Ok ladies, I understand folks speaking their minds, but this is ridiculous! I don't lock my fotki, and I make invite people to give CONSTRUCTIVE critisism and advice, but I think I may be restricting access to it after someone had the NERVE to leave this "anonymous" message there:
"This is a classic case of what is wrong with black people today, you want to be your true African self but the other part of you is still suffering from the psychological trauma of being oppressed by the global white minority.
Therefor like fools you want to reflect the same image of a group of people who alraedy believe they are superior to you. This nonesense needs to stop, black women you need to stop handing over your hard earned cash to the Korean store, and know thyself and therefor BE yourself. Its this giving up mentality that will be the ruin of black people. Many of you know the commitment that locking our hair requires, the patience involved etc. However if you are not prepared to build the patience and charcater involved and the spirtuality that comes with having locks ....it is better that you give up. I wish people would have the sense enough to know that loving yourself means being yourself.
Locks = FREEDOM. Freedom from the self hate that allows black women to spend hard earned cash on fake hair, the freedom to form how other people percieve you.ie. as a black person who loves themselves and is not afraid to be non conformist."
Come on ladies, I need some feedback, or someone to step up and be woman enough to not hide. What do ya'll think about this?
Ok ladies, I understand folks speaking their minds, but this is ridiculous! I don't lock my fotki, and I make invite people to give CONSTRUCTIVE critisism and advice, but I think I may be restricting access to it after someone had the NERVE to leave this "anonymous" message there:
"This is a classic case of what is wrong with black people today, you want to be your true African self but the other part of you is still suffering from the psychological trauma of being oppressed by the global white minority.
Therefor like fools you want to reflect the same image of a group of people who alraedy believe they are superior to you. This nonesense needs to stop, black women you need to stop handing over your hard earned cash to the Korean store, and know thyself and therefor BE yourself. Its this giving up mentality that will be the ruin of black people. Many of you know the commitment that locking our hair requires, the patience involved etc. However if you are not prepared to build the patience and charcater involved and the spirtuality that comes with having locks ....it is better that you give up. I wish people would have the sense enough to know that loving yourself means being yourself.
Locks = FREEDOM. Freedom from the self hate that allows black women to spend hard earned cash on fake hair, the freedom to form how other people percieve you.ie. as a black person who loves themselves and is not afraid to be non conformist."
Come on ladies, I need some feedback, or someone to step up and be woman enough to not hide. What do ya'll think about this?
my advice: delete it and keep it moving......
sometimes folks have nothing else better to do than try to get under your skin. don't give 'em the satisfaction.
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Yes, Lil Wayne and Lil John are so FREE, they are the epitomy of self-awareness and a shining example to The Race. Lock up NOW and save yourselves ye oppressed relaxed, weaved, and chemically altered unenlightened ones.
I can at least respect people who stand behind their convictions. Anonymous = COWARD.
It also looks like a copy/paste job that someone is going around sending to various people.
It is just dumb to me because, the way that I wear my hair is my own decision. My ablility to make my own decisions is what makes me "free". I feel that if I have to BE a certain way to prove my "blackness" and how "down" I am with my "people", then there is no freedom in that at all. It's crazy how someone who is so "free" can be so close-minded.
ITA . Don't even worry about it, delete it and keep it movin'.
Statements/comments like that are hilarious to me. I personally think folks go around trying to preach and recruit folks in order for it to make sense to themselves why they choose to do what they do. Save the BS for all those other weak minded folks like yourself who don't know why they do what they do.