The 13th Season of Survivor ~ Teams Divided by Race

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Does your hair get curly, or better, "course" when it's wet? If you answered "yes", you are a negro (enough).

Your criteria sucks.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Your criteria sucks.

I don't really know what you mean by your comments. Can you be a little more specific? Are you trying to say that most black people can pull off the "wash and wear hair"? Unless you have a pretty good perm, it is pretty hard to keep your hair straight when it gets wet.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I don't really know what you mean by your comments. Can you be a little more specific? Are you trying to say that most black people can pull off the "wash and wear hair"? Unless you have a pretty good perm, it is pretty hard to keep your hair straight when it gets wet.

"Your criteria sucks" is pretty straightforward.

But if you really NEED an explanation, Black people come of many skin complexions, body shapes, hair textures, eye colors, and so forth. Sure, we can speak to the fact that people of more European ancestry have finer textured hair in most instances and people of African ancestry have thicker or more coarse hair. But it would be a fallacy to extend those facts and say that if your hair is finely textured you're automatically of European ancestry and if your hair is thick and coarse you are of African ancestry.

Hope that cleared things up for you.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

"Your criteria sucks" is pretty straightforward.

But if you really NEED an explanation, Black people come of many skin complexions, body shapes, hair textures, eye colors, and so forth. Sure, we can speak to the fact that people of more European ancestry have finer textured hair in most instances and people of African ancestry have thicker or more coarse hair. But it would be a fallacy to extend those facts and say that if your hair is finely textured you're automatically of European ancestry and if your hair is thick and coarse you are of African ancestry.

Hope that cleared things up for you.

Sure there are exceptions, just with everything else. Some might even consider my texture to be unusual, which is neither fine nor coarse. (both white and black stylists usually screw up my hair )I was semi-joking when I made up that "criteria", but obviously there's a lot of truth in it.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I was semi-joking when I made up that "criteria"

Great.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I don't really know what you mean by your comments. Can you be a little more specific? Are you trying to say that most black people can pull off the "wash and wear hair"? Unless you have a pretty good perm, it is pretty hard to keep your hair straight when it gets wet.

I don't have a perm and I can "wash and wear" my hair. So I'm still not getting your reference.