Solange is 10xs better looking. she was glowing on the show.

Well…well…first Jay and now Solange, on the sofa w/ big O…connections…sigh..boy I tell ya…:)

The hair thing is redundant…next—>

Solange = The articulate sister

Oh big deal. What is all this obsession with hair of a sudden?

If a person wants to wear a weave, wig, lace front…whatever…that’s their business. You’re not “more black” or “the realist” than the next person because you’re hair is natural. Solange talking about being a single mother…like, what does that have to do with her choice to go natural? Solange, dear…you shouldn’t feel guilty for wearing a weave. What you should feel guilty (and dumb for) is for spending 40,000 on weaves when Keisha around the way could do the same for less than $100. I’m tired of women like Solange and Tyra acting like they deserve some trophy because they’re wearing their own hair.

And be real…. Solange would NOT be on O’s show if it wasn’t for being Beyonce’s sister.

thank you #4. Couldn’t have said it better myself. IT’S JUST HAIR…NO BIG DEAL.

Solange looks great. Her confidence shine ! ! ! She spent a great deal of money a year just getting her hair done. I had to evaluate my own spending on my hair. It was a must I get my hair done on aweekly basis. No more every two weeks now (LOL).

I watched the show yesterday and it is definitely true, don’t touch my hair especially when I just got it done. My man knows the rules of my hair ! ! !

a $1000 for that crappy wig that lady made wearing extremely too much make-up and a lay-a-way plan was the worst.

I saw this yesterday, and yeah I could not figure out why hair has become such a big deal. From the movie, to Tyra, to Solange and now O..even the interview sounded like a big announcement on how to deal with breast cancer. Kinda beats the whole purpose of their said goal, which is to GET OVER the obsession with hair. Like Solange said in her infamous twitter entry.

this hair issue is gettin way outta hand
i’m suprised people care about hair this much! is it really THAT serious?
weaves, dreads, natural…it doesn’t matter!
we should be focusing on more important things!
Solange is a very beautiful lady though. I love her confidence and intelligence!

#4 PEACEKEEPER,

Hmm, maybe she brought up being a single mom because it’s hard to have to take care of her hair and have to be with/watch her son? Not too sure .. don’t remember exactly what she said.

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Ahh I missed the episode ..
Lol @ “Beyonce’s little sister Solange” - couldn’t she just say Solange?
again, lol @ Chris’ face when Solange came out, he was like “danggg girl!”

I don’t have ‘black hair’ but if I did and had children I would never perm their hair - unless it was absolutely needed. My little cousin’s hair is so curly and thick that it is almost impossible to comb through it. She is going to need to relax her hair in a few years - my aunt is forever braiding up her hair so that she doesn’t have to deal with it, my cousin cries whenever her hair gets combed because it hurts. I don’t know why parents are relaxing/perming whatever they’re 4, 5, 6 year old daughters hair .. that’s ridiculous.

seriously solange is only getting shine because of beyonce.

oprah could have invited any other natural black celeb that went against the grain and who has an actual career like grace jones are something and how having a different look affected her career

@ 4

I agree

Wow, she was only 4 yrs old when she got her hair permed. Good hair is Healthy hair just take care of it. Solange is glowing, she looks beautiful with her short cut.

@ 9

Negative. Solange brought up being a single mom because she feels that, that makes her a “strong woman”, she equates “strength” with being “natural”. Do you see how delusional she is? Lol, I was cracking up when she admitted to having her hair relaxed at age 4! Whoa…dayum chica was your hair that nappy to rrequire a relaxer so young? (smile) I kid, I kid…

I agree, hair is no big deal. But when your little girl comes home crying b/c her naturally thick curly hair doesn’t lay straight down her back like all the other girls at school or on tv, etc. that’s when it becomes an issue. That’s why Chris said he wanted to make the film b/c he experienced that with his daughter.

Solange probably did not have that much hair to being with between the weaves, braids and overprocessing. I remeber seeing a picture of her at her baby shower with this same hairstyle about 3-4 yrs ago, so it is not like she woke up a month ago and decided to do this. please don’t praise this girl like she started a revolution. her hair was probably really damaged from years of abuse and she decided to cut it off and start fresh. it is not that deep

Also, to the people saying “it’s just hair, no big deal” - a lottt of people care about their outer appearance and when most people look at someone, they look at their facial features, their clothing, as well as their hair.

When I see women at the mall, on the street wherever and their hair is not combed, or they’re wearing a cheap looking weave etc I think, as well as many others, that she doesn’t know how to take care of herself. So a lot of people think it’s a big deal because they want to look ‘presentable’ and proper when they go out .. they want to look good.

I think hair is somewhat of a big issue, just don’t know why it’s an even bigger issue all of a sudden.

