Wigs, Weaves And Perms Symbolize Self Hate

i think the point of this thread was totally missed

white women dont chemically alter there hair to have it match weave. it just does

he wouldnt have ANYTHING to say if your hair was in its natural state with a KINKY weave

and thread starter can i just say : MOST of us have has our hair relaexd from a young age (i was FIVE) WE KNOW NO BETTER
and its hard to transition back to natural, especially if you know nothing about it. You also lose your hair length
get stares from other BLACK people and if your afro hair is short in the begining its  not versitalie

i dont mess with skin bleach, i cant even be bothered to cream my body self 
i do use wigs as i just shaved off all my hair to go natural- my wigs are striaght and as long as hell 23"

and for some people wigs and weaves are used for a change like - long hair down to your bum for 4 weeks, short rhianna style for another 4 weeks
it does add verity to some of our lives

SOME OF US DO THE RELAXER THING SUBCONSIOUSLY


AND i dont frequent those asian shops, if someone is going to get rich off of me, trust me that person will be black, & black women dont be fooled just becuase they have a black girl working for them, or behind the counter that the shop is owneed by blacks! its not and asians hate you

now men if you do see a woman with her natural hair, tell her out looks nice, the bravery, strength and courage it takes to wear it out, not putting a weave or wig ober it, you would not believe

to have it match weave? they but chemicals init, i think not.
chemically alter it to make it CURLY yes
OKAY, !

my hair is natural too, and in my experience it hasnt been easy at all


subconsciously poor spelling my bad, we relax out hair without thinking twice, or even questioning why we do it

its manufactured in korea , most of the hair in the UK is european.

individual  diffrences, to ME hair is psychological and my mother and friends think its discusting and if you have all these negative things around you talking about the natural you, it is as difficult as i stated 

I was having this discussion with people and they used this excuse. This is completely an untrue. As difficult and shameful as it is to admit it the standard of beauty is straight- Caucasian looking hair. If perms, weaves, hot combs and such implements and practices developed back in the day to help slaves look appreciable to their masters then natural hair would not be difficult.
There is really nothing difficult about natural hair, its stronger than relaxed hair, healthier than hair tortured with weaves and better looking than those nasty mats-on-head people call wigs. The truth off the matter is too many people are afraid of being ostracized or criticized for having natural hair "Nappy" hair so they make all the excuse in the world to fit in to the white standard. The supposed black women's hero Madam CJ Walker succeeded in making her hair white enough to fit in and she marketed her goods. So sad.
 

Am sorry I had finals. The problem with pictures is that I don't like putting my picture on the internet that's why I don't have facebook, myspace or none of those things.

I try to change my hair style up with cornrows, rope twists etc. I don't know if that helped. The rope twists are my favorite because its easy and I can make it really thin or thick for different styles. With the cornrows I make up my own styles or find styles I like over the internet. Also I wash my hair with the rope twists and I wet it daily and when I unwind the rope twists I wear it curly like that for some time and it looks pretty good. I'll find the style and put a picture up.

@stillwater

black people did not wear their hair natural and scream "black power because they were insecure to build power.

they started to wear their hair natural because the perm was invented to make their hair look like white people.

im not saying that people that wear their hair permed is because they are trying to look white. but that is the reason it was invented.

blacks in america were, raped, beaten told they were ugly, told their hair was ugly, uninelligent, were told their skin and nose were ugly. they were made fun daily by whotes. so they began to tell themselves they were beutiful and that their hair was beautiful.

please do not talk on things you know nothing or can even grasp the understanding of. you did not suffer the same things blacks in america/carribean suffered so you cannot identify with why they did/do certain things.


we did not undergo what you went through under colonialism so we do understand or grasp fully why do/did the things you do.