Talking about hair in front of...

[KEWLKAT103]

Not really, they ask too many questions. Sometimes I don't mind, but I get tired of fielding black hair care questions.

 

[Kirei]

And the funny/sad/interesting part about that is that - that in a nutshell is how 'simple' hair is to most people. Curly or straight, it's just the diceroll of genes, and has no deeper significance or importance. For black folx though, hair has some SERIOUS meaning.

That's really interesting. I think that's what makes it 'easier' to talk to people of different races about our hair sometimes - you don't have to navigate the minefield of assumptions/values/beliefs that is all tied up with hair in the black community. You can just talk about - hair. Simply.



Exactly - there's no 'meaning' to having a different texture - it just - is. Not good or bad, but just - is.

*sigh*

I agree! I think a lot of the time we prejudge other races and say "white people think this and that about our hair." When really they could care less or are really intrigued by it and think it is very pretty. I have yet to get a compliment from a black person other than family or close friends about my fro- natural hair. My first compliment as a natural actually came from a white woman, an older white woman at that.

Like another poster said "our hair ain't that special!" I agree 300% I have felt this way for a loonnnggg time.

 

[MD_Lady]

Funny you should ask... I just spent and INSANE amount of time in Ulta picking out hair care products with a white friend of mine. It was cool to see that even though we have totally different hair types, we use some of the same stuff!

 

[Fine 4s]

I agree! I think a lot of the time we prejudge other races and say "white people think this and that about our hair." When really they could care less or are really intrigued by it and think it is very pretty. I have yet to get a compliment from a black person other than family or close friends about my fro- natural hair. My first compliment as a natural actually came from a white woman, an older white woman at that.

Like another poster said "our hair ain't that special!" I agree 300% I have felt this way for a loonnnggg time.

At the bolded- I agree (although my comments and behaviors suggest something different) and for some those assumptions may be an excuse to avoid facing our own issues. Focusing on the 'other.' The more people talk about others the more it reveals who they are.

My girl who is also on the hair care tip said that the white women at her job love her plaits!

Sorry for the late post...