US President Elect Barack Obama was spotted at a local mall in Hawai’i Kai, Hawaii with daughters Sasha and Malia for earlier this weekend. The soon to be President is currently on vacation in his home state before he takes the oath of office on January 20th.
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Oh and these pics are beautiful.It shows how active Obama is in his daughters lives.
Cute girls but, come on Michelle comb sasha’s head! Malia isn’t too far behind from needing a comb either.
If it was anybody else’s daughters some of you would have a lot to say, so I don’t see what’s the big deal, and Michelle gets no pass from me AT ALL, and yes i said Michelle……those little girls heads always needed some Just For Me and a comb from day one, it’s nothing new!
Sasha’s head ALWAYS looks a mess( that head aint been combed in days), sorry folks, but it’s the truth! Michelle knows better than that…My daughter would never step out in public with her head lookin like that, vacation or not. I’m a hairstylist, and women in the shop have been talking about this from Day 1 since laying eyes on those girls….Michelle needs to stop those girls by my shop ASAP, that’s just ridiculous! It has nothing to do with a personal stylist, playin, or whatever else some of yall are sayin…..my little girl knows she better not EVER let nobody touch her head after it’s been done, and I know a lot of the sisters feel me on that! Just keep it real…..
@ Greatestloveofall
“Terrorism” was a campaign/political tactic used to scare the American public and the rest of the world into backing the Bush administration when they wanted to invade Iraq. They used the terms terrorism/terrorist quite frequently to keep you fearful so that you would submit to thier will. Basically your government controls and brainwashes you.
Not all Madrassas’ are radical. Most of them only teach boys and girls about their religion and are there because schools in the country are either lacking or underdeveloped. A lot of individuals are ignorant to the functions of Madrassas’ because of the way the American media portrayed them, they even went so far as to say Barack attended one in Hawaii which is completely false. They new how we percieved Madrassas’ so associating Barack with an already negative school would make him look like the “terrorist” they claimed he was.
Another reason why they are termed “violent” or “radical” is because they are tought to refute and defend their beliefs against the western ideologies of democracy, feminism and capitalism (which is about to go down the drain). If another man’s ideologies were forced down your throat, wouldn’t you want to protect and preserve your culture and beliefs? Just because it’s for America doesn’t mean it’s for the rest of the world.
OMG PEOPLE HAIR GET REAL LIKE YOU DIDNT HAVE HAIR LIKE THAT COME ON .
IM GOING TO AGREE WITH 21 HOW THE HECK THEY ARE GETTING SO CLOSE TO HIM .
THERE IS NO PRESIDENT I REALLY EVRY SAW THAT I COULD LITERALL TOUCH HIM OR GET CLOSE ENOUGH WITH A WEAPON LIKE THOSE IN THOSE PICTURES.
NOT EVEN BUSH
iI THINK THEY NEED TO PUT MORE PEOPLE ON HIM
I HAVE TO SAY OBAMA AND HS FAMILY ARE LOVELY TO WATCH A VERY GREAT EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE BLACK FAMILIES
WE SHOULD BE REAL PROUD
AND STOP COMMENTING ON RIDICULOUS SH $%^&^& T
BUT IF THEY WAS HALLE BERRY YOU WOULD BE LIKE SHE HAVE NICE HAIR
SO STOP THE MADNESS CAUSE YOU PEOPLE ON HERE SOUND REAL IGNORANT
COME ON BLACK PEOPLE SUPPORT HIM NOT HIS KIDS HAIR CAUSE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NOTHING AND
IF YOU WASNT BLACK COMMENTING ON THAT RIDICULOUS COMMENTS ON
T HE HAIR OF HIS CHILDREN GO COMMENT ON YOUR OWN PEOPLE HAIR AND BLACK PEOPLE STOP RESPONDING TO THAT CRAP STOP LETTING PEOPLE DEGRADE US LIKE THAT .
THANK YOU
AND WHAT
OOPS ABOUT TYPOS IM TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE HERE ANYWAYS SORRY ABOUT TYPOS
@5 How do you know Obama won’t or hasn’t cheated on his wife? You know as much about this man as you know about me, which nothing. I agree with you about that Bill Clinton comment. I find it disturbing that people find infidelity something to be desirably linked to black people. Then again there’s a lot things I find screwy about this culture of ours. But that’s another story. LOL!!