A problem though is comparing hair. Having long hair doesn’t make someone better than other people .. a lot of people complain about their ’short hair’ - if your hairs short then fix it up/take care of it .. don’t just leave it however. Hate when people walk around with dry hair .. and uneven hair, like moisturize and trim/cut your hair!

SIGH,

Lol oh okay okay.
And yeah 4 is a ridiculously young age ..

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I must say that I actually see Solange’s beauty more than b4 now.
What bothered me was when she said it starts at home. How her mama used to say “Good hair is Healthy hair”. How is your mum tellin you that when she started perming your hair at FOUR?? Tina, Tina,Tina….

Solange looks much better I will totally give her that.

But she is not “strong” and being a single mother is fine if you can raise your child in a responsible way which she also seems to be doing.

But let’s be clear. The reasons Solange cut her hair has nothing with being “strong” or natural but to get attention. This girl would cut off her left arm and a few toes if she felt people would take notice. This girl does things for attention that is the reason she does 99.9 percent of the things she does from the music, to how she dresses to everything she puts out. I bet she even had that shot gun wedding and her son for this need to take back some attention from her sister.
Can we say Latoya Jackson.????

People do seem to make hair a big issue…. Who cares? As long as it looks nice I could care less. My group of friends are all unique…2 rock the Amber Rose, 1 has very long hair/permed, 1 wears natural, 1 stays braided up in cornrows, & myself and another switch from weaves to our own. We don’t give 2 sh*ts about whos hair is what.

The whole topic is a non-issue to me

hair has always been a big deal on almost every post someone always has a comment about someones weave or hair style

I take it a lot of you are young and do not fully understand how we got here. How for centuries any and everything black was not only dirty, subpar, but subhuman. Black was not beautiful. Wide noses, kinky hair was ugly, not just ugly, the worst of the worse.
For Black folks hair is not “just hair” it is a very large part of who we are. Like our skin color it sets us apart - it makes us other. I suggest looking up the Black is Beautiful slogan that spread during the black power movement. Self love is the first requirement to self determination.
If you don’t know why you are perming and weaving…then you should as yourself. Nowadays there are as many natural hair care salons as there are for weaving and perming. Natural hair is not less manageable…you have to learn to DO IT just like you would any other style….

So while ultimately sisters should be able to choose…we have to ask ourselves why we accept black women with straight eurosilky weaves but would balk at a white woman with an afro wig.

@15,

Thankyou i totally agree with you! Me personally, i hate weave. when i tried to wear it in highschool i felt so fake, like i was putting on a front for somebody. i was always worried about my tracks showing, my wig beng crooked, making me feel even more insecure. i have a short cut and in a way i do feel liberated, free. i like to stand out from the crowd, i dont have to have long weave down my back to feel beautiful. not saying women who wear weaves feel that way, but weave does provide a sense of security IMO. looking around its not hard to notice all the jet black long weaves black women are rocking. and i love my short cut even more when i look at everybody else looking the exact same way.

props to solange. i think she looks beautiful with her hair natural. i can’t wait to check out this documentary!! p.s. i definitely agree that she is the more articulate sister.

“Why has hair become so important?”

…. because Black women almost condemn another for life if her hair/weave is not on “so called” point. It’s like she has broken the 11th commandment, commited blasphemy etc. Check out some of the comments in the blogs.

Other than hygiene, grooming and styling, it really is’nt that serious. Also it’s Black women’s condemnation of any hair that is not of Anglo Saxon European texture, all textures are beautiful, but hey, that’s some of the left over baggage from slavery and European brainwashing.

I am so shocked that Oprah’s hair is that long and healthy. I always thought she had a nice lace front wig or weave. Solange is my hair sheroe!

Solo is the truth!

This female, Solange, said that she’s a “single mother” lol? I wonder if that is by choice or necessity. The black woman cannot run these men off and then claim that single mother title.

#4 I feel you, but the I think we maybe looking at this wrong. I think the point Solonge is trying to get at is, you don’t have to have hair down your back to be considered beautiful.

For example….I have a friend who is light skinned ad has very long hair. Honestly she is not that pretty in the face but somewhere in her upbringing she has come to the notion that she has good hair and that makes her more beautiful than the next girl, she teaches her daughter the same thing. She has two nieces, one has more corse hair than the other. They tell the one with the more corse and short hair that She has “bad hair” the girl is only 7 years old!!! Come on!!!

We as people, if we want to wear weaves, wigs, color or whatever YOUR HAIR DOES NOT MAKE YOU BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! YOU make YOU BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! Just because you have naturally long hair doesn’t make you the $h!t!!!!!!!!!

I’m with the majority here…I don’t get why we as women consume ourselves with this hair topic. Good hair is healthy hair in my book. It doesn’t matter if its long or short, straighten verses relaxed, brown or blonde, has extensions or not, braided or locks…as long as its not damaged, its all good.

