I think the answer to this debate lies in the mentality of the person asking the question.
1). If you are ashamed of your natural hair.. i.e. using phrases like ooohh my hair so nappy, I need a perm...then you fall into the category discribed by the second group.
2). If you are not ashamed of your natural hair..i.e. would feel free to wear your hair natrual anytime, no matter what the texture...then you fall into the category discribed by the first group.
You have to ask yourself, however, why you go every 6 weeks for a temporary "perm". Your answer will let you know which category you fall into.
As for me, I wear my hair natural, but not as a hair style, instead as an expression of my life style and beliefs.
It took me a while to find out what roll it would play in my life...would I have to dred it...would I have to start wearing the grunge look...would It smell like a trash pail...
But once I figrued out that those were all stereotypes that I had picked up from other
black folk, I realized I could still be classy, stylish, creative, and everything else that I loved about being me, and have natural hair too.
In fact, I feel it impowers me to feel free to be me without any facades or veneers to hide behind. This is me in the raw.
As for hair styles: I wear it curlly, kinky, twisted, untwisted, and when I feel like it I press it. The versitility just cant be beat.
Now that I've said my piece, I'll go and see what I can do with this head-o-mine.
