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Zac Efron has been SLAMMED for cultural appropriation

His dreadlocks weren't a hit with his fans.
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“Just for fun,” Zac Efron wrote under the photo of his new dreadlocks last week.

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But hasn’t he learned??? Cultural appropriation isn’t fun! And his fans are here to remind him of that.

“I love Zac, but no. He better get called out for cultural appropriation. ‘Just for fun’ is stupid,” one fan wrote.

https://twitter.com/brandonscabello/status/1014981396740300801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1014981396740300801&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clevver.com%2Fzac-efron-dreadlocks-backlash%2F
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https://twitter.com/joonstrust/status/1015038386183266305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1015038386183266305&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clevver.com%2Fzac-efron-dreadlocks-backlash%2F

Some fans actually defended Zac, asking why it was such a big issue for someone to try a hairstyle from a different culture.

https://twitter.com/Cherry_Bomb_Mom/status/1015147315382898688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1015147315382898688&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clevver.com%2Fzac-efron-dreadlocks-backlash%2F
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But the problem is that people of colour have been widely criticised for these hairstyles in the past, but now when a privileged white man decides to do it, it’s casual and just ‘for fun’.

Zac has yet to respond to the backlash.

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