I only wish we demand from this hair care businesses to produce better products that specializes in people of color and also get these retail companies to stock up more products for us and stop over pricing products.

i dont know why you all are surprised oprah hair is long and healthy she has millions of dollars to invest in making sure her hair is long and healthy i wont be surprised if oprah vaginal hair is long and healthy

EWW @ #33 SHUT - a visual popped up in my head as soon as I read that.

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Yeah I agree that as long as you’re hair is HEALTHY it’s GOOD HAIR

#4 PEACEKEEPER,

Hmm, maybe she brought up being a single mom because it’s hard to have to take care of her hair and have to be with/watch her son?
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You can’t be serious with this comment??? If mananging your hair and tending to your kids is “hard” something is seriously wrong with that person, lol…

Lol @33

Hair texture, length, color etc. is genetics, it’s what’s in your genetic code, what you inherit from your parents. Skin color, short, tall, fat skinney, diabetes, sickle cell etc. A lot of things are already predetermined from your parents.

@32…Good point about the hair care products for black women. Now, that’s something O should’ve been discussing.

I’m amazed at how the manage to shave the head while keeping the length of the hair in tact.

@ peacekeeper its a big deal because of WHY we are doing it not because of the choice to do it WHY really are we doing it NO OTHER CULTURE of people does this NO ONE but AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN (now some whites are but thats lately) do this is it because we think that are own hair is not beautiful? that its not good because it doesnt look like everyone else? have we ever thought abt the fact that since we are the only onces with our type of hair that we are a rarety and maybe they shld be immulating us instead of the other way around you rite is it a personal choice to wear your hair natural, a relaxer a weave or a wig but just know that every time you go against your natural self you are telln yourself and others that you dont feel your natural self/hair is beautiful and that you want to be more like other people so much that we’ve made the weave industry a multi-BILLION dollar industry just think of all the communites that could be helpd schools built hospital and clinics open with the money that we spend on hair

I agree 100% with #24 Dvynesole

I think a lot of you are missing to point. Wear your hair however you want! But truly understand the REASON you wear it that way. I caught myself in the mirror and took a good look at myself, my pretty virgin Indian hair weave…and I just felt ridiculous all of a sudden, like why am I wearing someone elses hair on my head?!!! It really made me think about all the time and money I invested in this hair that wasn’t mine and underneath I had a full head of thick kinky curly hair of my own that I didn’t know, or didn’t take the time to learn how to manage. All I’m saying the whole point of the discussion is WHY do we do these things to our hair in the first place.

@24 Thank you for speaking truth to power.

Case in point if hair was not a major issue in the Black community, for painfully historical reasons, we definitely would not be having this discussion and the discussion would not be continually discussed.

It pains me to read and hear women utter the words over and over again that they cannot manage or comb there hair without perms, blow driers and/or flat irons. This is definitely not true no matter what texture you hair may be. What makes most of you think that somehow we were gifted with wild and untamable hair? It is not an expression of self-love to think that your hair as it exist getting out the shower or the pool or any body of water is not fine just how it is. Just like #24 said you have to LEARN (key word) to style your natural hair just as you LEARNED to style it straight. It’s a process that is not just the physical part of doing the hair but the mental part of truly understanding what it means to have Black hair.

@ 39

What are you talking about? Women of all races, that don’t have naturally straight hair, flat iron or blow dry their hair straight. So again, what are you talking about?

seems like it was a REALLY good show
i want to see the movie but in general im
SOOOOO over this good hair/bad hair
talk - that debate will be around forever.
i applaud chris’s efforts though & i love
how he keeps it real! no sugar coating!

@24 I have natural 4a hair and I often read the natural hair forums on techniques to maintain my natural hair. They often proclaim that natural hair is not any harder to maintain that relaxed hair and that’s bull, I beg to differ. I often rock a weave because I often don’t have the time or the energy to maintain my natural hair in it’s natural state. I live in Florida where the humidity often seems to be at 100%. If I try to do a press and curl, it doesn’t stay pressed and curled for long. While I can wear a weave for 6-8 weeks, wash, dry, moisturize and go, I think we all know that unless we’re wearing locs, which also take a whole lot of maintenance, any natural hair style isn’t going to last more than a week.

I work 10 hours a day and I have a 5 month old baby at home. I don’ t have time and I’m not ashamed to admit it. A lot of us wear a weave because we are overworked and overextended and don’t have the time to maintain our natural hair. Yes, some of it does stems from stigmas from our past, but we can’t ignore that it’s just easier to go to the salon once every two months and get a head of braids or a sew-in or a relaxer than to go to the salon every week and get our natural maintained.

It’s not about hair. It is about how much emphasis women put on hair to make themselves feel beautiful/ important/ worthy. The fact that women put all that time, energy and money into doing their hair and don’t focus on other things such as their well being, debt, their children etc.. amazes me. Based on the comments from some of the people on here, they just don’t get it.

