BlaqueIndigo apologizes for her comments saying that Black women with weaves and relaxers want to be White. What you think?
Black women with weaves AREN'T trying to be White
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I couldn't take it any more when she started singing the Soul Glo song...
IMHO I don't think the 'epidemic' has to do with being white so much as it is just not wanting to be Black.
IMHO I don't think the 'epidemic' has to do with being white so much as it is just not wanting to be Black.
Good vid. I love those clips from Malcolm X she put in there.
I think LD she made a lot of points but I caution against mixing macro and micro issues.
The brainwashing about beauty standards is undeniable. I think to argue otherwise is a bit naieve.
... but as a woman who has worn her hair natural and straight off and on for over 13 years sometimes I change my hair simply because I'm bored.
I love natural hair (went natural in grad school and wore EVERY style imaginable mostly braids and twists) and locs (had 3 sets) and will re-lock for a fourth time this winter. I took my locs down a few months ago because it was time to let them and some other things go. Hair holds a lot of energy . I press my hair sometimes now,and sometimes I don't. Right now I'm wearing my OWN hair (I am not a big fan of fake hair) braided. Regardless, straight or curly I still love me. I'm not in a position to judge how another woman feels about herself based on her hair at all.
...also sometimes I'm disturbed by the tone of reverse negativity towards light skin sisters from brown skin sisters. Its a bit of subtle or not so subtle "you think you are better/prettier than me" finger pointing. Regardless of complexion, EVERYBODY got a story or a drama or a struggle associated with being black. As long as we keep jabbing each other with the same old knife we can't ever heal as a people. CAC stay winning as long as we on that bullshit.
I think LD she made a lot of points but I caution against mixing macro and micro issues.
The brainwashing about beauty standards is undeniable. I think to argue otherwise is a bit naieve.
... but as a woman who has worn her hair natural and straight off and on for over 13 years sometimes I change my hair simply because I'm bored.
I love natural hair (went natural in grad school and wore EVERY style imaginable mostly braids and twists) and locs (had 3 sets) and will re-lock for a fourth time this winter. I took my locs down a few months ago because it was time to let them and some other things go. Hair holds a lot of energy . I press my hair sometimes now,and sometimes I don't. Right now I'm wearing my OWN hair (I am not a big fan of fake hair) braided. Regardless, straight or curly I still love me. I'm not in a position to judge how another woman feels about herself based on her hair at all....also sometimes I'm disturbed by the tone of reverse negativity towards light skin sisters from brown skin sisters. Its a bit of subtle or not so subtle "you think you are better/prettier than me" finger pointing. Regardless of complexion, EVERYBODY got a story or a drama or a struggle associated with being black. As long as we keep jabbing each other with the same old knife we can't ever heal as a people. CAC stay winning as long as we on that bullshit.
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im sorry but i can't take her bullshit anymore.
and wtf denzel stole my line.
lol @ dissing my godfathers product.
ICB and she ain't even dark skin.
and wtf denzel stole my line.
lol @ dissing my godfathers product.
ICB and she ain't even dark skin.
i agree with this
the classic jiggaboo vs wannabe argument...she should have put a clip from school daze in her video
Good vid. I love those clips from Malcolm X she put in there.
I think LD she made a lot of points but I caution against mixing macro and micro issues.
The brainwashing about beauty standards is undeniable. I think to argue otherwise is a bit naieve.
... but as a woman who has worn her hair natural and straight off and on for over 13 years sometimes I change my hair simply because I'm bored.
...also sometimes I'm disturbed by the tone of reverse negativity towards light skin sisters from brown skin sisters. Its a bit of subtle or not so subtle "you think you are better/prettier than me" finger pointing. Regardless of complexion, EVERYBODY got a story or a drama or a struggle associated with being black. As long as we keep jabbing each other with the same old knife we can't ever heal as a people. CAC stay winning as long as we on that bullshit.
I wouldn't say she is judging (well maybe a lil), but just letting people know why they do what they do. People who wear fake hair/permed hair SOMETIMES aren't the issue, it's people that do it ALL THE TIME, those are the people she is talking to.
FYI and FWIW, before I had my locs I was mostly plait up for most of my life. Mostly just my hair but sometimes I would plait with extra hair also. Why? Because the plaits last for like 2 months with the extra hair and only a week or 2 with your hair alone. I also had a few years of fun with weaves phase. I rarely got a straight weave. Maybe twice. Mostly I would get all kinds of different textures and curl patterns that no white person has ever had. Often I would even get real similar to my own. Why? Because you wake up and shake your head and go and that hair looks perfect every day for like a month. My own hair would require a half hour or more worth of work to look so every day and then one rain shower or big breeze or a humid day and its a wrap. I glad I have my locs now but I definitely enjoyed those previous phases. Changing color and texture dramatically and non permenantly in and hour whenever I felt like it was fun.
I wouldn't say she is judging (well maybe a lil), but just letting people know why they do what they do. People who wear fake hair/permed hair SOMETIMES aren't the issue, it's people that do it ALL THE TIME, those are the people she is talking to.
Don't know about you but for some of those hard-core purists I know chemicals in the hair sometimes is a phone call to the psychiatrist for exhibiting actions of self-hate. I don't have a problem with it, (though I am natural now), and I don't have a problem with people doing it all the time. But notice for those that do, you can tell where their REAL hair is and where the BOUGHT hair starts. More importantly where the REAL hair ISN'T. I can't account for why people start killing their hair in the first place but to shed some light on why people continue it might be because to continue the front that they have hair. There are so many damaged heads in this country, (talking about Black women), that don't know how to care or repair their hair they just do what they do best- shelling out money for horse tail and black glue to look presentable.
If we as a community, (yes I said we), educate our friends, children, and ourselves on proper hair care and repair, this trend might not continue.
Good thread, I agree, that hair has power, but it doesn't change your existance. Take away all presumptions and flood your mind with reality, there you have awakening people...
I don't think it's about "what they do with they money" but of the fact that they don't and refuse to comprehend that they are doing it because they've been brainwashed to hate their natural hair.
everybody hair is not the same tho....hoes still envy my sister..and its been like 15 years.
my nephew >>>
niggu is a superb athlete
my nephew >>>
niggu is a superb athlete
my nephew is gonna be all state in basketball soon AND he on the top AAU squad.
i'll get some pics later...but i ain't finna post them here...shit will be a warzone.
i'll get some pics later...but i ain't finna post them here...shit will be a warzone.
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