POPLIFE: I have plenty of Black Enlightenment and have enough self awareness to KNOW WHOM and WHAT I am. I see sistas such as your self and others cutting your hair as a sign of rebellion against a perceived preference for longer hair because its seen as so-called "good" or more like "white". I read why Jill Scott wears her hair "natural" and not "oppressed" as it was when she used to relax and style it. Hey, if your hair symbolizes your "Blackness" or your freedom from society"s definitions, more power to you. If my lady decided to cut off her crown of glory for a buzz cut or short afro, she doesn't want me for her man anymore. A statement against how I like you when I first met you, is a statement against me. If you are going through some Afro-centric, feminist, liberation type thing, then you are no longer the woman that I fell for. If your hair has become a political statement or some new manifestation of insight into your inner-self, then I have to roll, because that means that you have issues and you are bound to be going through more "changes" trying to find or getting to know the "real you" Have fun finding yourself. Call me when the journey is over. We all have to be true to self. If you need to cut you hair to feel better, then by all means, do so. Long is no better than short, nappy no better than curly, but leave politics out of the hair. You can be Afro-centric with styled hair or long hair if thats what God gave you. BTW: white men don't like their women to make radical changes to their hair either. All the white guys I know hate Faith Hill's new short hairstyle.
P.S. just so you know, I'm very Afro-centric, but I don't need musical selections, dietary changes, change in religious affiliation, or fashion statements (hairstyles, nose rings, khufis, headwraps, dhishikis) to prove it.
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