White roommate thinks they know more about black hair than I do….

My white roommate and I were talking about The Weeknd’s hair. I basically told them that he looked better with his dreads than his current hair style now.

They responded to this with “Do you mean wicks” as if they caught me being incorrect on what kind of style he had. I told them no, and honestly ended the conversation there because I was getting really mad.

They are really into black culture and does a lot of their own independent “research” (they are just chronically online/ on TikTok).

The comment just didn’t sit with me right?

I’ve never met someone that has been offended when I refer to their hair as dreads, I’ve especially never met anyone who calls their own dreads anything different. IN MY WHOLE life I have never had a white person try to tell me about my own damn culture either.