The 13th Season of Survivor ~ Teams Divided by Race

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Just make sure you're on the right team when the revolution come!

LOL *raising fist*

[Still BLUTANG]

LOL, who to root for. are we gonna have to pull out the "one drop" rule?

[Dionysus]

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

[DSTRen13]

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).

Whose hair DOESN'T get curly when it gets wet? I guess maybe except Asians ...?

[Drolefille]

Yeah, um, MY hair gets curly when it's wet. And it's uncontrollable dry.

I think you better revise your standard

/Pale skin, blue eyes... I don't even TAN well...

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yeah, um, MY hair gets curly when it's wet. And it's uncontrollable dry.

I think you better revise your standard

/Pale skin, blue eyes... I don't even TAN well...

Do you have naturally curly hair? That's the only time I see this happening to non-blacks.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Do you have naturally curly hair? That's the only time I see this happening to non-blacks.

I have naturally wavy and dry hair. It gets curlier the wetter the conditions are - like I can have spent over an hour trying to get the mess straight, then step outside when it's too humid, and POOF! Suddenly I've got curls.

A picture of my hair in its medium state (not its most curly, but not heat-styled to be straight either):

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Do you have naturally curly hair? That's the only time I see this happening to non-blacks.

I don't have any pictures, but my hair starts out as wavy (I've only recently started trying to straighten it completely) and in the summer the frizz is terrible. But if it gets really humid, I get ringlets. I can watch my little fly aways curl in a rainstorm even if the rest of my hair is under a jacket hood.

*shrug* I'm mostly Italian despite the fair skin (got some northern italian too) but I think I have the Sardinian hair. Plus there's an off chance that I have some North African blood in me.. (way way back, we're talking like great-great-great grandmother in Italy) but I don't know if it was more Arab or African or if I'm remembering my Nonna right either...

/sorry for the novel.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

Whose hair DOESN'T get curly when it gets wet? I guess maybe except Asians ...?

I mean CURLY curly. Like if your hair is bone straight and goes to Curly Sue or spriral curly hair when it gets wet. I rarely see this happening to whites and hispanics. I've been to too many swimming pools and seen too many white people messing around in the rain.

[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.

[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.

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).

Well, your comment kinda left it wide open for interpretation. I'm sure you can see that. I just washed my hair about 10 minutes ago and decided to look at it when it was wet b/c I read this thread prior to getting in the shower. I have a relaxer and my hair stayed pretty much straight when wet, aside from a few loose curls towards the end of my hair. So, based on your comment one could say that I'm not a "negro" b/c my hair doesn't get curly or coarse. If you (Dionysus) are Black or African-American then I am sure you know how we all have different types of hair texture, but that in no way defines how much or less black we are than the next. Hair texture in our community is a big issue. Bigger than it should be.