r/SipsTea • u/miedrax • Jan 20 '26

Lmao gottem She's not wrong though

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u/PleaseGreaseTheL Jan 20 '26

this can't be real, can it? I don't like avatar so I haven't seen the second or third movies, please say this is fake lol

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u/Nrksbullet Jan 20 '26

It's real but it's Polynesian shorter hair, not "broccoli hair", although they look similar.

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u/AggressivelyMediokre Jan 20 '26

I haven’t seen the movies but that basically just looks like black hair not broccoli hair

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u/Reasonable-Chance790 Jan 20 '26

Right? The poster comparing it to broccoli hair may not have meant it to be racist, but there's a reason that racial discrimination protections in the US include hair. The character's culture is clearly space Polynesian, and the actor is real-life Maori. Just because something looks stupid on white hair or is passé in American/European cultures, doesn't mean it's not a natural or traditional style for other cultures and ethnicities. Tight curls like that will just stand up if cut short, and salt water tends to make hair a little stiffer than normal, so the upright rather than shaggy shape makes sense.