Not Just a "Black" Problem...

[Ms Lala]

ITA. I've worked and schooled with many women who were a non color and not all had the best of hair. Majority did not even have APL or could not grow MBL. My SO sister who is 28 and White, told me she had to cut her hair short because she is suffereing from thinning. All the women in her family has this problem and they also where their hair short.

The myth that Black can't gow long hair and Whites can grow waist length hair is the biggest myth since the one about Christopher Columbus discovering America.

The difference is in the media...PERIOD. How many commercial, magazines, etc do you see with White women with long flowing hair from using Pantene. About 90%. It is a market, but IMO is not seen in regular day life. Sorry, but I barely see White women with hair that is long, thick and flowy like these commericials. Furthermore, about 40% wear weave in these magazines. The point that it looks real because of the texture goes into why we do not make it an issue of discussion or questioning. This is why I do not EVER compare my hair with that of something that is false. This myth is brainwashing.

Nevertheless, my ex used to say, there is nothing wrong with wearing weave, but why must we buy in hair that is a difffernt texture and two shades lighter?

LOL ITA, why can't we atleast pick weave that looks something like our hair!!!

 

[jaiku]

So I was sitting in class yesterday...and it was about 6hrs long
Before my eyes glazed over...I started staring at the girl's hair who was sitting in front of me...(she was caucasian)

Her hair was between APL and shoulder, and was soooo damaged looking...she had layers, but her split ends were terrible! She kept flipping her hair back and forth as if it wasn't a problem for her...I wanted to take some shears and cut her a bob immediately

So then i started looking around the room...and to be honest...i could count on 2 hands the amount of ladies that had long (BSL-ish) healthy looking hair...and 3 of them were black! there were more than 100 ladies there...composed of all races,most either had hair that was...long and damaged, or short in a posh-bob

So I'm thinking that this healthy hair concept is something that a lot of ladies can benefit from...not just us AA ladies...And next time you think non-Afro hair is better...just look around....everyone has a bad hair day every now and then

I agree. I rarely see anyone regardless of race with great hair. When I see other races with long healthy hair their hair usually appears air dried.

 

[Millahdoowop]

Since I have been on the hair boards I have been peepin' damaged hair on the "others". lol I'm always like, "Dang that chick needs to go on long hair care community or something". I got plenty of those folks who work for the agency I'm a part of. A damn mess.

 

[naturalgurl]

My observation has been, all races of women who abuse chemicals i.e color, curly perms, wavy perms,relaxers, etc. have problems with damage. Women who wear their natural hair no matter what race USUALLY have decent hair.

ETA~ I said ABUSE chemicals, so don't bash me on the PM...

 

[RegaLady]

You know I was on your side. Why do you think there are so many products for damage hair all of a sudden? Because of the Fusion and bleaching of the hair. But, clearly only black people struggle with hair maintenance.

I have only seen a handful of white women with their OWN healthy hair at my school and on the streets. Of course they will not support the Asian weave market. How crazy would a white woman look with Asian hair on her head?erplexed But, they sure enough own stock in the Europeanextensions market.

Umm, I have been seeing them frequent a beauty supply in my neck of the woods buying 18', #1 straight hair. One of them two girls were about the put them on some Asian hair.

 

[RegaLady]

It's funny to me that while most of us are stiving and working towards long healthy hair, most of the ww I see usually have theirs cut in some horrible, unflattering, trendy hairstyle. They must keep the Hair Cutteryor Super Cuts or wherever really busy. Truly beautiful long heads of hair on ww are few and far between, at least where I live.

I hate to say it, but some of those cuts really do look cute. At least the ones I see in my area. There are some with short unflattering hair, or long scraggly ends.erplexed

 

[Miss*Tress]

Never Could Grow Long Hair

 

[HairBarbie]

Never Could Grow Long Hair

Her hair is almost BSL, that's considered long for a black person in real life. I thought she was going to have ear or chin length hair.

ETA: It seems like Long hair community don't classify APL and MBL as legit lengths. They just go straight from SL to BSL and then BSL to Waist Length.

 

[spacetygrss]

My observation has been, all races of women who abuse chemicals i.e color, curly perms, wavy perms,relaxers, etc. have problems with damage. Women who wear their natural hair no matter what race USUALLY have decent hair.

ETA~ I said ABUSE chemicals, so don't bash me on the PM...

I agree with this. Add a bunch of heat to that and you have a recipe for hair disaster at warp speed.