoo -- this is a man who was calm when the Japanese strafed the bridge of the Missouri.

Why is she using shampoo from a hotel anyway? Unless a hotel is offering name brands, most crappy hotel toiletries are Made in China poison!

On top of it all, her hair is quite short.... not much to even seriously tangle there. Perhaps she ought to choose nicer hotels, their free amenities are usually much nicer.

She must be staying in some ghetto-ass hotels.

Halsey, the Rosa Parks of the beauty industry.

Can Jewish people use cheap ass white people shampoo?

Gurl, get yourself some wigs

I’ve never heard of this person but she looks totally white.

Jewish people are white.

Ashkenazi are basically white, because of extensive interbreeding with Europeans, Cossacks, etc. but there's still at least a trace of semitic DNA, and semites (Arabs etc) are not white.

She claims to be biracial, bisexual, and bipolar.

She appears to be an attention-whore, and I’d take anything she says with a serious amount of skepticism.

Different hair textures do have different requirements, and most basic shampoos and conditioners sold in drug stores (or used as free hotel toiletries) are no good for type 3 or greater hair. That said, her hair is straight or straightened and I don't know why she'd ever be using hotel products anyway.

I worked at an autistic home years ago and was completely ignorant about black peoples hair. One of the clients had her hair washed about twice a month. It seemed to take hours. Two aides would come with a caddy of hair care stuff and undo her hairdo and wash it. One of the products literally looked and felt like grease. After it was applied it seemed like a hundred gallons of water to wash it out. Then they wrapped her hair in a towel and it’s seemed like forever to dry it. I said why don’t you rub it, they sucked their teeth and told me I don’t know anything because black hair splits and cracks with that kind of treatment. Well excuse me.

So now I know why I see dandruf flakes on black women’s scalps, it’s an ordeal to wash it.

I agree with her. Hotels need to stock all bathrooms with products for all guests, not only the white ones.

[quote]So now I know why I see dandruf flakes on black women’s scalps, it’s an ordeal to wash it.

Why do you see it on white men?

I love hotel shampoo!

R16 My great uncle

I believe that she has inadvertently revealed what is at the root of the racial issues in this country. Does she honestly believe that black people make up 50% of the traveling public? If she does, then I have to think that many others do as well.

[quote]Does she honestly believe that black people make up 50% of the traveling public? If she does, then I have to think that many others do as well.

I often take the E train from Jamaica Queens, which is where the Air Train drops off travelers on their way from JFK to the city. I always say it's easy to spot the black people...they're the ones without luggage.

Al Roker @AlYourWeatherPal

#MeToo @Halsey #MeToo

What was her practical solution to solve the problem? Bitching and complaining has become a national pastime these days.

Halsey also says she suffers from endometriosis, like another non-attention seeking celebrity.

R21/R24 Some, but not all Jews have ethnic hair. Mine is very curly and long, and for a wash or two, I could certainly get away with it, I just probably would require an entire mini bottle of conditioner. If her hair is dry or fragile, she should skip the wash and just condition if she's too lazy to pack her own. Prissy and high maintenance.

She thought this was going to be her "take a knee" moment. Swing and a miss.

Semites are white. Stop. There’s black, white and Asian. The end.

What kind of shampoo is she going to use on this ‘do??

Rug shampoo R40.

For real though, is she not the whitest brightest lightest of all those claiming to be black?

I mean she makes Megan Markle look like Viola Davis.

Did Al Roker really tweet #metoo to Halsey? Way to twist the me too movement.

Wait... she's black?

R44. She claims to be, although she appears to be whiter than snow.

She looks like a trashy version of Megyn Kelly in OP’s pic.

Most of the criticism she's getting is from white people. How has black Twitter reacted?

I’d bet most black people have never heard of this poseur.

Her gross, white pseudo-thug boyfriend constantly refers to her as “his bitch”, but she finds hotel shampoo problematic. OK!

Lipstick Alley has a thread going in which they're debating whether or not she's biracial.

The consensus appears to be that she's white.

Posted on Lipstick Alley:

"yeah...she's as white as the coke she snorts."

Is she black like Rachael Dolezal was black or does she have the receipts?

R49, that’s because she’s “Bad at Love”.

Her father who may or may not be biracial at least clearly presents as a POC.

So I guess she isn't Rachel Dolezal-ing this.

The radio constantly playing her music has got it stuck in my head, and I caught myself humming her song Alone today.