I am not knocking those women down who wear weaves, wigs, extensions, the question is; who are you doing this for? If you cared so much about your hair, you would know that it is unhealthy to perm, dye, and expose your hair to heat on a regular basis. Again I ask, who are you doing this for.

For our black women, there is nothing wrong with your natural hair, your beauty is an extension of what you feel inside. Solange was beautiful on yesterday’s show, she was articulate and to me she looks better than beyonce; now she need a fatter ass and then she would be perfect, but i digress.

My beautiful black sistahs, know your worth, if your hair was to fall out today what would you do?

@41 Sigh,,,, i’m talking about weaves, relaxers, wigs, extensions thats what i am talkn about and no women all around the world dont do that u dont see chinese women wearing weaves you dont see arabs getn perms thats what i am talkn about there is nobody said nothing abt flat irons or blow dryers (which can still be used on natural hair) u miss my whole point tryn to make a point

also “SIGH”nappy is the term the slave masters used to describe our hair when they came & got us from the motherland thats they word for our hair not ours

Anyone know where the entire episode can be viewed?

@ 44

Lol, are you a man? Your questions are idiotic. Some women put emphasis on their looks because their men encourage it, others do it because they like to look good for themselves. They like to feel sexy, and maybe spending $40k on hair extensions (or w/e) helps them achieve that feeling. I still don’t understand why this topic is even up for debate..*shrugs* I’m bored..so I’ll continue to encourage..lol

@ 45

So, is your issue with black women getting relaxers or is it with women straightening their hair? Mind you, I’m referring to flat irons, blow dryers etc., not necessarily relaxers per se. Because, just so you know, women of alll cultures/races w/e wear their hair straight. It’s not just a black woman thing. Yes, only black women get relaxers, but all women use products to straighten their hair. That was my point. Again, this subject is redundant.

@ 46

I was joking when I referred to Solange’s hair as nappy. I was never raised with this bullshyt nonsense of “good hair” vs “bad hair”. Thank God my mother had the sense not raise me w/ such an inferiority complex about my hair/skin tone. I never realized how many low self esteem lunatics there were until I start going to black blogs. Sheesh!

I am so tired of this being the focus as if we are the only ones that wear them.

I also wish we had better haircair products available. Thats what the show SHOULD have been about, what not put on your hair.

#48 actually black women are not the only women who use relaxers. I personally have had a Tongan (Pacific Islander) friend and a Latina friend who used relaxer at some point…so that’s a misconception.

#30, she got a divorce. So it must be choice. Either way she is a single mother but the child still has his father in his life. Ok.

The only reason why people keep saying ‘WHY IS THIS A BIG DEAL?” is because their mad somebody actually had the nerve to do a documentary on why hair for black women is such a big damn obession. Alot of black women are obessed with their hair and dont want to admit it. Spending thousands upon thousands on hair (which is big waste alot of the time because the hair is still damaged regardless of all the hairstyling ) when that money can be going to something important like a credit card bill that should have been paid off. Trying to live up to some beauty standard that really isnt beauty in the first damn place. Did you see that woman who edges were burned the hell offf because she decided the pain of a burning relaxer is more important so she can have “Nap-free” hair. Sad.

And why yall acting like hair is no big deal all of sudden when I have seen EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU torment a celebrity when their hair wasnt to your liking (which some of you have the NERVE to do!). Anyway, Im going to see the movie. I appreciate Chris for his interest and thoughfulness in why so-called “Good Hair” is so important to black women. And Solange looks stunning with her haircut. Some of you need to get off her back. If she wants to chop her off, she can do that.

@43 Although I have never wore a weave and only permed my hair twice..I know what you mean re maintaining natural hair, its hard work and time consuming ..no joke about that!
And being Jamaican I have too much respect for the Rastafarian faith to simply rock dreadlocks as a hairstyle (which also require alot of maintaining as well)
So I have had my natural hair really short for years now which suits me just fine.
I think though that if more black women were to commit to their natural hair maybe we would eventually figure out a way to manage and style our hair so that we can move easily from bed in the mornings into our daily lives.
Good for Solange she came across really authentic.
I agree with Chris…with short hair you are able to see a person’s truth better in their face and therefore their real beauty.

#31
I agree with you. We as black women are obsessed with our hair. Most people think that having the long hair makes you beautiful and that is not true. We teach our young girls this at a early age and it’s sad that they grow up thinking that long hair is beautiful. I have a whole new level of respect for Solonge because she reconized that having long, flowing, straight hair does not make you beautiful. If the truth could be known, most men love women with long hair.

The reason this is a big deal for black women, is because for years and even now in some cases, black women have been slaves to their hair, there are black women who did not learn to swim because of their hair , have lost jobs because of their natural hair cuts, have been pimped by beauty salon and hair stylist, because of their hair and now Oprah is trying to get some black viewers to watch her show by having a show about hair, where are all of Oprah white fans. As for Solange, that girl never had any hair, she says her parents always told her she was beautiful every day, I wonder if this was being said by her mother who is a hair stylist while she was relaxing her hair with creamy crack when she was 4 years old . That family is so fake and are such lairs.

