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I'm surprised she goes to church but it good she believes in God but Rihanna doesn't really have class when it comes to her dressing and wardrobe so people shouldn't be surprised with what she wears; I'm surprised it wasn't worse then this. Rihanna is like Lady Gaga's distant conservative cousin to me.

@Lax95
"I do agree that black men are partly responsible for this. Its not just the western world though. In Nigeria too. Why do you think these chicks in Nigeria are trying to copy (even out-pace) the Sisters in the western world, when it comes to "marrying" weave? "

true, I can't disagree with that, weave & wig wearing has spread to all black women all over the world from the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa but it is a way of life in Black american now, at least it's not to that extreme in other parts of the world.

"Corporate world in America also takes some blame, as I mentioned earlier. White folks are intimidated by the Sisters who sport their natural look owing to misconceptions they have, that these Sisters would be rebellious in the corporate world."

I agree that's why many Black women are starting to rebel slowly from this

Personally, I would pick a Sister with braids over one with brazilian, indian, scandanavian weave, anyday. But that's just me. Nothing wrong with a perm, but wearing someone else's hair and expecting to get credit for that is a false sense of beauty IMO.

That's is good of you, any Black woman that is with you would be lucky

@jenifa
"I have seen many women who wear out their natural hair. I admire their confidence and at the same time feel bad for them because I know the rejections they will face by society. esp if their natural hair is very nappy.

same goes with bleaching. it is a horrible thing to do to oneself but the women who do it are not silly or oblivious of the social benefits (in the short term at least lol)"

It's sad but you are correct. I always promised myself when I have black children, I will teach not only the females but the males about these issue, black kids need to be taught this from a early age or they get affected but at the same time I won't teach my daughters about weave and wigs to be proud of over their hair but how to rock their hair and make it look nice; and I won't allow them to relax their hair until mid or after high school age

@Lax75
All

I will tell you why I despise weave.

1- It doesn't give black women 100% beauty-bragging rights, since you are loaning features from other races.

2- It suggests that the women who wear them don't feel comfortable with their REAL God-given features. Thereby suggesting that black can't be beautiful when it is 100%.

3- It enriches an industry that isn't black. We are its biggest customers. What a shame. Do you see any of them buying features from black women?

4- I once dated a chick who lived by weave. She shed like a dog. Weave all over my place. Even months later, after I had my carpet professionally cleaned and shampooed, I still find strands of her weave.

Lax you have some points here and there, as I said I don't wear weave but not against black women doing it in a minor way but I feel you are right to a extent but some blame does go to black men to, black men particularly ones in the western world need to start appreciating their womens hair and understand black womens hair, so black women can slowly stay away from that, black men especially in the western world(mainly african american men) but it also starts from the home as well

I know Jenifa lol

I agree with you earlier statement because their are black men out there that do like weave over natural black women hair, also it goes beyond attracting men. In the workplace it is either your hair is natural but straighten(either relaxer or hot comb) OR the black woman has[b] weave or wig in the hair [/b]or they won't get hired. Especially in a professional job like a law firm or corporate world. Oprah and Michelle Obama don't wear weaves but they do straighten it either by relaxer or blow dryer because lets be real Oprah and Michelle wouldn't have gotten far with straighten hair

@k.o.n.y
I disagree, when I watch all black Hollywood movies the main actress or the woman all the men wants in the movie is always light skinned. I don't see Black women like Genevive Nnaji in Black Hollywood/hollywood( Film folder/section: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack ), examples:

coming to America
Eddie Murphy who played the african prince Hakeem was running after the light skinned african american women over the beautiful brown skinned african princess(played by african american actress Vanessa bell) they had ready for him to marry. Why is the girl everybody has to get has to be light skinned and the one nobody wants has to be dark skinned, when both women are pretty. To be real IN REALITY the african prince or wealthy african dude would have been satisfied with the brown skinned african princess or african female that was picked for him, and not travel all the way to american to find a female
[img]http://tbeebk.files./2009/11/coming-to-america-wedding_l1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://2.bp..com/-_7MhPujdlXA/TfeJHzHdS5I/AAAAAAAABBY/V6ZAgQNqy4I/s400/VanessaBellCalloway-Princess-Small.jpg[/img]