Never heard of her.

Never want to again.

She is biracial. There are pictures of her where it's clear but she 's very light. I don't think she was raised in the black culture though. But her rich bratty narcissist problems need to be explained to all the millions of refugees around the world who don't have a bar of soap while she's pissed off because hers' is free. Sickening.

But she’s a queer person (who only dates guys), y’all.

In addition to being a proud Woman of Color.

Halsey, you need to stay in my hotels. We provide only the finest of hair care products.

Will she also be campaigning on behalf of all the bald men who are triggered by the hairnormative violence of visible shampoo mocking them when they enter the bathroom?

Her black? I thought she white.

r47 for all that Twitter itself-and Black Twitter in particular-can be a tire fire, there's always a good percentage who are common sense, no bullshit users. It cuts across class and colour lines, too which surprised me.

Who uses that shampoo anyway? There isn't enough in the bottle for one shampoo. Bring your own, you insufferable ass.

Maybe she should stay in better hotels.

I typically take all the shampoos, soaps, and tp in my room. Once I've collected a fair bunch, I take them to one of the shelters in my city. Some people are grateful for hotel shampoos and soaps.

r65 that's a good idea. I don't travel anymore but I never thought of that. I just brought my own and ignored the house stuff.

R65 I used to work in humanitarian aid and we gladly accepted those sorts of donations. Good on you.

Wouldn't black people be upset if they were offered special shampoo? At one point, I think they might have been, but I don't know anymore.

I’ve done that too r65, you’re right that people with literally nothing are happy to get these things. I’ve also clipped coupons for toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, razors etc., when I worked out I could get about thirty of each for free. Everyone should have access to the basics of human dignity.

R69... talk about basic human dignity. I experienced literal violence when I encountered that “white people shampoo” in my hotel bathroom.

I am white-adjacent but I prefer black people's shampoo. It is rich and creamy and smells good.

Nobody is exposed to hotel toiletries any more than flight attendants, and when I was still working we had a huge box in out various lounges where you could drop all your hotel stuff at the end of your trip. Then once a week someone took the box to the homeless shelter.

No one ever complained.

Look at angry me! Look at angry me!

Halsey is what happens when the hype and other bullshit surrounding a 'performer' is more important than the actual talent.

Welcome to the current world of entertainment.

Do any of you steal those little bottles of complimentary shampoo or bars of soap? Asking for a friend.

I've seen dozens of articles about this person over on the DM, and I've never bothered to read any, since she seems like just another incredibly annoying fame whore. Good to know I was correct.

Actual black people on Twitter are increasingly tired of “biracial” people like Halsey and the new Storm talking on behalf of African Americans.

R46 lol 😆

If not for her collaboration with sexy emo-bros The Chainsmokers, no one would have ever heard of this bitch.

[quote]Do any of you steal those little bottles of complimentary shampoo

No, because the shampoo is not marked safe for color treated hair. They should provide color safe shampoo for men of a certain age.

Would this suffice R81?

They should just get rid of the shampoo altogether. That's the best option. And not all white people have "white people hair".

R83, they should keep the shampoo, because most people staying in hotels are white male business travelers.

If this “adjacent” minority bitch isn’t happy... she can bring her own.

Why inconvenience the majority to satisfy a very small minority??

I don’t think it’s a bad idea to have a variety on hand and a traveler can request something specific when booking a reservation. However I doubt she really cares. This feels like attention seeking through and through.

I use a product marketed to POC and I love it. Mango and shea butter wonderment. Halsey needs to bring her own and stop whining. She's basic as hell about expecting someone to provide her special crap. I've got a news flash, Halsey dear...white girls bring their own. Black girls bring their own. It's not white people shit, it's just shit.

Going for woke points, she is the female Jesse Williams

She was on the TV news in new Zealand last night, had never heard of her, she has some disease or something she wanted to bring 'attention', but missed what it was, but did think she was white. Any idea what 'disease' she has?

R88, she says she’s Bipolar. Also claims to have endometriosis.

I believe she also has Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

That Bad At Love video is clearly some sort of Steven Universe cosplay.

I kind of respect that. It sets a tone describing her ambitions.

I kind of like her. Yeah, she should minimize the SJW bullshit... but she’s interesting and her songs are decent.

Halsey Street is the (one) black hipster street in Newark.

Her real name is “Ashley Nicolette Frangipane”.

