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Recently, American R&B female singer Kelis Rogers visited a coffee shop in Chinatown a few days ago. The long braid on his waist aroused the curiosity of two women. The two touched her hair in public without asking for permission. She turned to "treat the person's body by the way." They continued to touch her, which made her speechless, and caused heated discussion among netizens around the world...
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Such behavior was accused of being ill-respected by many netizens!
Many netizens said that the two people touched strangers' hair, which was actually rude and respectful.
Some netizens also said that they have encountered similar situations in China. Perhaps locals rarely dress up, so they are curious about it.
" dreadlocks " is a hairstyle that wraps the hair tightly together, which is mainly popular among Africans. Many celebrities and stars are popular with braiding this hairstyle. Black women's hair can be considered impolite.
Some white European and American celebrities have caused controversy over black outfits. The United States later issued a law in 2019 to prohibit hairstyle discrimination.
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In response to this, two beer girls in Singapore said that they had actually asked in advance and received permission from Kellis before they dared to touch her hair.
This happened a month ago, and Kellis recently posted the news online, and did not explain the complete situation, leaving netizens with the impression that Chinese people are rude, and they also feel offended and wronged.
"We were also surprised, but we didn't care, so we wouldn't be affected too much, but we still felt a little uncomfortable."
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Kelis posted a video on her personal Instagram account a week ago. At that time, she was in Singapore and encountered the above situation in a coffee shop in Chinatown.
On that day, Kellis sat in a coffee shop wearing a casual dress and wearing a dreadlocked braid. Two Chinese women seemed to be very interested in her dreadlocks, so they touched and looked at them, sighing, "It's real hair, so long."
Kelis has nearly 940,000 followers on Instagram.
video has also been forwarded and reported by many media at home and abroad.
Beer girls know that they are "popular" abroad, and their appearance has also appeared on major platforms.
But at that time, they asked diners to help translate, asking if they could touch Kellith's hair, and only touched it after obtaining the other party's permission.
"We thought she had a strange hair and wanted to touch her. Later we found out that she was a singer. If we had not asked the other party for permission, we would definitely not extend our hand rashly."
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43-year-old Kellith was born on August 21, 1979 in Harlem, New York, USA.
She debuted in 1997 and became famous for her two songs "Milkshake" and "Trick Me". She has also been nominated for the Grammy Awards twice.
In addition to being a singer, she is also a creator, designer and chef. She also launched her personal cookbook in 2015.
Her father is an African American and her mother is a mixed Chinese and Puerto Rican family.
She was invited to perform at the event during the F1 Singapore Grand Prix held from September 30 to October 2 this year.