Jumping the Broom
The bride is a light skinned black african american women(the person who actually played the part is Paula Patton who is biracial). Also the issue in a way was brought up in the movie when one of the grooms men who is light skinned insulted one of the bridesmaids because she was dark skinned
https://www.daemonsmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jumping-the-broom-movie-photo-01-550x365.jpg

Remember the titans
The actress who played the wife of the black coach(played by denzel washington) of the black & white team was a light skinned african american woman and the actress who played the role was actually Nicole Ari Parker who is biracial or mixed race
Nicole Ari Parker
[img]http://1.bp..com/-W64aXbicB0E/TlhKcWloDPI/AAAAAAAACj8/WvPjdfE2pY8/s1600/Nicole-Ari-Parker.jpg[/img]


Single Ladies Show
The characters that play Black women are all played by light skinned women, two are light skinned african american woman(played by Lisa raye & Stacey Dash) and the other one is played by Lauren London who is actually biracial
[img]http://3.bp..com/-bO15LVOkX9s/TjxUsSQpxiI/AAAAAAAAALY/352kkicrryc/s320/single_ladies-show.jpg[/img]


The african american hip-hop industry
most of the time I see mostly light skinned, mixed, latina females with big booties in hip hop videos over brown or dark skinned black american women in these videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_Vtp-JzV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZrxXnsMEIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5T8XTvDNWM&feature=related
dark vs. light girls
https://www.5starhiphop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lightvsdark.jpg

Any way at least there is presence of them in videos even though they are few now because in England, the black rappers there only show white females in their videos, and a black female of black decent but most likely she is mixed or a eye candy black female
Music folder/Section: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack

Even in Hollywood movies, if you see a black female play a main role as the "it girl" beside a white male actor, the female is usually light skinned black women, examples

James Bond
Halle Berry(who is also mixed) played the eye candy black female, the first black women along side James bond, before in older James bond movies  black women were always portrayed as ugly and dark skinned

Halle Berry
https://www.onejamz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/halle-berry.jpg

this is how James bond movies[i](the time before peirce brosnan and Daniel craig took on the role of James Bond, I'm talking about when Sean Conneary was James Bond, the original and first James bond)[/i] portrayed Black women before halle berry appeared in the recent james bond movies. the only Black woman then who appeared in the older james bond movies was a black British actress(Caribbean decent) from England, who was dark skinned and wasn't as attractive and her name was grace Jones
Grace Jones
[img]http://3.bp..com/-HXzd7vqzQXc/TWkK9gIZCjI/AAAAAAAAIGA/FCzixF3GAjY/s1600/33.jpg[/img]
Grace Jones in James Bond movie back in the day
https://paris-la.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gracejones6.jpg
https://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/30/3008/9T3BF00Z/posters/actor-roger-moore-actress-tanya-roberts-and-grace-jones-in-scene-from-james-bond-a-view-to-a-kill.jpg
[img]http://eightiesmovies.files./2011/02/viewtoakill.jpg[/img]
http://eightiesmovies./category/james-bond/

BUT we all know that Grace Jones is not the standard of beauty of beauty of dark skinned black women, because dark skinned women are far from that image, examples like Genevieve Nnaji, kenya Moore, Agbani Darego, and etc but thats hollywood for you
Genevieve Nnaji
https://yaphetkotto.org/wp-content/uploads/156329_477059683402_118807448402_5930274_6227518_n.jpg

Kenya Moore
https://www.realhealthmag.com/images/stage2/report-kenya-moore.jpg

@lax75
It's so obvious that the weave those Yoruba chicks are wearing are fake

she is pretty

here is the link: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/09/10/mpa.tony.elumelu.bk.b.cnn

here is the link: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/09/10/mpa.tony.elumelu.bk.b.cnn

you are right, the mainstream like Hollywood are controlled by white people, if they show black people at times they have to be mixed like paula patton and Shemar Moore or light skinned like beyonce, especially for the black women. The funny part Black Hollywood is copying that attitude. That's why I don't expect much from Black hollywood or hollywood any more. Even legendary african american actor Harry Belonfonte told african americans in America should stop begging or trying to get acceptance or force hollywood to put people of color in Hollywood because Hollywood would never yield, he said blacks need to start doing their own industries and etc for now on: http://news.yahoo.com/belafonte-hollywood-wont-yield-those-color-015729470.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=14175646