Yes, Italian.

She adopted “Halsey” by scrambling the letters that make up Ashley.

R2 is such a deplorable human being.

So funny to see the racists here get into a tizzy because she doesn't deny her heritage.

R94, you have to admit she is very white.

How is she black? Are all the americans blind ?, she is white anyway she is so annoying : lesbian/bi but only date guys, her boyfriend treat her like a shit.

So basically she's a white heterosexual woman who identifies as a black lesbian.

R98 has nailed Halsey.

She’s white.

Bitch is now the spokesmodel for Soul Glo!

I love “Closer” because of those smokin half-naked Chainsmoker dudes.

Her wigger bf is admittedly hot in a trashy way.

R103, that dude is very hot.

Halsey has good taste in white adjacent guys.

This is Halsey as a toddler with her parents. Her dad is obviously black (by American standards).

She's not black black

R105. Well she looks white.

She's not bi she's a closeted lesbian her bf is also gay

R7 Wait, hold on! You’re telling me that bitch in the picture is black?!

This is Halsey with her family from a few years ago. I never would've guessed she had a black father.

So she has “good” hair, by Black Americans’ standards.

Biracial people with good hair can use the same crap whites use.

Regardless, she’s making decent money, and can buy herself top of the line hair care products. Most of the stuff out there is crap. I never use the soaps or shampoos in hotels. I bring my own, and never give it a second thought.

I figured out awhile ago that "Halsey" is her real name "Ashley" spelled backwards. I'm proud that I figured that out all by myself.

Her father isn't black black either

One more pic with daddy.

She obviously grew up in a white community, with a white appearance, identity, and culture.

R114, you become white when you look like her.

50 percent? It's damn arrogant to dump in Asian/Latino hair in with African hair. They're not alike--I've never had an Asian or Latino friend complain about shampoo. The main bitch I hear from East Asians is needing to have stylists who can cut a straight line, since mistakes show when your hair is super straight.

Funny how she goes out of her way to look as white as possible with the bleached hair.

Looking for an Insta- gig?

[quote]I figured out awhile ago that "Halsey" is her real name "Ashley" spelled backwards. I'm proud that I figured that out all by myself.

Wow. Figured out that Halsey is Ashley spelled backward all by yourself, huh? Good for you! 🤦‍♂️

R68 and R73 are you also the people who brought those muffin stumps too? Nobody wants the stumps!

R121 LOL

I am a female and cannot imagine using random shampoo in a hotel. I would bet that even the most expensive hotels have pretty basic shampoo and if you wouldn't use drugstore shampoo you need to bring your own. ridiculous.

Next is she going to bitch on social media about how she was discriminated against on the basis of her appearance while shopping in a high-end store? It's just laughable she's trying to play the black victim card when she's even more passable than Mariah Carey.

I don't know any women who use hotel shampoo or gym shampoo. Men with short hair use it. Most women have a short list of shampoos they like and the travel with their own. Half her family is white so she should be aware that white women are fussy about hair care products too.

Omg I hate her and Bebe Rexa and Rita Ora. Awful fucking shit.

[quote]She adopted “Halsey” by scrambling the letters that make up Ashley.

She claims to have taken the name Halsey from the Halsey Street train stop in Bushwick Brooklyn. As if this clueless little white hipster knows anything about Bushwick pre-gentrification. In the past, she wouldn't have hauled her white ass anywhere near Halsey Street! She would have been scared shitless.

I'm sorry but she is white. Whitey White white white.

If I thought for a minute that she as claiming her father's heritage out of pride or respect I would say nothing. She is claiming black because it gives her an edge period.

If she were honoring her heritage, she wouldn't be doing the most to look as Swedish as possible. She's wear her hair natural and not bleach it white blond.

I think G Eazy is hot as hell even if he is Vanilla Ice 2018. He looks adjacent-ish too, but he also is Whitey McWhiterson from Loyola University in New Orleans. A good Catlick boy.

My God it’s just neverending, these precious cunts, I’m so glad I’m old, almost free of it all!

If your requirements are not met by the complimentary shampoo or the Cashmere Bouquet soaplets provided by the motel, you should have the good sense to pack a travel-size bottle of your desired product in your toiletries travel bag. It’s really a pretty easy and straightforward solution to a triviality that seems to have you flummoxed.

R114, that's what she wears with her father?! Button your shirt! Your boob is about to fall out onto daddy's lap!

