Jinna you have a good idea, I would have taken your advice but I just got braids...
You may be able to slide already...how's your camel call?
RED RIOT'S GUIDE TO PASSING FOR MIXED: For those of the clearly "nigro" variety
As long as your hair is SL or longer, length isn't the key. It's about how straight you can get them edges. LADIES, don't ruin your chances of being mistaken for other by not hitting those edges!Even butt length hair will get you thrown into the nigro category if those edges are of the taco meat variety.
Naturals! Listen up! You have to define those curls just right. You don't have to have much hair at all, as long as you keep up with the coconut/lime, caramel, and henna treatments--your curls will scream PART BLACKFOOT!
Lastly, if you want to go the Indian route, make sure you choose the right tribe. Lighter skin ladies can choose Cherokee, but if you are dark make sure you choose a darker Indian tribe. Mixing up tribes can be embarrassing. Make sure you have a good story to account for a wide nose and full lips if the face isn't as "exotic" as the hair. It helps if inquiring parties have never seen your parents, one must keep the "mixed" or "not black" parent in hiding, people will question your "mixedness" even more if your parents looks like Fantasia and Djimon Honsou. For Example: My father is [insert darker Indian tribe here]--but my mother is mostly of the Alek Wek variety. See, you get your facial features from your African side, but your father isn't black at all, so CONGRATS you're mixed!
Stay tuned for Part II: What to do about the childhood pictures that show you and your Ms. Ciely braids from 3rd grade.
and Part III: What to do about the future children
Dear NoCurlsinChicago,
A braidout is an excellent way to make that passing journey a little easier. If you can commit to wearing braidouts 24/7, people will think your hair is naturally wavy. There is also the option of a texturizer, remember: once you tell people you are mixed, they will automatically believe that the 2b hair sitting on your head is your natural texture. If you decide to go the braidout path, claiming half Egyptian will earn you the nickname "Cleopatra" and it's exotic enough for us black folks. Throw in some native Hawaiian and a dash of Peruvian and black mens gonna lose their minds. The texturizer will guarantee that you can claim at least 1/2 Indian, and that Indian blood is pure gold around these parts.
Now, if you go the braidout path and get caught in the rain...don't fret. Just tell folks that your new "afro" is a lacefront wig. Remember, mixed folks don't have 4a/b hair naturally
Sadly the gypsy cab drivers in the Bronx seem to be the main perpetrators of this of this "you don't look like a Jamaican" especially when they are trying to get with you. They get so upset when you insist you are as if they are granting you an out from your blackness, how dare you not take it.I love the way you phrased this!I won't lie though when I used to go to the Dominican salons I let them think whatever they wanted, they would include me in their jokes when they were talking about other people, especially when they were doing a perm on someone who had not had one in a while. I figured that was to my scalps advantage, sneaky and wrong but those years of Spanish class had to go to something.
You know you're not right! (I think the Dominican salon is where a lot of us get to put those Spanish lessons to work, including me)
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That's what I want to know too, I wonder if the original thread is still out there
, but this here was a funny thread 