It is a big deal in my opinion. I am absolutely elated that there’s so much focus on this phenomena that occurs amongst black woman every day in this country. It’s been overlooked for S0 long and now it’s finally being outed into mainstream media. I feel that the sugarcoating of the fact that black women have so much difficulty embracing the hair that grows out of their scalp and would rather opt for a second rate substitute, contributes into perpetuating the problem.

It is a problem, and the first step to solving a problem is admission.

Why is the black hair industry a multi billion dollar industry? All of which doesn’t even go into the pockets of black people but yet who cares? As long as Nakia and Ayanna have their Indian Remy weave sewn in every 8 weeks or so they’re straight! Everyone knows this, it’s not like it’s a conspiracy theory but the only reason black women aren’t up in arms about this issue is because they’re content. The Asians are like, “we’ll have all the money and facilitate and control the entire industry but we will provide you with the products you need and the weave that you want.” And black women all respond with a resounding, “Okay!”

The Black community in this country hardly owns any infrastructure, black people are mainly consumers but yet billions of dollars can be spent on relaxers weave etc when they have perfectly good hair growing out of your scalp! It’s astonishing to me that people are this blinded and have no regards for the truth or logic. It’s astonishing to me that this is a culture. It’s astonishing to me that when a black women doesn’t relax her hair it’s called “natural hair” whereas every other ethnic group just calls it “hair”. It’s astonishing that something so basic as hair, that every human being on earth essentially has is the hardest thing for our women to accept about themselves.

This is a huge problem and a very intricate one deep rooted in so many areas but it’s undeniably a problem and the more and more people wake up and break free from what is considered the norm, the more people will follow. So I feel that the problem absolutely has to not only be addressed, but it has to be addressed in volume, front and center.

@ 56

Lol

@54, NO most men do not like women with long hair. That is a trap. Most men like women with self confidence ans self assurance. That is what messes us up. We teach men what to find beautiful. Although they have preferences, I think we should compromise and wear what we feel is beautiful.

I’m REALLLYY glad Solange is on a level MOST black women dare to go. I think she has told the raw truth that so many black women feel but don’t acknowledge because they would have to change. The sad part is the weave makes alot of us look worse, not better. I have seen many women who took off that BullSh and all the sudden you can see how beautiful they were.

Chris was right, Soalnge looked ‘typical’ beautiful with all that hair, now she looks like a real beauty. You can really see her! Black women are running after ‘typical’ beauty. It doesn’t become MOST of them.

@ Peacekeeper double right Cosign. You should wear wateva you feel comfortable in, that makes you feel good whether real or not. Wasting money aint chic its dumb.

I can see why Tyra did the show: Her show is garbage. But Oprah? Come on lets not get on that banwagon lord.

We should follow India’s example and not let some nappy hair define us hahahahaha.

We had this conversation in a Black Studies class I took last year. My hair is natural. When I say natural I mean it is not chemically relaxed or altered in anyway. I wore cornrows until the 7th grade. I did get a very mild relaxer, Just For Me, when I was in the 7th grade because I wanted to wear my hair straight. I’m glad I learned soon after that this was not the thing for me. I liked wearing the braids as well as wearing my hair straight and sometimes curly and in its natural state. At the moment my hair is flatironed but I usually wear it curly, like straight out the shower with some conditioner in it curly. And I must say I noticed that the guys on campus pay more attention to me with my curly hair than with my hair straight because it’s different and you can see your natural beauty now. If I could I would definitely wear it curly all the time because I like how my natural beauty stands out. The reason I flatiron it is because I don’t have enough time to deal with it in the morning before class. I do know how to do it, but it takes longer and can sometimes make me late for class. I’ve also noticed on my campus that the women of color, especially the upperclassmen, are going natural. A lot of women are cutting it all off and starting over. It seems that they realized it’s difficult to manage relaxed hair with no Black salons around. All of my friends are either rockin braids or a short hair cut in its natural state. Sometimes we can be mean and get at each other like whoa you need a perm, but we understand what all this means. Taking the class last year made us realize why we do things like perm, relax and straighten our hair. I believe in Chris Rock’s movie someone said “When your hair’s relaxed white people relax, when your hair is nappy white people ain’t happy.” Sadly this is true in many cases. And I’m glad that my sister’s of color are deciding to wear their natural hair on a predominately white campus.

BTW CR is a funny MF “stripper swinging from a pole”, Oprah’s hair is rich, hahahaha hilarious!

Sad though that they aren’t getting paid more for their hair damn….gotta rethink this weave thing.

Solange looks gorgeous!!!! Chris is hilarious!!!