[quote]Do any of you steal those little bottles of complimentary shampoo or bars of soap? Asking for a friend.

Darling, I've never bought a towel in my entire life.

Agreed R131 - I don't care what fucking colour you are, you don't go free-boobing in the vicinity of your parents.

Race is a construct

R134, well shampoo is very real.

She's only black when she's in promotion mode

Is she as black as Paris Jackson?

I honestly think Paris looks closer to white adjacent than Miss Halsey.

But obviously they are both attention seeking white girls.

R137 She’s not even as black as Rachel Dolezal

We will now be stocking these products in all our showers! Thanks for making us WOKE, Halsey!

Even I know to travel with my own Person Of Color Shampoo.

Well according to the DL racist powers that be, we all have been lectured several times how Italians are not white, so obviously both her parents are not white, and her Dad is black. I'm sur how "white" she appears bothers these trolls BTW.

Well it sure doesn't bother this white person. I just find it funny that she deigns to be a spokesperson for African American issue, yet she does everything she can to be as white as possible..

YesR143... Apparently the only obviously black thing is her requirement for African hair products!

Astounding how this forum is reflexively hostile to any and all things Black BUT claims that the biracial pop star is the one overreacting.

She's about as black as I am.

She's about as black as I am.

That may be true r145, but that's not what's happening here, or at least not what I've said in this thread.

If we want to use the language of callout culture, she's extremely privileged but claiming that she's oppressed, because the race everyone seems to care about these days is the oppression Olympics. There are black folks out there getting shot for their blackness, and then there's this basically white girl saying she's on the cross because the shampoo provided in her hotel room does not properly address her barely-existent blackness.

That's annoying, and it's being ridiculed. That's all.

She's whiter than I am.

If she had been born with her dad's complexion and hair texture, you guys would be calling her "that black bitch."

Also, if she had been born in the south in the 1940s, she would've been regulated to attending negro schools and having to sit in the colored section of any establishment that deigned to allow entry to blacks.

But now, you guys insist that she must deny her black heritage. Should she pretend to have no relation to her dad's culture and race?

R150 Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...Also... Also...

Also, she’s white.

R39 WTF? Latin Americans are largely mixed racially. So you missed at least one big group there.

[quote]If she had been born with her dad's complexion and hair texture, you guys would be calling her "that black bitch."

Not me personally. But as I'm sure you know, if she had been born with her dad's complexion, she wouldn't be signaling so hard that she's black in the first place.

It used to be that white-looking people with African ancestry hid their blackness. At least that's not the case anymore, thank God. But for a girl like "Halsey" to go around shouting all the time about how "we black people have it so hard in white America when she's as white as Elsa from Frozen -- admit it, it's ripe for satire.

Shut up, r50. She's a privileged white bitch complaining about privileged white people problems. What kind of hotels is she staying in? $100 says its the kind of hotel you or I cannot afford.

Sorry, that was directed to r150.

R150 Now we are the racists because we are trying to hide her " black heritage"? 😂😂😂 you dumb

R157 You racist! Because....just cause I said

Nothing says "White Privilege" like having no option but to use the free" Best Western" toiletries.

Halsey calls out wigger rapper Iggy Azalea for “complete disregard” of Black Culture.

Article is from a year ago. But it's interesting that in the sliding scale of virtue signaling, "Halsey" is happy to work with an artist who is a homophobe, but says "fuck her" about Iggy Azalea, who isn't properly respectful of black culture.

I guess gayness isn't of the same oppression level as blackness.

Meanwhile, January Jones envies the blinding, searing whiteness of Halsey.

Shailene Woodley is black

By the way, let's not forget her actual name is Ashley.

You know what's white privilege, Halsey? Not shampoo.

Working with the motherfucking piece of shit Chainsmokers.

Chainsmokers are hot though, so they get a pass.

she is so starved for attention.

I find her guido boyfriend fucking hot as hell, a real dirty asshole vibe, which it sounds like he is. Balls deep.

I don't think G Eazy is a guido.

R168..........Guido adjacent? Oh don't tell me he is 'black' as well? I assumed his stupid name stop for Guido Easy

^stood not stop

Ashley reminds me of a "Josie and The Pussycats" character. Not the Black one.

