Not supposed to have 4 type hair

[Kash]

It was Farrakhan.

That's what I said!! Ya'll need to go back to post #20 and say thank you!

 

[Krystle~Hime]

All I wanna know is if his hair returned to its "baby" state after using his products

maybe he puts a drop of creamy crack in his products for after saying that it works

Just curious, do you two believe that Africans had no knowledge of Christ/Christianity until they were taught about him/it here in America?

Abrahamic relations were brings in Africa by colonists.
and African slaves in Europe & America were forbidden to speak their native languages and to practice their cultural traditions and beliefs. they were forced to submit to white culture, who are christians.

I believe there is some truth to that. Before you start the evil responses, let me explain:
I don't agree that we weren't meant to have type 4 hair. Many of us do and some don't. That's just how it is, but how many of us(especially prior to hairboards) put grease on our scalps, skipped shampoos more than one week, used odd products, did not moisturize properly, etc....???
I think these negative things can effect your texture no doubt, but if the claim is that out texture is supposed to be the same as white, asians, etc... then that's pretty bizarre.

we are the only ones who have bad habits with hair? If a caucasian woman doesn't wash her hair for 3 weeks, it won't become kinky/coily. It will only get dirty.
If an Asian woman doesn't get a shower for 1 month, she will not get dark skin tone. She will just need a good body scrub for take off accumulated dead cells.

Look at homeless people(sorry for them erplexed ), they don't wash their hair, they don't moisturize properly they hair, they don't respect a moisture/protein balance. do they have African hair? No, because having African hair is to be African.


(sorry for my bad english)

 

[Tiye]

Most of you are either too young to remember or were not even born yet but I remember hearing a promient black leader/minister in the late 80s or early '90s say that we weren't meant to have what we on this board refer to as type 4 hair.

He said our hair was supposed to be like that of which most newborn blacks. Unfortunately I do not recall him explaining why blacks' hair changed.

Funny, I also don't recall anyone questioning him.

Also, his "organization" was promoting a shampoo and conditioner of which he said if you use it, your hair will revert back to what it was designed to be. ( It may have been a ploy to sell his products but I really don't think so...he had/has a lot of other things going on). By the way, they no longer sell those products.


I realize this sounds bazarre but I really DID hear this. Any thoughts?

I heard.

Used the products. They were nice but we didn't have them because we wanted "good hair". Actually I found out about the theory of how our hair got kinky LONG after the products (by then my might have been discontinued). Oh and I think I originally first read the theory on this board years ago. Anyone interested can google it - you can find it in the archives someplace if you dig enough.

 

[itsjusthair88]

Just curious, do you two believe that Africans had no knowledge of Christ/Christianity until they were taught about him/it here in America?

Well if you look into most accepted theological history, most people in Africa were either or the polylithic persuasion or worshiped a nature-based deity; Christian history is pretty rooted in Europe, West Europe to be exact; even Jerusalem, the "holy land" still has a large Jewish population. So I guess the theory that Africans were only "exposed" to Christianity when White Europeans did thus, is true. I'm not trying to get into a debate, but I do want to point out a bit of history (I have a degree in it, after all )

 

[eajaye2u]

Labels can be confusing. Its my understanding that the Queen of Sheba did bring the knowledge of Jehovah back to Ethopia (from Israel) and He is still worshiped there today. OP- apologize for the hijack. Its a interesting discussion.

 

[nakialovesshoes]

Abrahamic relations were brings in Africa by colonists.and African slaves in Europe & America were forbidden to speak their native languages and to practice their cultural traditions and beliefs. they were forced to submit to white culture, who are christians.

Well if you look into most accepted theological history, most people in Africa were either or the polylithic persuasion or worshiped a nature-based deity; Christian history is pretty rooted in Europe, West Europe to be exact; even Jerusalem, the "holy land" still has a large Jewish population. So I guess the theory that Africans were only "exposed" to Christianity when White Europeans did thus, is true. I'm not trying to get into a debate, but I do want to point out a bit of history (I have a degree in it, after all )

Labels can be confusing. Its my understanding that the Queen of Sheba did bring the knowledge of Jehovah back to Ethopia (from Israel) and He is still worshiped there today. OP- apologize for the hijack. Its a interesting discussion.

I'm late on the discussion. Had to drive to Kansas City & back...

I do not have a degree in history. And belief in Christ/God is simply a matter of choice. However, according to geography and the fact that there were people traveling from the Middle East to Africa & from Africa to the Middle East during these times- would we be supporting the belief that Africans were savage people living in darkness not knowing what was going on in the rest of the world?

I'm not saying that Africans were mostly Christian when they came here at all. What I'm saying is that all Africans were not strangers to the Judaism/Christian concept prior to being enslaved in America.

And true as slaves, they may have been forced to take on the religion of their slavemasters but what about now? No one is forcing anything right now - as a matter of fact Christ has pretty much been removed from everything and this didn't happen because of blacks trying to find their true religion - it was a result of the ancestors of the "Christian Europeans."

 

[wish4length]

I may regret calling attention to this, but I just died when I read this.

So are you saying having dirty hair and putting grease on your scalp can make you have type 4 hair? And now that we have better hair practices, our type 4 hair will stop being "affected" and revert to what it is supposed to be???

not what I'm saying at all.
I'm saying bad hair practices can cause you to have extremely dry hair. Based on personal experience I noticed a change in texture when I started taking care of my hair without my mother's help, then again when learned to properly care for my hair, I noticed a change as well.

 

[wish4length]

maybe he puts a drop of creamy crack in his products for after saying that it works




we are the only ones who have bad habits with hair? If a caucasian woman doesn't wash her hair for 3 weeks, it won't become kinky/coily. It will only get dirty.
If an Asian woman doesn't get a shower for 1 month, she will not get dark skin tone. She will just need a good body scrub for take off accumulated dead cells.

Look at homeless people(sorry for them erplexed ), they don't wash their hair, they don't moisturize properly they hair, they don't respect a moisture/protein balance. do they have African hair? No, because having African hair is to be African.


(sorry for my bad english)

I'm not saying we are the only people with bad hair habits. But we tend to be affected by myths on a broader scale. How many white women do you know that don't wash their hair for 3 weeks vs black women that think it's okay not to?

 

[Lita]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that that happened to. I can remember having type 1 hair and swanging my hair back and forth. Then my mother gave me a hair cut and lo and behold, I'm now a 4B. I still shake my head at the injustice of it all.