It's me again! Yeah!!!!!! JK. Sorry, I'm in a wierd mood.Anyways....I saw this article and wanted to pass it along for your reading enjoyment. It seems we just can't get enough of the natural hair issue and people love talking about it. Heck, it's why you come here, right?!
If you like reading The New York Times, check out this article. In parts it kind of feels like someone is beating a dead horse-we know the hair industry is widely supported by black female patrons, etc etc.
"Anyone who thought such preconceptions were outdated would have been reminded otherwise by some negative reactions to the president’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia Obama, who wore her hair in twists while in Rome this summer. Commenters on the conservative blog Free Republic attacked her as unfit to represent America for stepping out unstraightened."
Of course we know it's still an issue but it irks me when people talk about kids.
So check it out and let me know what you think!
So check it out and let me know what you think!
The lady whose husband did not know that she wears a wig - ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteI did not realize that there were so many natural women who hide their hair under wigs and weaves.
wow, that's a surprise, but i guess it's because most of the time for events she has her hair pressed. But seriously come on, it just shows how much they know about having black hair thermally straightened in hot places! It's not gonna last, and it's too hot! I actually appreciate seeing fellow young black women with natural hair.
ReplyDeleteI really just want them to leave that family (especially the kids) alone. I love how they are introducing a new beauty to the world...we are the only ones who have a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteIt irks me too! I get really fired up. And, it isn't just conservative commenters talking about the Malia's hair. I recently saw a clip of Wendy Williams who, while talking about the "shorts" scandal of the FLOTUS (another enraging issue), stopped mid-sentence as she was about to say something about quote "the little girls hair... well, never mind." I tried to find the clip but couldn't. I saw it on The Soup. At least she stopped herself. And coming from Wendy Williams, really, what can you expect?
ReplyDeleteThe article in general was an interesting discussion to have in the NYT but it still fell flat, in my opinion. The cruxe of the issue is a little deeper than comparing coloring your hair to straightening it. It's feeling you have a choice in the matter without repercussion. I think if you are natural and then decide it isn't for you or you want a change and straighten it chemically, I have no problems with that. I just don't the supposed audacity of being natural to be some controversial incident.
See, I told you it really fires me up.
People are ignorant. 'Nough said.
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