What would the world be like...

[Wanda]

This is in regards to what UMSUMAYYAH wrote....
I also think that it is strange that when a black women has long hair, it is perceived to be fake. Today for instance, me and a male co-worker(black)were talking about this very same topic and I said to him "I bet you didn't even know that Doug White(a white man)has on a wig" He damn near jumped out his chair saying "You Bullcrapping" I said to him ,see you assumed that that was his real hair because he is white but everytime I wear my hair down(it's usually in braids)you assume that mine is a wig or weave. More importantly, I think that it is more a black thing because it's mostly the black girls I hear always disecting another black girls hair. It's funny because damn near every white girl on TV has fake hair. The ladies on Girl Friends wear fake hair as well as the girls on Sex and the City(I know you guys have seen Sara Jessica Parkers hair dye commercials and how extra long and thick it is...please). My opinion is.... If you want to wear fake hair, that is your option...I also thinks it's great to have an option..don't you guys think?

 

[chic]

Can we for once talk about black women issues without bringing white women (or other races of women) in it?

 

[Stormy]

Brooke you said: Did you know that some in India and China are scalped against their will and others paid only pennies? Even in these impoverished countries that $$ doesn’t go a long way.

Wow I didn't know that!!! I don't wear weaves, but I do buy and wear human hair for braids (part of my protective styling)once or twice a year.

 

[Brooke007]

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My opinion is.... If you want to wear fake hair, that is your option...I also thinks it's great to have an option..don't you guys think?

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I heartily agree. I also think it's ultimately none of my business what anyone has in their head. It's not going to change or affect my life one way or another. But, IMO if you are going to wear it, hook it up. I am so embarassed for the women on TV, with tore up weaves who have access to stylists, $$$ and a mirror! Wise words spoken from a woman who once endured toe-up-weave syndrome. Buying the best hair available, but trying to hang on to it after it's shedded half the weft

Just pitiful. At least I had the sense to wear it up in a bun.

 

[Wanda]

I was basically talking about the same thing you were..White women fake hair,black women fake hair....Who cares either way in my opinion....

 

[EgyptianSand16]

i did not know some get scalped

That is really sad

 

[ineedmoney]

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[ineedmoney]

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Sorry, but then, I'd think the world would be a bit boring. I love changing my look with the help of extensions or whatever, and there are others who wear weaves, etc. primarily for this reason. No one should have to depend on fake hair, though.

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i agree i love weave

. i know that makes me a bad person!! but i do. it's fun and i can change my hair without to much damage and give my hair time to chill.

 

[Karonica]

No, it does not make you a bad person, don't dare say that!

I like the fact that one can go from a short bob to a long mane in a few hours, or minutes with the Instant Weave.

 

[EgyptianSand16]

i think weave is o.k if it is used as an OPTION

NOT as a NECESSITY

 

[chic]

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I was basically talking about the same thing you were..White women fake hair,black women fake hair....Who cares either way in my opinion....

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My comment wasn't a reply to your post. The reason I posted my comment was because I get annoyed when we're talking about what WE do to oursleves and someone come in saying "well, whites(or other races) do it too" as if we need their actions/them to validate what we do to oursleves or it's ok because they do it too. As if we can't stand alone on our issues.

 

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What???????? AA women without weave. Is this the end of the world?

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Okay! LOL! Life on earth as we know it would soon end! LOL!

 

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The "poor black women" DO have a choice not to buy weaves. But no, they will rather use that money to buy weaves. Money which would have been better off at a savings account, rent or spent on QUALITY hair products to grow their OWN healthy hair etc..and besides, though black women account for the most purchases of weaves, OTHER races do buy them too(but all the attention and ridicule seems to be placed on black women). Hair industries in Asia know this, so they are making money thanks to people's need for "instant long hair". I for one applaud them for coming up with a constant source of income for their third world countries. As unfortunate as it is, the need for "instant long hair" is feeding millions of mouths every day

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Instant long hair? Haha! Maybe these hungry Asian countries, COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, should demand that their government officials get their foot off the people's throats and allow them free enterprise!

That could feed a million hungry mouthes in Asia! Like 50 Cents says: UH HUH!

 

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What if we all went natural? Ebony/Jet and Essense wouldn't have any sponsors cause all the companies that rely heavily on relaxer sales would go under. All you see in black mags are ads for relaxers!!

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Man! I would give my left arm to see that! LOL!

 

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i hate to say this, but the world would be filled with alot of toe up looking sisters with toe up looking hair because most of us don't know the first thing about taking really good care of our hair; hence the reason i can't go out my door without seeing someone with a 100 dollar weave with the tracks all exposed... i guess with working with the mess underneath, a bad weave is better than no weave...


