Why do Black Women want long hair???
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(excuse me for giggling)
I haven't read any of the responses yet, as I JUST got back on the board!! (glad it's back up)
I want to comment but am on my way out the door.
Tara
p.s. my giggle is because at least once every few years this question gets asked, and I'll do a search for the thread on it for you with the answers if it helps.
Oh, and welcome to the board
I haven't read any of the responses yet, as I JUST got back on the board!! (glad it's back up)
I want to comment but am on my way out the door.
Tara
p.s. my giggle is because at least once every few years this question gets asked, and I'll do a search for the thread on it for you with the answers if it helps.
Oh, and welcome to the board
zoya_j
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Serei said:
I noticed that too Pebbles but on the same token, I wouldn't go to a weight loss board and say, "Why are you trying to lose weight? Are you trying to be something you're not?" It may or may not be valid but I just wouldn't do it. That's challenging our intelligence.
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Ditto
this is how i feel
Serei said:
I noticed that too Pebbles but on the same token, I wouldn't go to a weight loss board and say, "Why are you trying to lose weight? Are you trying to be something you're not?" It may or may not be valid but I just wouldn't do it. That's challenging our intelligence.
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Ditto
Bobbie
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divacurl said:
i do disagree with sutton989, but i also do think that people have the right to state opinions . its doesn't mean that i agree with her but i do show RESPECT for what other people have to say. i don't think she was trying to attack us personally. i think its very childish to get mad when someone has a different opinions that you.
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Welcome to the board, divacurl! I'm also new!
I agree with what you're saying, and I also would like to shed some light on how sutton may have been feeling when first coming to the board. Not to offend anyone, but when you first visit the threads here in LHCF, it's overwhelming to see the number of products some women use: protein/pre-shampoo/cholesterol/leave-in/and the kitchen sink conditioners, supplements, home made recipes, oh my!
When I first came here, I didn't think we needed more than a simple shampoo and conditioner!
At times, it does seems discouraging about the number of things our sistahs do to acheive that length,
. but often the effort we put in it is justified (considering how damaging perms can be), and for that reason, I no longer wonder why we do this (and sometimes daily) to our hair. (though there are occasions when regimes make me swoon!
)
And as a newbie, I would like to say, I understand where you were coming from,
, but it could've been worded differently (regimes is one thing, but the race issue is a whole 'nother thread!).
divacurl said:
i do disagree with sutton989, but i also do think that people have the right to state opinions . its doesn't mean that i agree with her but i do show RESPECT for what other people have to say. i don't think she was trying to attack us personally. i think its very childish to get mad when someone has a different opinions that you.
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Welcome to the board, divacurl! I'm also new!
I agree with what you're saying, and I also would like to shed some light on how sutton may have been feeling when first coming to the board. Not to offend anyone, but when you first visit the threads here in LHCF, it's overwhelming to see the number of products some women use: protein/pre-shampoo/cholesterol/leave-in/and the kitchen sink conditioners, supplements, home made recipes, oh my!
At times, it does seems discouraging about the number of things our sistahs do to acheive that length,
And as a newbie, I would like to say, I understand where you were coming from,
ChasingBliss
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Great post Bobbie.
Shinka
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You'd obviously be happier at nappturality.com, people here are not big on limiting themselves to narrow definitions in order to please or satisfy other people's ideals.
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I honestly don't appreciate that comment about nappturality., Yes their focus is the care for women with nappy kinky hair. But in no way are their views limited and ignornant like her comment was. Just how this site is for women who want long hair and that journey. Nappturality is women want healthier nappy hair and that journey.
It's a support because often black women are told our natural hair is ugly etc. But the site doesn't promote anti-white sentiments. People go their to please themselves about their idea of what it means to go natural, or be a Black women. It's not a anti-white, anti-perm cult.
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I honestly don't appreciate that comment about nappturality., Yes their focus is the care for women with nappy kinky hair. But in no way are their views limited and ignornant like her comment was. Just how this site is for women who want long hair and that journey. Nappturality is women want healthier nappy hair and that journey.
It's a support because often black women are told our natural hair is ugly etc. But the site doesn't promote anti-white sentiments. People go their to please themselves about their idea of what it means to go natural, or be a Black women. It's not a anti-white, anti-perm cult.
firecracker
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Serei and everyone else lets be nice. Because it could scare away new members and the numbers are growing daily. When I first joined I was afraid to vocalize my thoughts. I just referred 3 people because you guys have great topics and positive interaction!!!!
firecracker
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So true!!!
shoe's are my passion also. Nothing cures a bad hair-day like a new pair of hot shoes(high high heels perferably)
It's not about attacking newbies. I didn't mean it that way. It's just, I mean, come on! She dropped a question like that, stirred things up and then left us to simmer. Am I the only one who thinks that is weird?
Don't be afraid to post questions and comments about hair. That is why we are here.
firecracker
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firecracker
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firecracker
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ditto!
ms_kenesha
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latia said:
,,,we are free...free to grow our hair!!!!
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Y'all have me
over here. I don't even have to adress the orignal question because so many people already eloquently did. But here's my advice..."Free your mind and the rest will follow, be colorblind don't be so shallow" Y'all remember that Envogue song it was about the stereotypes that blacks get put into all the time even by other blacks and this long hair = white is a very pervasive one. Like someone else said I don't feel more black when my hair is short, it's ludicrous that we even buy into the myths about what we as blacks are capable and not capable of.
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pebbles said:
And the count down continues...6...5...4...
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Another one!? LOL!
pebbles said:
And the count down continues...6...5...4...
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Another one!? LOL!
adrienne0914
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after some of the responses, i don't think i'd post either. how would you like being called a troll if you just wanted an answer to a question? and who is stirring things up??? her last response to this was about 140 posts ago...
is it THAT hard to think back to the time when you wondered whether you could really grow long hair? is it THAT hard to remember when you thought there was nothing wrong with using a curling iron daily? i had all of these bad habits and preconceived notions until i learned otherwise.
i still remember the thoughts i had when i found my first hair board. i wondered too. i wasn't a troll. it's just that everything on that board was completely foreign to me and every black woman i knew. i'm glad no one called me a troll for asking questions...
is it THAT hard to think back to the time when you wondered whether you could really grow long hair? is it THAT hard to remember when you thought there was nothing wrong with using a curling iron daily? i had all of these bad habits and preconceived notions until i learned otherwise.
i still remember the thoughts i had when i found my first hair board. i wondered too. i wasn't a troll. it's just that everything on that board was completely foreign to me and every black woman i knew. i'm glad no one called me a troll for asking questions...
firecracker
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Thanks for relating that En Vogue quote. It was totally appropriate. You guys are great and too dang funny!!!
firecracker
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firecracker
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girl, I didn't see the seabiscuit movie. So your comment flew over my head, like many things do.LOL!!! I have to be slapped sometimes to recognize!!!!...I'm sure you were just having innocent fun...
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