SAPNK
Well-Known Member
Reading through some of these comments has been refreshing, because I thought it was just me. A couple months ago, I posted a mini rant in another thread and part of it was about how I suddenly realized one day that none of the people I used to follow with long natural hair had my hair type. When I weeded them out and searched for specifically 4c people, the results were very few. I definitely felt discouraged.
To me, the issue goes beyond people saying they have a type that they don't as that can be just an honest mistake. For me, the issue is that 4a naturals (and above, for some reason) are the face of the type 4s. But their hair is completely different from mine and unless it's for some general (obvious) good hair practices/ tips, I can't relate.
You'll see a lot of videos, tutorials, and product ads that lump us all together saying "This is how you do xyz when you have type 4 hair," or "This is what you should use when you have kinky hair" and the person they show you has much softer coily/ culy 4a hair. Do that with my hair and let's see how that works out, lol.
I don't usually mention this because I don't want to be part of any divide in the natural hair community, or make this into a them against us situation, as I really don't feel that way about it. I just realized what can happen when you lump people together as one big group. Some people get left out and their struggles aren't heard.
To me, the issue goes beyond people saying they have a type that they don't as that can be just an honest mistake. For me, the issue is that 4a naturals (and above, for some reason) are the face of the type 4s. But their hair is completely different from mine and unless it's for some general (obvious) good hair practices/ tips, I can't relate.
You'll see a lot of videos, tutorials, and product ads that lump us all together saying "This is how you do xyz when you have type 4 hair," or "This is what you should use when you have kinky hair" and the person they show you has much softer coily/ culy 4a hair. Do that with my hair and let's see how that works out, lol.
I don't usually mention this because I don't want to be part of any divide in the natural hair community, or make this into a them against us situation, as I really don't feel that way about it. I just realized what can happen when you lump people together as one big group. Some people get left out and their struggles aren't heard.