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Originally posted by Poplife:
Yes there are more important things in a sense. But talking about perms is not just talking about hair, it’s talking about how this bad white world has tried to make us feel for hundreds of years. That’s a serious topic. How can we move on to bigger things when people still say “good hair”?
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I so did not want to post anything, but I just have to say that I dig your honesty, Poplife. I'm going to sound hypocritical with my relaxed hair, but here goes. Whether or not we want to realize or admit it, we do relax our hair for the very reasons Poplife has been stating, which is why I think some people can't handle what is being stated. No one really wants to have to question decisions that they make. Maybe consciously we're not ashamed and more so that it is that we're just used to doing what we've been doing for years. But you have to go back and say why did mama, grandma, great-grandma and so on, feel the need to straighten our hair.
People need to be honest, as I will be to. If you could know for sure that your hair still might look as "good" natural, then we'd all do it in a heartbeat. Because who really wants to have to keep getting relaxers forever. But we're so afraid of what our hair might look like if we grow it out. And I understand that, as a lot of our insecurities are due to society and what is deemed attractive. But really think about it: who really likes putting chemicals in their hair and burning their scalp, and spending lots of money and time in a salon (although I don't do the last part as I "do" my own hair).
However, I do beleive, that after hearing all aspects of this argument, if someone still wants to relax their hair, then that is not an indicator of how black someone is nor is it for anyone to judge. As I beleive Poplife, you stated,
"there are folks out there with natural heads and processed minds. And many processed heads have "natural minds". It goes both ways."
[This message has been edited by DST Love (edited January 26, 2001).]
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