Of course she should embrace her heritage. But why can't we be honest and admit she looks like she's one dirndl away from passing for Governess Maria and Rachel Dolezal probably has more hair care headaches from hotel shampoo than she does? She's not the best spokesperson for this particular grievance.

I guess she won't be using White Rain shampoo.

What I glean from this discussion is that some are unsettled by her claiming an identity that is other than white. Since she is "privileged" to look white she should shut up and pretend to be white so as not to upset the order of things. The hostility is about her blackness or lack thereof.

R174 I thought it was a conversation about hair texture and hotel shampoo.

She's whiter than I am!

[quote] If she had been born with her dad's complexion and hair texture, you guys would be calling her "that black bitch."

But she wasn't. That's the point.

No 174, she’s complaining about the hardships of daily life living as a black person... when she’s actually living and appearing as a white person.

I don’t really care whether she looks white or black... right now she just looks like an asshole.

If you want what you want when you want it, then you need to make it happen.

She could have called the hotel ahead of her arrival and asked that they accommodate her with her choice of products, or she could have brought it herself.

R179, her lack of any attempt to bring or request the correct shampoo... shows me that she didn’t really care about the shampoo.

She just wanted something to complain about and virtue signal over, and obtain the ever-desirable victimhood status.

R174 No, that isn't even close to what I am thinking. I can't speak for anyone else though.

Please, Bitch! Some Suave would do her just fine!

She's misappropriating white hair!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone knows "Black" shampoo is the higher quality shampoo with the pricier ingredients, like expensive nut butters and fruit oils. So while I'm all for the upgrade at "Motel 6", God is sending a message about who should be "privileged" and it's not the people who can sufficiently wash our hair with a moist hand towelette. So I can sort of see her point.

R184... having to spend extra money and effort on something as basic as washing your hair doesn’t seem like much of a “privilege”. Seems more like a hassle.

Also, God is sending the message that she looks white.

R174 most of us are laughing at her pathetic whining. If you don’t like the FREE products at a hotel then bring your own. It isn’t exactly a hardship to bring your own fucking shampoo.

People of color are facing real problems every day but this clueless cunt is appropriating their real every day struggles as her own in a blatant attempt to grasp some street cred to further her career. If she was being denied purchase of shampoo because her SNAP didn’t cover it that would be shocking. She’s whining about free products.

She has been derided because she is claiming black heritage but doesn't appear black or even biracial. It's about shut up and blend in -- no one knows you are non-white so you cannot be a victim of any racial/cultural affront. This is not about hotel shampoo.

Hotels must provide shampoo for color treated hair. Even high end toiletries are too harsh if you color your hair.

Hotels only use shampoo and conditioner for normal hair. If your hair is dry or oily it is of no use. If your hair is fine or thick or color treated it is of no use. Blacks aren't the only ones who can't use it. I think blacks know even less about white hair then we know about theirs if they think we can all use the same shampoo and conditioner.

R182 I don't know that hair is very bleached. I'm not sure suave is the way to go with that much chemical damage. She needs Pantene at least.

R174 I think it is about both really. Her "special needs" hair is probably more the result of bleach, than having mixed ancestry. Everyone w/"special needs" hair, coloured with dye, bleached, permed, damaged, dry, straightened etc. all need to bring their special shampoo... It is just so ironic someone so white makes the issue about needing African hair products.

This fool girl needs to learn that any toiletries the hotel provides is a COURTESY not a RIGHT. If you don't like their "white people's shampoo" then TRAVEL WITH YOUR OWN SHAMPOO YOU STUPID NITWIT.

Stay at higher end properties or have your people dash out and buy what you need.

R193, she doesn’t have any “people”... she’s a third-rate nobody.

BUMP

I'm amazed at the privilege of people like Halsey. Does she really think she is ENTITLED to shampoo at all?

[quote]She claims to be biracial, bisexual, and bipolar.

Bi-Felicia!

What a stupid cunt.

I mean R174, of course.

All the female singers look the same these days. Same haircut and vapid safe into the camera. I can’t tell them apart. She could be Miley or Annie Clarke or Katy Petrie...

Stare not safe

Look very carefully at the photo @R160.

While looking at Halsey and Iggy side by side it hit me that if I had never heard nor seen either of them before, and someone said "one of the two is biracial, " I would have absolutely guessed it to be Iggy.

Iggy has always had a semi-exotic look in her eyes . Could she be many generations removed from an Aboriginal in the past?

This bitch looks as white as Taylor Swift.