Since bonnets and night caps have been worn for centuries in Europe.... it's safe to say that anyone can wear it.

The fact this is even a video is ridiculous since they were worn in Europe 🙄 since the 1400's

This type of bonnet that USA BW are wearing is Europian style bonnet. It was made and wore first by white women since 19. century. It's even the French word. So no one should be offended. It's for everyone.

Bro, I just want to protect my curls while I sleep

As a norwegian who has lost almost all my respect for americans at this point, no, I will not buy from someone just because they're black. I'll buy from whoever offers a good price for a good product regardless of race. Cultural appropriation is ridicilous, culture is meant to be shared and appreciated. I welcome you all to take part in norwegian culture, I'd be happy and filled with pride if you were interested because I'm proud of my culture and I want to share it so it lives on for generations to come.

I’m gonna say no on that one. Bonnets are culturally ubiquitous and both white and black folks have been wearing them for centuries. In the modern context, it is a loose hair covering, usually silk, with a tighter headband. Both black and white women used them heavily in the 50s and 60s when hair curlers were a staple in the modern woman’s hair care cabinet. In more historical contexts, bonnets are still a hair covering but have a stiff brim that acted as a sun shade and you primarily saw them worn by people, of all colors and classes, traveling through the day or by farm ladies who didn’t want the sun in their eyes and sweat rolling down their face. In very recent times bonnets have become associated with black women via tv shows and hair care marketing, but that doesn’t mean it’s a clothing item that is being culturally appropriated if warn by someone who’s not of the proper ethnic background.

Personally I think anyone can wear a bonnets, I’m white and sometimes I wear a silk bonnet to sleep (I have natural curly hair) it just keeps my hair in place and makes my curled look nice. If someone is wearing a bonnet to purposefully make fun of anyone of any race it’s not right, but I think anyone can wear whatever they want as long as it’s not harming others.

As a white girl who wears a bonnet to sleep (my hair is naturally wavy) it has a lot of benefits for my hair! When I first got it I was a bit worried I might be offensive to black woman but I’m happy to know that all people can wear them! I personally just use it for protesting my hair while I sleep!

I’m a white girl, and I wear a bonnet whenever I’m not out of the house. I have 3a curly hair and I really prefer wearing silk bonnets to keep my hair nice. Respectfully, I don’t believe that different cultures or certain groups of people can ‘gatekeep’ certain things. If a white girl like me wants to wear a bonnet, that should be fine!

When you says white people shouldn’t wear the same things as black people, your essentially saying black people do your thing and white people do your thing and no crossover. It’s giving Jim Crow racism. Cultures have always been and will continued to be shared. Yes, black people will profit off of things that are traditionally white and white people will profit off of things that are traditionally black. Cultures were made to be shared. As long as the person wearing the bonnet is not doing it with the purpose of offending anyone, I see no issue with a white person wearing one.

Bonnets have been worn in europe for centuries. Cultural appropriation is an issue, but wearing bonnets at night is not an example of one.

I don’t see any cultural appropriations from a white girl wearing a bonnet, it’s simply for protecting your hair while you sleep. Whether you have straight, wavy, curly, or coily hair you can wear one!!! im neither a black nor white girl, I’m a Mexican girl who wants to protect her curls while she sleeps. Also bonnets were worn by European women ever since the 1400s, yes I know it’s 2024 now but I don’t think any black girl will think a white girl wearing a bonnet is offensive or rude. If anything a white girl should think it’s rude for a black girl to wear one since European women wore them first. This is just my opinion so please don’t come at me for it.🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Let’s get in to some culture history ands facts! Bonnet has been used as the name for a wide variety of headgear for both sexes-more often female-from the Middle Ages to the present. As with "hat" and "cap", it is impossible to generalize as to the styles for which the word has been used, but there is for both sexes a tendency to use the word for styles in soft material and lacking a brim, or at least one all the way round, rather than just at the front.[1] Yet the term has also been used, for example, for steel helmets. This was from Scotland (in 1505), where the term has long been especially popular. Headgear tied under the chin with a string was especially likely to be called a bonnet.[3] Other features associated with bonnets as opposed to hats was that the forehead was not covered, and the back of the head often was. The outdoor headgear of female servants and workers was more likely to be called a bonnet. It was often worn outside over a thinner everyday head covering, which was worn at all times. In summary, hats were often stiffer, worn on the top of the head with the crown and brim roughly horizontal, while bonnets were pushed back, covering the back of the head, with any brim often approaching the vertical at the front. Other types of bonnet might otherwise be called "caps", for example the Scottish blue bonnet worn by working-class men and women, a kind of large floppy beret. Bonnet derives from the same word in French, where it originally indicated a type of material. From the 18th century bonnet forms of headgear, previously mostly worn by elite women in informal contexts at home (as well as more generally by working women), became adopted by high fashion, and until at least the late 19th century, bonnet was the dominant term used for female hats. In the 21st century, only a few specialized kinds of headgear are still called bonnets, most commonly those worn by babies and the feather bonnets of Scottish Highland regiments, as well as perhaps the war bonnets of North American Plains Indians. In addition, types of headgear called bonnets are worn by women as an outer Christian headcovering in some denominations such as the Amish, Mennonite and Brethren churches among the Anabaptist branch of Christianity, and with Conservative Quakers, mainly in the Americas. 😱😱😱😱

