Recording artist Macklemore performs onstage during the 2015 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 22, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Yesterday, Twitter went crazy (as it often does in the Trump-era) when Jon Hendren, whose Twitter handle is @fart, made a startling observation:
macklemore hair seems to be the chosen haircut of the racists now. i call on @macklemore to get online and denounce his own haircut— jon hendren (@fart) August 15, 2017
Yes, you read that right: Macklemore's haircut is eerily similar to the haircut favored by Nazi youth and today's khakis and polo-shirt wearing white supremacist neo-Nazis.
See?
you mean this one pic.twitter.com/MvWkOJ8dFl— aka papa dagon (@benjamin_bear) August 15, 2017
@fart's tweet prompted a response from Macklemore himself. It turns out that Macklemore hasn't been sporting the 'do for some time, making @fart's tweet highly irrelevant:
Got rid of it over a year ago— MARMALADE (@macklemore) August 15, 2017
However, his haircut doesn't look much better. If anything, the super-shaved-down hair seems even more Nazi-ish:
Macklemore of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performs at the March Madness Music Festival on April 2, 2017 in Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
But Macklemore doesn't deserve this public beatdown, as he is far from the only pop star who has opted for this so-called "white supremacist" hairstyle.
Indeed, it's a hairstyle favored by many pop stars and boy band bad boys.
Like Justin Bieber, pre- and post-the numerous scandals that have plagued him in recent years.
At one point, he even had the Aryan locks to match! I mean, this image is just screaming for some Nazi youth comparisons right here.
Singer Justin Bieber attends The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Or like half of One Direction. Known for their chameleon approach to hair, nearly everyone has had varying degrees of the shaved-sides-and-hair-swoop. Such as Liam Payne:
Recording artist Liam Payne of music group One Direction performs onstage during 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2015 Presented by Capital One at STAPLES CENTER on December 4, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
And Louis Tomlinson:
Louis Tomlinson attends the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena on February 24, 2016 in London, England.
Even Zayn Malik, whose Pakistani heritage would not make him popular amongst the anti-Muslim white supremacist crowd.
Singer Zayn Malik arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures' 'Straight Outta Compton' at the Microsoft Theatre on August 10, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Then there's Brooklyn Beckham. Though he's not a pop star himself, he descends from pop royalty Victoria Beckham, the former Posh Spice.
Brooklyn Beckham attends the European Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England.
What we're trying to say is: leave Macklemore alone. It's not his fault hairstylists to the stars have decided that the Nazi youth 'do is highly "in" right now.
Michelle Honig is a writer at the Forward. Find her on Instagram and Twitter.
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