10-22-2007, 10:11 PM
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Location: Chicago, IL
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This is stirring up family memories. 
I have always heard about girls with 'pretty hair'. Apparently, my elders were evolved enough not to say "good hair", but the plain truth is 'pretty' was the subsitute for 'good'. The subtle (or not-so-subtle!) implication was that the compliment was intended only for those with LONG, straight hair. One's hair couldn't be pretty and short / nappy -- those identifiers were mutually-exclusive.
Another interesting identifier was the concept of the "cute black girl'.... kind of like the skewed concepts of the 'woman doctor', 'male hos', and 'white trash'.
Finally -- As a young girl, I used to hear this in Mississippi if a woman was unattractive but fair-complected..... "That's just some yellow throwed away!" Has anyone else ever heard that?
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