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What if you went au naturelle, though? Your hair wouldn't be tow up then.

It would be much easier to maintain too, because you wouldn't be a slave to something attached to your head, opposed to something growing out of it.

I'm not one of these people that believe black hair (afro) is bad hair. It's different hair and every race of people down here has different hair from others.

It's just more of that good old fashion brainwashing

 

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Actually, I think that most women who swore off weaves would be forced to pursue knowledge about how to properly care for their hair. It might be rough for awhile, but after they spent hours on hairboards and checking out Cathy Howse and Shamboosie from the library (or buying from the bookstore) ....

A WHOLE NEW DAY WOULD DAWN!

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They know the knowledge is out there, but it's too easy to go and buy somebody else's hair, plus the length of time it takes to get the hair as long as they want it.

I'm glad I had the patience to grow my hair out. Well on my way to above the waist

Save money too and next to obsessing about my hair, my bank accounts are next on the list! LOL!

 

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I think we as black women would learn to appreciate the beauty of our own hair and not think of our hair as being toe up if we don't have some type of synthetic hair that we depended on. I think we would have healthier hair too as a whole because a lot of women that wear weaves (tracks) long term neglect their real hair underneath and become totally dependent on the weave.



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Amen, Rev. Jen Jen

 

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What if we all went natural? Ebony/Jet and Essense wouldn't have any sponsors cause all the companies that rely heavily on relaxer sales would go under. All you see in black mags are ads for relaxers!!

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That's because the relaxer is still the #1 styling choice with most black women. I think if we all went natural then companies would eventually come out with SOMETHING that they feel they could make money off of us by telling us we need to buy it and use it over and over again.
The black hair care industry is a billion dollar industry


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And thank God that EVERYBODY ELSE uses hair care products too! The hair care industry is a billion dollar industry on all fronts!

You think white people's hair just "naturally" looks good!? How many hair commercials do you see on TV geared towards THEIR hair?

 

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you know this thread is thought provoking...because i wonder what the celebrity african american women would do and look like without the added hair for glamor!

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Let us not forget that white celebrities were it too but that don't talk about that do they!

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Nope! Haha!

 

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That's absolutely true. But, I think the reason why African-American get so much slack about wearing weaves, is because there are so many that make it so daggon obvious and to be honest, ugly. If I had a quarter for every trifling weave I saw, I'd be rich.

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God! That did it for me! LOL! Okay!

Some of them are out of sight!

 

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That's absolutely true. But, I think the reason why African-American get so much slack about wearing weaves, is because there are so many that make it so daggon obvious and to be honest, ugly. If I had a quarter for every trifling weave I saw, I'd be rich.

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I saw this chick on the train the other day. Her weave was atrocious! I couldn't stop looking at it, albeit, discreetly of course

There was a ton of new growth in the front. She had a head band separating it from a silky, shiny "something".

It was truly awful. She saw my hair; did a double take and scowled! LOL!

Yea, mine is real, babe!

 

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i hear you loud and clear, dontspeakdefeat...but the question was about aa women. so i responded accordingly. but you know what? white actresses really don't grab my attention like aa celebrities do.

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No. We are more concerned about our own people, as we should be.

White women pay more attention to white; Asians to Asian, etc. etc. etc.

 

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i think weave is o.k if it is used as an OPTION

NOT as a NECESSITY

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Exactly!

 

[Guest]

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You know what made me think of this topic?
I was reading a black mag and there was an ad for a company that had "the solution" to hair problems like "thinning, breakage" and hair that wouldn't grow. The solution wasn't nutrition, or even a moisturizing headress. It was fake hair!
It just burned me up because while fake hair might be a temporary solution, for most women it need not be "the" solution. Learning how to care for your hair is.
Then I was flipping thru the latest Sophisticates Black Hair, and noticed that most of the styles were achieved with fake hair. Reading their interviews, they often ask a celebrity if the hair is all theirs. We're not talking knee-length hair here, but shoulder or a little past shoulder length usually.
Yeah white celebrities will sport some fake hair, but that isn't an issue because it is assumed that any white woman who feels like having long hair can grow it. How many times is a white girl walking down the street with long hair stared at by those trying to determine if it is real? How often will strangers stick their fingers in her hair to feel for tracks?
Whereas for black women, it is assumed that we CAN'T achieve it, so we MUST weave it.
That's why I thought of this thread. What if the only reason AA women wore fake hair was protective styling and fun, and not because they thought it was the only way to have long hair.

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All true! Very good post!

 

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Let us not forget that white celebrities were it too but that don't talk about that do they!