Great Family Man…Awesome
wonderful pic of obama with his little lady obamas. i have seen many pics of the girls, especially sasha, where their hair was groomed to the eyeballs–particularly during specific occassions when it should have been. but the girls are on vacation and as somebody else said, a little girl’s hair is easily mussed within about three hours or so after doing it. anybody that has a daughter knows this to be true. sasha and malia look like normal little girls at play and there’s nothing wrong with that.
i admit… i wear wigs…. but when it’s off…my hair is natural… i love my nappy roots… proud to sport the nappiness!!! it’s hott…. and it’s me!!! God didn’t make me with straight hair… or long flowy hair…. he made it nice and natural!!! whose to say what’s “good” hair and what’s not?!?!? hair is hair is hair is hair is hair!!!!!! whether it’s nappy…straight…curly…frizzy….. long….short…. etc etc…… it’s hair!!! GET OVER IT!!! WE ARE BLACK PEOPLE…. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD…. GET THE F*** OVER IT!!!
i forgot to put my WOOT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT at the end…. so WOOT WOOOOOOOOOOT
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@ 63–It pains me that as a Black woman and hairstylist (I have a couple in my family), you seem to have no appreciation for the strength and beauty of our natural hair. I’ve never thought that all or any of us NEED to “relax” our hair or cover it up with someone else’s for us to be fly and as fabulous as we inherently are. I’ve been natural all my life, except for color and I only blow it out a few times a year for fun. Sasha’s hair looks like mine when I rock a bun or ponytail and curly hair (loose or tight curls) frizzes. Period. I don’t goop my hair up with gel and wax and whatever–I just let God’s weather do what it wants to my hair and I’m ALWAYS together. When it’s wild and free (think early Kelis), I get props from us and other races as well constantly. We have what some of us thought we might never see…..an African-American President of the US…..and all people are focused on is the natural hair of his daughters. I, for one, hope this encourages the next generation of young black girls/women to be proud of themselves and the looks that God gave them and not feel forced to alter it to conform to any group (Black or Caucasian/mainstream). Peace
Coco, thank you for your entry. It is refreshing to have an intelligent conversation about people who will actually affect our lives versus an entertainer. With that being said, I hope we as a people don’t feed into that white folks hype about what is considered beautiful. We don’t know if those girls went swimming, if its humid or what the conditions are. They look adorable. We unfortunately are in an era where black women would prefer to destroy their hair through weaves and relaxers instead of embracing its natural pattern. I don’t understand how in 2008, with all of our edumacation (spelled it that way on purpose), we still feed into the hype about our features somehow being less than whatever the norm is suppose to be.
@14, i agree touche lol
coco, preach girl! lol
did anybody talk about jenna and barbara bush’s hair? i didn’t think so…moving on…
i agree with most of you, where’s secret service? but then again, these are just four pictures so we don’t know what was really happening and they are in hawaii so maybe it’s different lol
that is sweet for you to take out your daughters without mommy witch means father daughter day.
#45 their names are Malia and Sasha
I am really sad by the ignorance spewed on this page regarding these Beautiful girl’s hair!!! Come on now black women, we need to raise the level alot HIGHER!!!! I suppose region has alot to do with it- I will probably be slapped for this generalization.. but Don’t care.. here it goes… You women from the South need to come off that uptight stress about Hair!! I’m just as concious about my hair as the next black woman.. actually,as the next Woman in general! but you need to realize you are NOT your hair!! you’re so much more than that… and to hear you constantly barage any hair out of place on a child or woman’s head.. is just UGLY!! you sound UGLY and it just gives an image of you sittin there with an UGLY scowl on your face staring at the computer… Now… is that what you want??!?! I know you are intelligent classy woman.. now Act like it!! and if you’re not.. well… LEARN TO BE!!
her hair is combed. it’s just frizzy. and i can’t believe someone actually said that they need a perm. THEY ARE LITTLE GIRLS. i hate when black women perm their little kid’s hair and then lament that the girl’s hair won’t grow. i’m so happy that my mother made me wait until i was a teen to perm my hair because she let me make my own decision (i ended up deciding to stop perming my hair as well). we need to stop being so obsessed about hair
on another note. beautiful family
Instead of enjoying the Norman Rockwell moment that is “A President and his Daughters on Vacation we are bickering about the girls’ hair, SO PETTY!! Who gives a flying squirrel’s nuts that their hair isn’t up to some of your standards. OUR President (A BLACK MAN) is tooling around town ON VACATION with his daughters. Maybe Michelle was asleep when they left the house. You are so quick to find fault with something, that you totally MISS the beauty. MORE men should spend quality time with their daughters, nappy headed or not. They are in HAWAII and anyone who has visited HAWAII knows that the humidity is crazy and will frizz neatly combed tresses. Get Over it, Move on, and leave the girls alone.
It’s only ignorant based on the fact that these little girls are Obama’s daughters to most of you…..Like I stated before, if it was Angelina Jolie’s nappy headed little girl (god knows she needs to do something to that baby’s head IMMEDIATELY before it does anymore damage to her hair than it already has), some of you same people would be all over her! It don’t change the fact that Michelle gets no pass from me as i stated before, these girls heads ALWAYS looked like this from DAY 1, not just on this particular vacation….NO EXCUSE FOR IT AT ALL, if she’s not going to perm it, at least put a hot comb to it and keep it kept up……whats so ignorant about that? I like Obama just like the rest of you guy’s, but i’m not obsessed like the majority of you are….Some of you black folks kill me lol! I REPEAT…..THOSE LITTLE GIRLS HEADS ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS, not just this particular vacation!! I digress…..