It is a shame that Celestine put a relaxer in 4 year old Solanfge’s hair! If she was a true hairstylist ( didnt she say she had the best salon in Houston) she should have known that 4 is WAYvTOO YOUNG!

I think Solange cut her hair bc her hair was broken off, not bc it cost $50,000 a year. She shops w her sister beyonce’s black american express card anyways so she wasnt paying teh $50,000 !

Yall are haters, why cant Solange just be her own person. No one says anything about Jessica Simpsons sister Ashlee. Let this beautiful young lady get her shine! I cant wait until her new album drop!

NATURAL IS THE BEST WAY TO GO!!!… solange looks great…. like my dad and chris rock said and like i’ve always known… if you walk in a room with a fro and everyone else has long straight hair… you’re going to stand out and 9 times out 10 you’re gonna get more play than anyone else… i rock a huge fro all the time and get more guys trying to talk to me than when my hair is straight!!! i feel more like myself with the fro… it’s what works for me at this time of my life and has been working for the last few years of my life…. i feel more alive…more beautiful….more like myself….POWER TO THE NATURAL!!! lol

I KNOW, SOME OF YOU PEOPLE FACES LOOK VERY TIGHT, WHEN OPRAH REVEALED THAT WAS HER REAL HAIR. CHRIS ROCK HIMSELF WAS SKEPTICAL, UNTIL OPRAH SAID ” TOUCH IT, ” WELL THAT WHAT YOU GET FOR THINKING “ALL” BLACK WOMEN ARE BALL HEADED OR WEAR WEAVE. ITS SAD BECAUSE, I’M LATIN WITH VERY LONG, DARK BROWN, SIKLY HAIR AND PEOPLE ” ASSUME” THAT MY HAIR CAN’T BE WEAVE BECAUSE OF MY ETHNICITY. ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS IS BLACK AND HER HAIR LENGTH IS THE SAME LENGTH AS OPRAH HAIR. ALTHOUGH HER HAIR ISN’T OF A SILKY TEXTURE, HER HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL. WHY? BECAUSE HER HAIR IS THICK, FULL, FREE OF BREAKAGE AND SPLIT ENDS, AND TO ME THATS BEAUTIFUL. PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAIN WASHED BELIEVE THAT ” GOOD HAIR” IS HAIR LIKE MINE, BUT IN ACTUALLY YOU HAIR CAN QUOTE ON QUOTE ” LOOK APPEALING TO THE EYE”, BUT CAN BE A DIFFICULT TO MANAGE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LONG, THICK CURLY HAIR. THIS TYPE OF HAIR IS OFTEN TIMES FRIZZY , POOFY AND TANGLES EASILY . BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THERE ARE DIFFERENT GRADES OF CURLY WHICH RANGES FROM THE SILKIEST CURL TO THE KINKIEST CURL. IN MY COUNTRY, HAIR WASN’T A BIG “:OH MY GOD” BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF HAIR. THERE WERE A FEW WHO HAIR WAS A LITTLE COURSER OR KINKY-CURLY, BECAUSE THEY HAD AFRICAN ANCESTRY. IT WAS ONLY WHEN I CAME TO AMERICA, CERTAIN GROUPS MADE A BIG ISSUE ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE MANY BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE LONG, SILKY LONG HAIR , MANY DO HAVE EUROPEAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, SPANISH, AND ASIAN ANCESTRIES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART ” RELATIVELY” “OVERALL” BLACK.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MAJORITY OF BLACK WOMEN GO THROUGH WITH THE HAIR, I THINK IT UNFAIR THAT MANY OF THE PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET DON’T COMPLIMENT BLACK HAIR OR MADE FOR BLACK HAIR. I ANOTHER FRIEND THAT IS FROM ISRAEL, HE SAID, THAT BLACKS ARE TO SUPPOSE TO WEAR DREADS,AND HE SAID THE DID IN THE BIBLE, AND HE NAMES A MAN NAMED SAMUEL. HE SAID , “WE ARE MEANT TO WEAR OUR HAIR NATURAL, BUT AS SUCCUMB TO THE WHITE MAN VISION OF BEAUTY”, IF THIS IS SO…….ITS SAD, I SAY EMBRCE WHO YOU ARE, THEY ARE BEAUTY ON MANY LEVELS. BE UNIQUE, BE PROUD

#4: you took the words out of my very mouth…well…fingers….lol

Hair is a big damn deal because every celebrity and hood rat around the way girl wears it. What happened to the days before weave when you had to work with what God gave you. People literally cut their hair off just to weave some fake shit in. I don’t wear weave and my hair is fine. I keep it real and keep it short. I wish more people would just deal with what they have instead of going the quick route. Hair down your back in 1 hour. It’s the same reason why everyone is fat as hell because no one wants to cook anymore they just want to drive thru it to death. Especially black folks need to get it together.