Even in NOLLYWOOD, Although you will see 99% of the time or mostly dark skinned actresses/actors followed by brown skinned actors and actresses with negroid features though(like mercy Johnson, and etc), which I appreciate but at the sametime many actresses in Nollywood are wearing weave now, and some are a mess, that it's ridiculous

It's true though Black women are the biggest consumers of weave worldwide, especially in the western world: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/09/02/mpa.african.hair.industry.cnn

I'm not entirely against weave once and a while but what I am against is black women using it 24/7 and take care of it more then their real hair, they cherish the fake hair over their own and as a result their hair gets damaged, it just doesn't make sense. look at what happens to women who only wear weave and how their hair gets damaged as a result that they can't do with out weave, here is one black women celebrity named Naomi Campbell that is a good example:
https://i.mediatakeout.com/photo/1277816303naomi_naps.jpg
[img]http://4.bp..com/-ImDtjXF7-i0/TbI8zUXNBQI/AAAAAAAAASU/D_b17C-tmUM/s1600/bald.jpg[/img]

lol

Ireti Osayemi could have been in the beautiful category for Yoruba actresses if she had maintained her weight and beauty but she just let go, which I don't understand

Ireti Osayemi when she was pretty(I have seen her in movies when she was thin and pretty but this is the only picture I could find before she turned FAT & less attractive)
https://www.naijarules.com/photo/data/557/osayemi3.JPG


the funny part is she wasn't as popular or known when she was hot but now hmmmm you know the answer

@lax75

"I personally have experienced this assumption a long time ago when my brother tried to get me into modelling and I took a couple of shots to an agency. They actually said that I am too ethnic-looking and that they were looking for the Shamar Moore type of black man. "

Shemar Moore types, they are jokes. when I think of black men Shemar Moore is not that image I think about in my head. Idris alba, Boris Kidjoe, and etc are the images of Black men that come to my head. I am not against Shemar Moore but he is in a way far from the image of black men

@ijaw girl
judging by her look it is obvious, her dreads are very long that I don't know how she handles it

I know

check it out, there are many weirdo's out there and this case is one of them

Biodun okeowo is a recent one but she is appearing more in Yoruba movies but you are right there are many of them coming out now that it's hard to catch up

Biodun Okeowo
https://www.naijarules.com/photo/data/557/B_Okeowo_2.jpg
https://www.naijarules.com/photo/data/557/B_Okeowo.jpg

@bekay911
many people think the way you do (at least outside Europe, specifically England), I don't care for her and her husband as well. What makes her worst she doesn't do anything at least her husband had a job

[img]http://4.bp..com/_xwSeRUcsA-I/SoUnlRZb1yI/AAAAAAAAAho/kxYF2P0Ia6s/s400/MIMI+cover.JPG[/img]

@Ijaw girl
her name is[b] Nerissa Irving[/b], she is Jamaican & a model
[img]http://onyxroseonline.files./2011/02/69365_164172933605806_148908161798950_401337_5426086_n2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://shatterproofglassdolls.files./2010/09/13438_402204086427_337033281427_4811044_5817394_n.jpg[/img]
[img]http://1.bp..com/__B9vczVkWpo/SeqvL3sxQEI/AAAAAAAAEJg/y0yJABNG8g0/s400/nerissa-irving.jpg[/img]
[img]http://3.bp..com/_aLm-L3WURr0/SvOejekU4MI/AAAAAAAAAVA/xETyVIraXRk/s640/Nerrisa1.jpg[/img]
https://www.nerissairving.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/40608_108913062500339_107156236009355_80555_7675633_n.jpg

[img]http://kandy20.files./2010/05/natural_hair_0001_22.jpg[/img]

@rokiatu
that oprah picture is funny, I saw it on her show when she was showing her real hair, she said she relaxes and wears her real hair most of the time.

@nolongthing
whats up, any way this thread is about black women and their natural black hair, whether they relax it, braid it, put dreads is their prerogative but as long as it's real & natural that's what this thread is about. Also nolongthing Black women don't only straighten their hair with relaxers some do it with hot comb and blow dryer

@Lax75
Thank you very much for the comment, we need black men to be speaking their minds like you did just now, especially in the western world