Ok, hes the pres now, he needs to get those girls hair done
@ Tanya, you are so ignorant and do nothing but contribute to self-hate that is among black women. Black women criticize EVERYTHING about what is completely natural about black women, especially hair. There is nothing wrong with LITTLE CHILDREN being LITTLE CHILDREN and having their hair do what it does while they are playing. Why does the hair need to be bone straight or permed? What is wrong with loving your NATURAL hair, God made black people’s hair this way, so learn to love it. I would NOT put a perm on a 7 year old girls’ head, that’s just irresponsible in my opinion. As someone with long, flat ironed but natural hair, any EDUCATED hair stylist knows natural hair is typically HEALTHIER than permed hair, and you hsould not perm a little girls hair.
why don’t you advocate sasha get skin bleach too so she can be lighter because being DAT DARK SKIN SHO AINT CUTE YALL!!! :/SARCASM
@tanya why would you hotcomb a child’s hair? is this an african- american thing? my family is caribbean and they would never perm or hotcomb a child’s hair. a child is meant to be a child and there is nothing wrong with our hair. if the child gets older and wants to perm it so that they can try a different look, then whatever. idk if it’s a culture thing but i just don’t agree with that
Tanya,
Personally speaking, I was not defending these girls becuase they are Barack Obama’s daugheters. I’m defending them because they are kids and there is nothing wrong with their hair. Sasha and Malia do not have nappy hair. If you look at the damn pictures you will see Sasha has some strands coming out of her ponytail. That does not mean her hair was not combed that day. It just means she was out in about playing all day and her hair wasn’t as perfect as it was when she first got it done. Malia often wears cornbraids in her hair. I assume Michelle has her hair done this way so she wouldn’t have to worry about the fuss. Sasha is only seven and hair looks a little thinner than Malia’s so mayber her parents didn’t think it was a wise choice for her to have braids.
Who has the time to worry about what their kid’s hair looks like every second of the day especially when you have such an active schedule.
And for the record, Zahara’s hair is not nappy. For you to say that about a child speaks volumes about YOU!
Were about to go into 2009 and black people are still talking about hair texture as if it really matters. I am so thru with you self-hating fools.
You say you’re happy that we finally have a black president but then you go and make the silliest remarks about the man’s family. This isn’t even constructive criticism. Petty, petty, petty!!!!
I can see some black people now when this man officially takes office. They’ll be picking apart every damn thing they wear and how the hair is done. But that is to be expected from envious self-hatred individuals.
I didn’t want to get into this foolish discussion about hair, but Tanya’s comments just broke me SMH. So sad, we are almost 10 years into this new century and black women still are suffering from that hangover from slavery. The fact this is one of the better black blogs out there, doesn’t prevent it from filtering out comments of ignorance and self-loathing.
What is all this shit about combing hair or giving it a perm?? There is NO SUCH THING AS “GOOD HAIR” AND “NAPPY HAIR”. It is just a distinction made by uneducated, untravelled fools. You should be happy you’re allowed to be seen in public. Women in countries like Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia have to wear burkhas outdoors. Consider that liberty, yet complain about how somebody’s hair (and child’s at that!) isn’t up to your white, European standards of beauty.
No other group of people have these issues.
Our beautiful President elect is out on vacation with his children…and all you can say is that they need their hair done….REALLY…..IGNORANCE IS BLISS….even going into 2009…
FYI….if you have children…their hair looks great for a HOT vacation day…my daughter’s hair would have been twice as bad….
The entire family looks great….
OMG YALL…. THEY ARE IN HAWAII!!! IM SURE THEY DO LOTS OF SWIMMING THERE. WHY WOULD MICHELLE KEEP COMBING THEIR HAIR EVERYTIME THEY GET OUT OF THE WATER? THEY ARE KIDS, THEY DONT CARE HOW THEIR HAIR LOOKS. YALL NEED TO CHILL OUT. IF YALL WERE IN HAWAII WOULD U GET YOUR HAIR DONE EVERYTIME YOU GOT OUT OF THE POOL, JUST TO GET IT MESSED UP AGAIN FROM SWIMMING??? DONT THINK SO.
Ignore Tonya!! She is a hairdresser. She thinks EVERYONE should get a perm and weekly wash and sets.
tanya probably suggests her customers get their hair permed every 3 weeks. i bet her customers hair is falling out and no longer than 4 inches, though bone straight is all that matters LOL
euro-centric thinking even still smh
The secret services do not protect our president well. I won’t be surprised if something happens to him tomorrow…Can you imagine ?!?!?!?
I totally agreee with #80/PETTY PEOPLE. They are so ignorant it’s a shame. They are little girls for crying out loud. They play and their hair gets messy, so what! And you know these clowns don’t know anything about the humidy in Hawaii and what it will do to your hair. They are probably some grown folks that have never traveled outside of their hood. A vacation to some of these clowns is going to Vegas over and over again. Lol So pathetic. They need to wake up and get a life fast! White people don’t have to put us down. Some of ya’ll fools are doing it to yourselves. We are about to have our first black president and some of you all are still on the same ignorant BS.. Please leave Obama’s girls ALONE!
“Aww,” is all I can say.