46: hair

originally posted Sun., Oct. 29, 2006; 11:05 p.m. EST

i'm about to talk about something that is one of the most time-consuming obsessions in the black community.

i'm talkin bout hair y'all.

some of y'all know the whys and wherefores of this here topic, right? uh huh.

but guess what? i ain't gon get into it like y'all might be thinking. i just want to make a statement bout it. here it is:

there are certain members of my family who are so afraid of nappy hair that it's almost a phobia. one in particular has a severe fear of the naps. but she done long ago stopped talking bout mine. now she wanna talk about my baby's head. i don't like it.

i'm raising my baby to be free of the bondage that keeps some afraid to be seen without a fresh perm or press and curl.

i don't live like that.

our hair is nappy and i love it just like it is. if somebody got a problem with it, they need to talk to God about it cuz God made it nappy, not me. and it ain't my problem that you be fraid of nappy hair. that's your issue. get some help for your troubles and leave me and my baby out of it.

amen.

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wed, nov 1, 2006
12:40 p.m.

amendment:
http://www.endarkenment.com/hair/essays/ofari.htm


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thu, jul 5. 2007
1:25 a.m.

amendment:

the above link is no longer valid. here's one that does work and pretty accurately details the whys and wherefores of "hair issues" in the black community.

http://alpha.dickinson.edu/departments/amos/mosaic01steel/je/hair.html


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Sat, May 11, 2019
12:21 a.m.

Another update because the above link is no longer valid:

https://www.dickinson.edu/download/downloads/id/7539/fys_2014_jansen.pdf
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