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On my phone but the writing at the bottom are dates in history sinigicant to AAs, y'all are laughing about hogmaws and fried chicken but I found an ad, I'll post it when I get home but it's on my blog
 
sqzbly1908 said:
They should have added some collard greens, hog maws, chittlerlings and pig's feet - :look: -

Ignorance has really been running rapid lately!!!
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Okay, I've gotta say it.....

All of those foods are historically accurate and culturally relevant to African-American culture, though.

That would be like getting upset that there is a sale on tortillas and salsa for Cinco De Mayo.

I don't even eat anything but collard greens, but I acknowledge the other stuff isn't ignorant or an insult - it's the food of the black diaspora in the USA - thus, it reflects the situation under which we started out over here........
 
JustKiya said:
Okay, I've gotta say it.....

All of those foods are historically accurate and culturally relevant to African-American culture, though.

That would be like getting upset that there is a sale on tortillas and salsa for Cinco De Mayo.

I don't even eat anything but collard greens, but I acknowledge the other stuff isn't ignorant or an insult - it's the food of the black diaspora in the USA - thus, it reflects the situation under which we started out over here........
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You make a good point. I'm gonna have to ask some friends about the Cinco De Mayo thing.
 
I don't get the angst. Millions of women buy and LOVE putting relaxers in their hair, MILLIONS. If I were a black hair supply company I would put BLACK hair products on sale for BLACK history month too.

The cotton display was offensive b/c our ancestors were FORCED to pick cotton. Nobody FORCES women to buy relaxers and put them in their hair. Would it also be offensive if they had soul food on sale?
 
likewtr4chklit said:
I don't get the angst. Millions of women buy and LOVE putting relaxers in their hair, MILLIONS. If I were a black hair supply company I would put BLACK hair products on sale for BLACK history month too.

The cotton display was offensive b/c our ancestors were FORCED to pick cotton. Nobody FORCES women to buy relaxers and put them in their hair. Would it also be offensive if they had soul food on sale?
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Apparently so.

:lachen:
 
So this display says a black woman must perm,dye,and lay it to the side as the embodiment of the hair care of a black woman..hmm..na son that ish isn't it..epic fail..oh and lets through a little conditioner on it so it can grow yea right..bs..
 
Fallen Angel said:
So this display says a black woman must perm,dye,and lay it to the side as the embodiment of the hair care of a black woman..hmm..na son that ish isn't it..epic fail..oh and lets through a little conditioner on it so it can grow yea right..bs..
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Are there not 50-11 threads right here on this board about all these topics?? Sorry ladies this ain't no shot in the dark. This display is not far fetched.
 
likewtr4chklit said:
But why? I seriously want to know why black folks get up in arms about these types of things. This is stuff that we do and do proudly. We eat fried chicken and relax our hair. What is the problem??

*we* is being used generally.
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I dunno. We don't like our culture being used for marketing? We don't like the fact that we alter our natural hair being pointed out? We can't face our own issues?

Girl, don't get me to lying. :lol:
 
I just came from Kroger, and our store had that, except the "Celebrate Black History Month" was written on the display with a black marker. I thought it was some bootleg local thing, but apparently this is national. SMDH. :lachen:

I felt like I should have been mad, but hell, I don't use relaxers.:lol:
 
likewtr4chklit said:
But why? I seriously want to know why black folks get up in arms about these types of things. This is stuff that we do and do proudly. We eat fried chicken and relax our hair. What is the problem??

*we* is being used generally.
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You really can't argue with this. It is what it is.:yep:
 
likewtr4chklit said:
I don't get the angst. Millions of women buy and LOVE putting relaxers in their hair, MILLIONS. If I were a black hair supply company I would put BLACK hair products on sale for BLACK history month too.

The cotton display was offensive b/c our ancestors were FORCED to pick cotton. Nobody FORCES women to buy relaxers and put them in their hair. Would it also be offensive if they had soul food on sale?
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What if we had a holiday called Women Appreciation Month (call it WAM!) and the stores had a display with some maxi pads and tampons that said "Celebrate Women Appreciation Month". Would this be ok? I mean, most women use tampons and maxi pads, right?

I don't know, this just seems off to me. Why are we celebrating the years of fighting and marching our people had to do with some 50 cent gel being on sale? At least have some Obama and Martin Luther King t-shirts on the display instead of cheapo hair care product. It cheapens the holiday to me.
 
This is uncool on many levels. Its akin to selling corsets and makeup discounted to celebrate women's history; not outright wrong and offensive, but there's something about it that's just off, y'know?
Personally, I would have to speak to the manager or the company, just to see what exactly they were thinking when they chose such an odd way to celebrate such a wide band of history. Why not put nourishing conditioners on sale, or more organic products, if you even had to use hair products to celbrate in the first place? Why use a product that, in effect, permanently alters something that is unique to black people (our hair)in 'celebration'?
Honestly, you'd never see this for any other group. Noone else would be told with discounted permanently altering products to 'celebrate' their 'history'. I can't speak for anyone else, but a relaxer is in no part of my history, nor in my celebration of it.