As a white girl, I'll wear whatever I want.

Bonnets originate from Europe know It doesn't matter if you are white black Mexican Italian it hair protection not about race

anyone can wear a bonnet

This is literally wrong saying "associated with [just] black women". its not even mainly from black women. they have been used everyone at around the same amount especially not in the US. for examples by white women, Latino, and black men. that is just what your knowledge consists of. anyone can sell bonnets and buy them.

Omg just dress however the hell you want. People who want to get offended will get offended no matter what. Choose not to be offended and you won’t.

I just don’t like how fast my hair gets dirty when I sleep, or when it gets in my face but I really don’t want to tie it up. They’re so useful, I think more people should use bonnets or wraps for their long hair

I just bought mine from Walgreens and I wear them to protect my curly hair I am not black but I still wear them

my hair is very frizzy and since i used to brush my hair straight when i got out of the shower, my hair has a lot of breakage. i wear a bonnet to protect my hair from these things, and since i’ve been wearing one, my hair is smoother and my waves are more defined.

You were low key mad that a white woman would wear a bonnet….. Europeans wore them too so idk why people act like only black people wear them. I sleep in one because it protects my hair. You don’t have to be black to want to care for your hair.

As a woman with curly hair and as a half white and half Hispanic, I just started wearing my hair in a bonnet when I go to sleep and I even saw my younger cousin wearing it on her head when I went to visit them to go bed and then recently I started wearing it and I started seeing some benefits! I've only been wearing it for a few days in the first night it came off and I had to tie it in a ponytail in the back and ever since then it hasn't been falling off! I also like seeing other women wearing braids and I always wanted box braids or jumbo braids but because of the time length it takes which for me because my hair is so thick and curly it would have probably taken 12 hours According to some ladies and so I did partial braids where are the front of my hair was braided but then the rest of my hair was natural and not to mention it didn't cause as much as the other braids! I didn't want to get the braids to offend people but because I thought they were the most beautiful thing ever! I think all hair is beautiful hair. Unfortunately, my mom who is Hispanic who I inherited her curly hair from always straightens her hair and always tries to pressure me into doing it because she thinks straight hair is more presentable. But I said Mom, you always tell me about women who would kill to have my hair so why are you telling me to straighten my hair? Before the last couple years I wouldn't care if I had my hair straightened but now, I prefer to keep it natural which is curly because I see my curly hair as part of my Hispanic roots and ironically I got thick hair from my dad and my grandma from his side of the family!

TBH I’m a man and I wear one to sleep every night. I know you say goto a AA owned hair store for them but I’m a young guy on a budget so I got my silk one from dollar tree and it works wonders for my thick curls! 😂❤

The History According to Crowned's researchers, bonnets or "sleep caps" go back to the mid-1800s, when European women wore them at night to keep their heads warm. Headwraps were also traditional attire in African regions, like Ghana and Namibia, where people referred to them as dukus and doek, respectively.

I’m Latina and wear bonnets night before my hair wash days and to protect my curls.

I am a part Native American girl but also white and the only reason i want a bonnet is for when i have my hair in a hairstyle and i am going to sleep but it is usually ( most of the time) it is so i don't get knots in my hair

am i able to wear it to sleep? i just saw a video on hair care (from a white women) saying she wears silk bonnets to sleep to protect her hair

Who should wear a bonnet? Anyone with hair!

I feel like anyone can wear bonnets, they are just to protect your hair and reduce breakage and frizz.