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ITA. I'm a wrestling fan and I am convinced that Torrie Wilson wears clip on extensions. I mentioned it to a white male and he said, "White girls have fake boobs, not fake hair."

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A guy told me that when a white woman strikes it rich, she gets fake boobs; when a black woman strikes it rich, she gets fake hair.

Do you know a Bay Area DJ (she wasn't black), accused Mary J. Blige of this on the radio, a predominantly black music radio, and they FIRED her a$$!? LOL!

It went like this: Why do black women, as soon as they get some money (talking about Mary), go and get a weave?

 

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I for one applaud them for coming up with a constant source of income for their third world countries. As unfortunate as it is, the need for "instant long hair" is feeding millions of mouths every day

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It would be nice to imagine that the AA women’s demand for “instant long hair” had at least one positive outcome, feeding hungry people. That is not the case. Did you know that some in India and China are scalped against their will and others paid only pennies? Even in these impoverished countries that $$ doesn’t go a long way. Plus how many times a year can someone sell their hair? Even at a growth rate of 1 inch/month it’s gonna take a year to produce a new pack of 1B Silky Satin yaki 12 inch.

I believe AA women need to educate themselves on how to grow and care for their hair. That’s why I’m here. But can you blame them/us? Look at the lies these companies have told us and continue to tell us through advertisement. Look at the ingredients in some of these products; some even contain known cancer causing chemicals. Look at the standards of beauty we are bombarded with in the media.

This income generation ability of these 3rd world companies is merely an exploitation of the insecurities of AA. And we have bought into it. And just who do you think we are making rich? Not the folks giving up their hair. The manufacturers (who are nothing less than modern day slave owners), and the BSS (mainly owned and operated by Asian people who often hate AA anyway, but don’t mind sending their children to Harvard off our insecurities).

Sorry for venting. The answer is to spread and share the knowledge just as you ladies so generously do here…oh, and own our own dang BSS.


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Communism is a live and well, girl! Just like racism! Too bad some people think millions of people are being fed at the expense of black women continually losing their hair.

Get real!

Uh oh. There goes my "delivery". LOL! I tried Leejure and Don'tSpeak. Ha!

 

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My opinion is.... If you want to wear fake hair, that is your option...I also thinks it's great to have an option..don't you guys think?

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I heartily agree. I also think it's ultimately none of my business what anyone has in their head. It's not going to change or affect my life one way or another. But, IMO if you are going to wear it, hook it up. I am so embarassed for the women on TV, with tore up weaves who have access to stylists, $$$ and a mirror! Wise words spoken from a woman who once endured toe-up-weave syndrome. Buying the best hair available, but trying to hang on to it after it's shedded half the weft

Just pitiful. At least I had the sense to wear it up in a bun.

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Exactly. If you're going to wear it, please wear it well.

What do you think other races think when they see a bunch of black women with a jacked weave? Ugh!

 

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I was basically talking about the same thing you were..White women fake hair,black women fake hair....Who cares either way in my opinion....

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My comment wasn't a reply to your post. The reason I posted my comment was because I get annoyed when we're talking about what WE do to oursleves and someone come in saying "well, whites(or other races) do it too" as if we need their actions/them to validate what we do to oursleves or it's ok because they do it too. As if we can't stand alone on our issues.

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I think the point is THEY do it, but no one cleans their clock the way our clocks get cleaned.

Why is it okay for THEM to wear weaves, but not us, and when we wear a weave or grow our own hair long, we are accused of "trying to be white"?

Is the white woman getting a curly perm or a suntan trying to be black? Is she criticized and accused of wanting to be black, simply because she has a dark tan?

I think it's the hypocrisy that bothers most of us ladies. Black women are constantly nailed to the proverbial cross and this is one BLACK WOMAN THAT IS SICK OF IT!

 

[Chasney01]

Many of the women/girls in my community wear weaves. I have no problem with it. However, I do worry when the fake hair ends up recieving more attention than the real hair. I know people who spend several hundred dollars on extensions, units and glue--But dont buy regular maintenance products like conditioner. It's almost like since their real hair isn't out, they feel no need to care for it. The end result is the hair underneath suffers, and the weave becomes a crutch to cover the damage. Of course this is not the case with every weave, but it is something i've noticed, at least where I live.

If weaves were not an option at all, I think It would force more women to change their haircare practices.

 

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Sorry, but then, I'd think the world would be a bit boring. I love changing my look with the help of extensions or whatever, and there are others who wear weaves, etc. primarily for this reason. No one should have to depend on fake hair, though.

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Ditto
I get so bored with my hair and how my hair looks. Maybe when I get some more length I will have more styling options to try out.