“Hair” for the black community is a “BIG” deal. For those who say it isn’t must don’t know there history and the relationship it has to the mindset of black people today.

We as a people since the beging of slavery has never felt as if our hair was good enough! Today it’s so subconcious because it’s now a norm of our society. If you’re black w/ thick hair “Perm that shit, cuz it looks a mess”.

When our addiction to hair & products is keeping another race a float (asians), and we can’t even find funds to put into our own community then it’s a problem (at least for me). When black celebrities only can make white magazine covers if there hair is blonde and/or long then it’s a problem. When a 4 year old girl has to get her hair permed its a problem. When a girl doesn’t feel as pretty or confident in herself if her hair isn’t down her ass “THEN ITS A PROBLEM”.

Do what you wish with your hair but don’t feel a lack of sexy or take food out of you families mouth because of it! N that’s what is happening

Thank you Chris

BEYONCE WAKE UP ! ! GET OVER THE HAIR THING .

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LOL! MY MOMS SAYS THEY STUCK ON THEM DAMN SELFS, LOL!
AND THAT SHE’S MAD THAT OPRAH HAVING THAT DUMB SHYT, SHE NEEDS TO GE THE HELL OFF TV, SHE NOT THE QUEEN OF TALK ANYLONGER NO WONDER HER RATING ARE GOING DOWN! LOL

Anways, lol. I wanted to say that Oprah had nothing to say when Erykah Badu cut her hair off oh so many times.! Oh yea, were callin her “O” now like “B’ for Beyonce and “J/jay” for Jay-z can we say illiumianti.

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@67 69 and 70 have we met? lol I have the same exact views about hair as the three of you especially 67. I love rockin a fro but I don’t get the same respect as you. People laugh and stare hard.

For everyone saying “It’s just hair, no big deal” you all sound VERY STUPID. Black women have a sickness and yes, an addiction when it comes to hair, So much so that they perm their children’s hair as young as kindergarten age. These chemicals that you use EVERY SIX WEEKS are slowly killing you. Do the math! If you are doing it that often from a child and all through adulthood what are the effects??? The sad part is if a study proved that that poison was linked to cancer half these fools would still use it. I have nothing against weaves, wigs, extensions lacefronts etc. but perms are terrible. and I agree with Chris - kiddie perms need to be yanked off the shelves. Kiddie perms are for mothers that hate their own texture and pass that insecurity onto their daughters!!

@49 …Women of other races wear their hair straight because the majority of the time their hair is naturally straight. That’s the way it grows. Jewish, Black, biracial, or some hispanic women..our hair is not naturally straight. There is nothing wrong with a relaxer, but the focus should be on healthy hair. Black women will straighten their hair to the point of damage. A relaxer with straggly ends is NOT cute.

Are you serious……why must everything people do have to be some deep rooted subconcious thing……..why cant some people just do it because they like it…….I have never in my life put weave in my hair unless I was wearing braids and I wanted them to last longer………I only perm my hair every 4-3 months and that’s because it helps me to take care of my hair……….and not everyone looks good with a short cut…..and why do everyone think that black women cant have long hair? Also, who said other cultures dont use the same products white people get tracks they just call them extensions, other races get relaxers and perms and everything else black women do…………everyone just wants to say that its wrong and unhealthy because black women do it……….but with my perms my hair is quite healthy…….so I have good hair

smh @ people who think hair defines you! I dont see what the big deal is weave, braids, natural, perm however you want to wear you hair is up to you.. YOU know who YOU are and thats all that matters. I chose to wear weave because i like it theres no harm in that.

@39 Black women are not the only women that relax their hair to make it straight. Many Japanese women and hispanic women use chemical straighteners which was also exposed on an older episode of Oprah where she discusses what beauty means to various people across the globe. I understand that hair is an issue in the black community, however, I hate the fact that black women are widely criticized, especially by black men about our hair choices. White women perm their hair to make it curly, asian women perform surgery becuase they loathe their slanted eyes, people are getting plastic surgery in record numbers, etc.. There has always been societasl pressure for women to look “beautiful” according to societal standards amongst all cultures. I think that we (black women) are moreso criticized by black men for not having a certain hair type and then we are condemned for wearing weaves. Also, like someone else pointed out natural hair care can be just as expensive…something I know plenty about! Also, when Chris Rock raves about Oprah’s length of hair and how beautiful it is it was contradictory to his message.

Good to see black people talking our issues. The sooner we leave behind the bad effects of our trouble history the better. Solange looks great. It’s nice seeing women who don’t need long hair to feel like a real woman.

People,
nobody asked any of you for hair biographies. Jesus.
Solange, you look pretty boo.
Uhm, I frankly do not think she did it for “attention.” Really though?
Some of y’all just run off at the mouth without articulating. Sheesh..
She probably wanted to look more edgy, who knows but her?
Get over it.