You are so beautiful ❤

I only do it when I do overnight braids!❤

Nah.... the French inventors disagree, bonnets have been worn in America by Europeans since the founding of the country... the Amish have never stopped wearing them, and nope, I buy my bonnets from a white girl

Yeah so anyone with hair can benefit from a bonnet. Maybe if you’re bald, it might not be for you. But my curly ass Italian/Scottish hair has been saved by bonnets….just like my Nonna has worn for 87 years

I am a white girl and just recently got one. I just need it because I have curly hair and have noticed some changes with my curly hair, due to friction. Is it bad that I use it?

Hmmm yeah. I have a head and I think that is what bonnets are made for. I’m going to sleep in one to take care of my hair and prevent my face creams from getting it. I think judging folks by their perceived culture/skin color seems a smidge foolish.

I wish people would research their facts before speaking. The bonnet has been used by many cultures and therefore isn't the right of any one to control.

Bonets should be associated with CURLY HAIR and that’s it.

I just want to keep my curls fresh, while I sleep ❤️

Do you have a brand you recommend? I have long hair and not covering it at night is causing so many knots and damage! Whether i leave it on a braid or two (like usual) or god forbid i leave that jungle flying all over the bed, loose like a wild animal lol, it's always way worse then when i fell asleep. I'm an adult woman working with not a lot of money.. if I'm treating myself to get something that helps these long locks, I'd love it to go to someone that is also a fellow badass human.

I am a white girl who wears a bonnet to sleep because my hair is naturally wavy and I definitely don’t what to offend anybody should I just use a silk pillowcase? 😢

I have c3 hair and started using a bonnet so my curly hair can last more then one day after wash.I use it for use not for race

I can wear anything I damn want. I dont need anyone's permission. If you dont like it, dont look at me. Problem solved.

Can I wear it with wet hair

What I wear at night is none of your business!

Why are the comments so defensive? I didnt see anything wrong being said here, she never said white women cant wear bonnets!! Shes just educating and adding nuance to a conversation😤

"Certain cultural or historic content" Did you ever read up on the history of the bonnet like: "According to Crowned's researchers, bonnets or "sleep caps" go back to the mid-1800s, when European women wore them at night to keep their heads warm. Headwraps were also traditional attire in African regions, like Ghana and Namibia, where people referred to them as dukus and doek, respectively." White and black women wore them

Breh, its for all women/men Its for HAIR health. Everyone has hair regardless of what type.

Im a young white girl and my hair is VERY thick, like we have to thin it to make it washable every 4 months. Its down to my upper mid thigh and i just got my first pretty red silk bonnet and im worried aboit sleepovers with my friemds who are WOC and maybe offending them, should i avpid wearing it or is my reason okay? I just want to tie dowm the morning frizz man!

Bonnets are for people with curly hair..

I’m white with curly hair and bonnets help me retain moisture

Tbh I’m white asf and I wear a bonnet bc I have curly hair and idk what else to do with my hair when I’m sleeping so idk

Anyone can wear a Bonnet. It's literally part of hair care 🤦‍♀️

I like my bonnet wearing it rn at 3:45 at night sista 😜

🤦🏾‍♀️ She should really read more.

Anyone of any race or gender that has hair should be wearing a bonnet to bed..

Can black folks walk amongst us. ?

I’m white I wear a bonnet and I have very curly hair and it helps so I don’t care what other people say even tho we r not any certain race doesn’t mean we can’t do what other people do or wear so I don’t agree

True that

It doesn't matter what race you are just wear what you want to wear😑

bruh why do you have to buy hair bonets from only black women? thats pretty racist if u ask me

I'm sorry, totally respect your point. But "religious bonnets" is giving pilgrim vibes, and their bonnets have a completely different functional and cultural context. Idk what other religious bonnets you're talking about but am genuinely curious

To sleep so that my hair isn't a hot mess in the morning?

What Indigenous tribes wore bonnets pre-colonial times? What Africa tribes wore bonnets pre-colonial times? None. Anyone can wear one because of the function it’s serves.

What if you get a perm and you wear it to go to bed so you don’t mess up the curls

Uh better for your hair.👍

Bro why is it offensive I js want to have good curls

What tt buy your bonnet from who you want bonnets are not just for us laura ingalls even wore one to bed...

Okay. Given they were a fashion trend worn by a wide variety of women over the centuries, it's not really the sole property of.....whoever. Why does everything have to be a massive issue with people?

What the hell is even this video🤦🏾‍♂️

Did you just assume their gender ?

So I have 33in hair I need a bonnet to protect my hair while I sleep. So disrespectful. I swear I want to say it so bad so I will yall got it from us. Hello the 1940s called & they want their bonnet back for the curlers.

Oh boy! Anyone can wear a bonnet weird

This so prejudice and stupid.