Fifty Shades Of White Supremacy

Look at your hands, ladies. Stare at your girl’s fingers, gentlemen. Do you see color? Great. Do you see bare, seemingly innocuous, unpainted nails? Well then, I regret to inform you: that’s racist.

According to the ever-wise, prudent, almighty network that is the BBC, the bare-nails trend is really just a racist dog whistle promoting “white supremacist standards of beauty.” It’s a class issue, apparently. But not the way you think. It isn’t that you’re busy, broke, or a card-carrying minimalist. No, no, Susan. You’re targeting communities of color, you racist bigot.