Also...since when did our hair become our history? Since when did relaxers and sheens and gels define we as a people and the struggles of our ancestors? When did we become so trivialized that alcohol laden products at half price was a way to celebrate the rich background we have?

As an endnote, I don't mean to offend anyone who relaxes; I myself relaxed for years and loved it. It is a matter of personal choice, albeit, a permanently altering one.
 
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KCcurly said:
What if we had a holiday called Women Appreciation Month (call it WAM!) and the stores had a display with some maxi pads and tampons that said "Celebrate Women Appreciation Month". Would this be ok? I mean, most women use tampons and maxi pads, right?
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@ the bolded, yes it would be okay to me only if they added the DivaCup b/c that's what I use. This is what they offer that will benefit women so to me....they are using our needs/habits to their advantage. If it's discounted then hey...guess it's to my advantage too.

I understand what you mean about cheapening the holiday though, but I woudln't expect much from a grocery store.
 
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CurlTalk said:
Also...since when did our hair become our history? Since when did relaxers and sheens and gels define we as a people and the struggles of our ancestors? When did we become so trivialized that alcohol laden products at half price was a way to celebrate the rich background we have?

As an endnote, I don't mean to offend anyone who relaxes; I myself relaxed for years and loved it. It is a matter of personal choice, albeit, a permanently altering one.
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Our hair has always been a part of our history. Madame C.J. Walker ain't famous for nothing. Black women have been frying, dying, and laying to the side for a very long time....so it is a part of our history. Yes it's upsetting that these items are what is considered the epitome of black hair care, but it's something only *we* can fix.
 
KCcurly said:
What if we had a holiday called Women Appreciation Month (call it WAM!) and the stores had a display with some maxi pads and tampons that said "Celebrate Women Appreciation Month". Would this be ok? I mean, most women use tampons and maxi pads, right?

I don't know, this just seems off to me. Why are we celebrating the years of fighting and marching our people had to do with some 50 cent gel being on sale? At least have some Obama and Martin Luther King t-shirts on the display instead of cheapo hair care product. It cheapens the holiday to me.
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:lachen: Yeah, I'd need to see the Diva Cup up there (and I actually do think they go on sale during Women's History Month), and I'd be fine with it. I'd rather see them on sale than makeup or padded bras. :yep:

And I don't think that there is any way to acknowledge BHM in a store without cheapening it. I mean, they are using it for marketing purposes! They are hoping we buy more to fund a most likely white-owned company - I mean, really, using the holiday as a marketing tool is what cheapens it, not what they are marketing.

CurlTalk said:
This is uncool on many levels. Its akin to selling corsets and makeup discounted to celebrate women's history; not outright wrong and offensive, but there's something about it that's just off, y'know?
Personally, I would have to speak to the manager or the company, just to see what exactly they were thinking when they chose such an odd way to celebrate such a wide band of history. Why not put nourishing conditioners on sale, or more organic products, if you even had to use hair products to celbrate in the first place? Why use a product that, in effect, permanently alters something that is unique to black people (our hair)in 'celebration'?
Honestly, you'd never see this for any other group. Noone else would be told with discounted permanently altering products to 'celebrate' their 'history'. I can't speak for anyone else, but a relaxer is in no part of my history, nor in my celebration of it.

Also...since when did our hair become our history? Since when did relaxers and sheens and gels define we as a people and the struggles of our ancestors? When did we become so trivialized that alcohol laden products at half price was a way to celebrate the rich background we have?

As an endnote, I don't mean to offend anyone who relaxes; I myself relaxed for years and loved it. It is a matter of personal choice, albeit, a permanently altering one.
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:perplexed Outside of the hair board, I suspect most people would look at an organic conditioner in Kroger, turn up their nose, and proclaim it to be 'white folks stuff'.

And I think they did it because that's the image we portray of ourselves! Madame CJ Walker is the main one trotted out during BHM to acknowledge the concept of a black business woman. Relaxers and their associated hair care products are a billion dollars business - we spend more on our hair than any other group.

And you are right, no other group would get something that permanently alters a part of themselves touted during their history month, but no other group so consistently, broadly, and repeatedly alters an aspect of themselves like we do. No other group celebrates something that isn't naturally theirs and denigrates that which is naturally theirs the way we do - and relaxers are just the tip of that iceberg. :ohwell:
 
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A BIG GIANT OMG. I saw it for the first time the other day and went back today to take a picture. I found it hilarious.
 
JustKiya said:
:lachen: Yeah, I'd need to see the Diva Cup up there (and I actually do think they go on sale during Women's History Month), and I'd be fine with it. I'd rather see them on sale than makeup or padded bras. :yep:

And I don't think that there is any way to acknowledge BHM in a store without cheapening it. I mean, they are using it for marketing purposes! They are hoping we buy more to fund a most likely white-owned company - I mean, really, using the holiday as a marketing tool is what cheapens it, not what they are marketing.
How about a banner at the entrance of the store saying "Celebrate Black History Month"?

It could be done more tactfully if they wanted to.
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