I know I know. I agree that is all just genetics. I just don't like it when someone says "If a black person has straight/wavy hair, they must be mixed". How come it can't just be in that black person's genes that they have straight or wavy hair?CatSuga said:Poohbear you are causing confusion.
It is just genitics.
Now if we are talking about blacks (Africa Americans) they come in all colors and hair types. The reason being is because they are African American. That American peice is what put that type 3 curl into their hair. Be it White, Indian, Arab, or Spainsh, SOMTHING was mixed in that produced this effect.
The truth being I have never seen a full blooded person of the Negroid human race straight out of African (with an ancestory line of full blooded Negroids) with type 1 hair because they are not genitically arranged for straight type 1 hair.
Poohbear said:How come it can't just be in that black person's genes that they have straight or wavy hair?
katie said:All these "black" people named are multi racial though. Including the Ethiopians. It's well known they have Arab heritage.Are there any black people with 2 black parents with type 1 hair? I've never seen that before.
EbonyF said:They use to get a lot of questions while growing up since it seems to disturb some Black people when they see a dark skin person with straightish wavy hair.
eta: Someone mentioned above, but I don't believe that you have to have some "other influences" in your lineage in order to have 3-type hair.
lovelymissyoli said:I thought type 1 was completely straight meaning no texture whatsoever (i.e. no wave or curl pattern)....am I wrong?? As beautiful as those Ethiopian children are, 2 of them still look as though they have type 2 or 3 hair. Now Caligirl's friend's hair sounds like type 1 but these pictures seem misleading.
Nyambura said:To answer your question, Pooh, yes, I have seen Black people with Type 1 hair. Some have been North African, most have been AA or Caribbean Blacks. Sallie Richardson, the actress, comes to mind, as does Rachel (can't remember her last name) who used to be a host on BET and is from the Caribbean. I've also seen non-celebs with Type 1 hair who have two "Black" (as America defines "Black") parents.
CatSuga said:The truth being I have never seen a full blooded person of the Negroid human race straight out of African (with an ancestory line of full blooded Negroids) with type 1 hair because they are not genitically arranged for straight type 1 hair.
CatSuga said:More African children.
qtgirl said:Sallie Richardson is half native american and she is not a type 1; Rachel isn't a type 1 either. Type 1 is completely straight hair like typically Asian hair. Most of the world white and black, do not have type 1 hair, it is the rarest type.
My question is who cares if there are black ppl. with type 1 hair; what does that "prove".
Nyambura said:Their hair looks completely straight to me. I guess only their hairstylists know for sure. The Types to which I was referring are the ones originated by Andre Walker, Oprah's hairstylist, based on his book. If you refer to his book, you will see that Type 1 is not the rarest hair Type and that Asians are not the only ones (btw, there is no "typical" Asian hair - that too is a stereotype; it's the largest continent in the world, with the genetic diversity to match). I think the major reason that people get confused about hair Types is not b/c of Walker's book but b/c of the misinformation that gets spread on hair boards.
As for who cares if there are black people with Type 1 hair, that's the subject of Pooh's post. If you don't care about it, then don't bother to post in the thread. Speaking for myself, it doesn't "prove" anything that there are Black people with naturally straight hair. I don't think it's that deep.
qtgirl said:Sallie Richardson is half native american and she is not a type 1; Rachel isn't a type 1 either. Type 1 is completely straight hair like typically Asian hair. Most of the world white and black, do not have type 1 hair, it is the rarest type.
My question is who cares if there are black ppl. with type 1 hair; what does that "prove".
tru_mind said:It may look like type 1, but I agree, Sallie and Rachel are both type 2's. I have never seen a black person with type 1 hair. Although it's possible the same way that it's possible for a "white" person to have type 4 hair...which I have seen.
To answer your question I don't think no one here truly cares...it's just a thought.