List the words you hate people use to describe kinky hair
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mamaline
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I think its because the hair has kinks as opposed to straight hair.
MsJamerican
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Black Pepper Grain(s)
EnExitStageLeft
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So what are the acceptable terms? Especially on the days your hair is acting up?
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I call mine the moody mane. Other then that I just call it my mane.
proudmommyoftwo0911
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African hair!
blueberryd
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Why would you consider that pathetic and degrading?That's probably the least offensive term I've come across. We are BLACK people with curly/coily textured hair. Most people see ''our'' type of hair on black people, so rightly so they call it black people's hair. If you saw a white person (blue eyed) with natural 4a hair, you would immediately think they have some sort of black in them right? That's because that's black people's hair
Back to the topic - I find ''hard'' hair offensive. My hair is actually quite SOFT - it just sometimes looks hard!
I see what she means--it makes me SOOO mad when ihear it too--mainly because whenever I hear it, it is said in a derogatory way...ie "your hair is is soft--it's not like 'black people hair'"...or "what nationality are you...you don't have regular black people hair."...or....." oh you have long hair because you don't have black people hair"...ughhhhh the list goes on....unfortunately I've heard the aforementioned statements from both black people and white people. When I ask them "what is 'black people hair'", they hit me with, 'you know, "black people hair"....
SO ignorant!
Lilmama1011
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LexiDior said:
Wtf!!!!!!!!!!!
mg1979
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Yes, I hate BRILLO PAD!!!
Aireen
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ohwell:
mamaline
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I see what she means--it makes me SOOO mad when ihear it too--mainly because whenever I hear it, it is said in a derogatory way...ie "your hair is is soft--it's not like 'black people hair'"...or "what nationality are you...you don't have regular black people hair."...or....." oh you have long hair because you don't have black people hair"...ughhhhh the list goes on....unfortunately I've heard the aforementioned statements from both black people and white people. When I ask them "what is 'black people hair'", they hit me with, 'you know, "black people hair"....
I hate that, too!!! People are always saying my daugher has a "good grade of hair" or asking me what she's mixed with. It burns me up. Why can't she be black? What in the world is "regular black people hair"? Black people come in all different colors and shapes and so does our hair. The worst part is I always hear it from other black people.
MilkChocolateOne
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"curly"
curly and kinky hair are not the same, they may share SOME characteristics but they have enough differences to be in separate categories
curly and kinky hair are not the same, they may share SOME characteristics but they have enough differences to be in separate categories
Anakinsmomma
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kupenda
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I just wanna know why ppl always assume my hair is gonna snatch someone's fingers off or some foolishness. It's hair, not a separate anti-me. I also hate that the assumption is that it's either dry as hell or greasy and goopy. I call my hair whatever I want. Mom says its a mess -__-
Nonie
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LOL Ann0804 words have more than one meaning. A kink is a sharp bend or curve in something that is usually straight.
These hoses have a kink in them:
...so that if you tried to pass water through them, it probably would not be able to get past the kink.
This link shows you how to create a kink in a wire.
Now the word kinky. It refers to something with "tight bends" as opposed to loose bends. If you took a wire that was coiled and instead of rolling as shown in the first image below, you pulled out one end and uncoiled it as shown in the second image, you'd end up with a lot of kinks along the length of the wire:
To me 4B hair is made of a lot of tight bends that are repeated along the length of the hair. Kinks that are back to back creating a coil shape. A coil shape that is also the same shape seen in hair that we refer to as curly. The word "kinky" just makes it clear that the coils in question are made of tight bends (ie tiny bends). If we just say curly hair, we could mean curly like 4B hair is, whose curls are so tiny...
...that we have to get real close to see them:
...or we could mean curly like 4A hair whose curls though small can be seen from a distance is:
...or we could mean curly like type 3C hair is:
...or we could mean curly like type 3B-ish hair whose curls are bigger than 3C curls:
...or we could mean curly like type 3A hair which has the largest curls; curls so big that they flop and form very loose coils:
All those patterns look like a coil, which is what makes them fall under the description "curly". But notice, the bigger the curls are, the more obvious it is that the hair is curly. When it comes to 4B hair, the curls are so small because the bends are sharp and tight (= tiny) that calling it curly, while true, would not be as accurate as calling it kinky (or nappy... *shrug*)
Kinky/nappy are accurate descriptions of my hair and because I love language, I am thankful that there are words that paint such a precise picture of the hair I grow so that no one would confuse my type of coils with say the coils that Bette Midler has.
Referring to type 4 hair as COILY doesn't tell anyone who's not a hair forum fanatic that you don't mean type 3C or 3B or 3A. Why? Coz type 3 hair too does looks just like a coil:
Calling 4B hair kinky/nappy makes it very clear, that one is referring to TIGHTLY COILED (curled) hair.
SophieDulce
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ummangable
Difficult
ethnic
Difficult
ethnic
Monaleezza
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I can tolerate most terms... but 'n*gga' hair whether used by black people or white people... that will make me mad!!
Oh and 'picky' hair!!
Oh and 'picky' hair!!
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