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Women like “sigh” are a joke. They miss the WHOLE damn point to keep their BS logic intact. Sad. Well instead of putting words in ppl’s mouths, I’m gonna quote your dumb ass. 1st off, if you feel this topic is so redundant, WTF are you commenting on it and MULTIPLE TIMES? OMG, you’re so badass and obviously have your own identity down why not go about your business since this issue “doesn’t concern you.” Oh and please don’t use the “I was defending myself” because you’ll look even more childish for actually admitting you have something to prove to a bunch of strangers. 2nd, “she equates “strength” with being “natural”.” Hmmmm, when the hell did you become Solange’s personal mind reader and inner most feelings personified? Yea… I didn’t think you were so STFU. 3rd, “They like to feel sexy, and maybe spending $40k on hair extensions (or w/e) helps them achieve that feeling.” So WHY THE HELL are you on here bitching about ppl who see that as a PROBLEM worth speaking out against? Where the hell is your logic to imply spending that much money on ANYTHING to make you feel beautiful is ok? Girl you really have a problem if you gonna accuse ppl of having low self-esteem while defending them in the same breath. Oh are you really gonna sit here and agree the statement YOU MADE isn’t the epitomy of a serious problem? No, you probably wouldn’t because if you did your young ass wouldn’t have missed the REAL point in the 1st place ERGO others including myself wouldn’t be bitching about you. It’s f*cking sad ERGO you’re f*cking sad. Oh and stop being childish by bringing up who’s getting pointed out. Get the f*ck over because that isn’t the issue. Yes, AA’s are getting pointed out BUT by their own ppl which is how is should be. Respect starts AT HOME and if you’re own family can’t tell you when you are acting like an ass in hopes for a better you, who will?

@ 79 totally agree.

When his daughter asked him why she didn’t have good hair, Chris Rock should have said something like this…

don’t worry i have enough money for you to sort that out when you’re older so you can look like your mum, because me and the majority of black men in this country ain’t checking for no woman whose skin is too dark and hair is too nappy. look in the magazines, watch the videos, watch the films- black people love black people just as long as they don’t look too black.

Solange needs to quit pretending that this is new. She’s been rocking this under her wigs forever.

When solange walked out chris rock looked shocked at how pretty she was. almost like he wanted to say “damn dis chick is fine”!

IM SORRY BUT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE TYRA SHOW - SHE DID THIS DICUSSION ABOUT HAIR FIRST - TYRA MUST BE (SHOULD BE) REALLY SAD ABOUT THIS - OPRAH HAS ENOUGH SPOTLIGHT NOW LET MAMA TYRA SHINE - PLEEEEEEASE

Haha, I loved the thing about no white woman really having blonde hair! I’m white and brunette and have issues with all blonde people not really being blonde! I’m all about sticking to my natural colour! And it’s seriously expensive to get your roots touched up every month or whatever…I think white folks have their own sickness too people…

I think this is more how women view their physical appearance than hair. Its not only a black women issue, but all women. Like I think for whites, its hair color and I heard for in the Indian & Latin culture, light colored eyes are more favorable.

Even though I read someone didn’t like biographies, I’m about to write about my experiences. So those people don’t have to read the rest.

I was permed from age 12 to 24. I been natural almost 2 years now. I did notice a big difference the way men and some of my family members viewed me when I had long hair appearance (weaves or not), short, & natural. When I was long relaxed as a child, other girls thought I wore weave. Then in my early twenties, I got alot more attention with the long weave than the short perm from guys, regardless of my shape( skinny or thick). I had an ex boyfriend that would have a fit if I cut my hair to keep it healthy. He only cared about if I wore long weave on the outside, and it be short and unhealthy on the inside. When I transition to the natural, it wasn’t on purpose. I wanted a texturized style, but I like the transitional styles and got some great compliments, so I stayed natural. But it also kind of hurt too when I was first transitioned. But when I did the big cut, it was crazy. Guys from college asking me why I did that to my hair for and do I like my hair like that. I got positive reaction from women, except for my family. My mom still to this day wants me to go back to my short perm hair. But also, now guys I don’t know, I do get less attention, but I have more positive, respectable comments. The attention and comments bothered me when I was younger, but now I have grown and don’t care about other people opinions. So, overall, all hair can be expensive and time consuming, but if you’re happy with it, stick with it.

Solange Knowles is not getting ready to get the credit for anyone going around with their natural hair. When she models she still puts the wig on. She couldn’t get India Arie, Jill Scott, or Lauryn Hill and countless others who have been rocking natural hair since they been on the scene. Give me a break with this chick, They are going to just try make her be a superstat. I won’t acknowledge her for that.

I’m so sick of hearing about this shit. Folks wear their hair however they wanna wear it. It doesn’t mean black women are trying to be something they are not. That statement to me is just a bunch of bull. If Solange felt like she was in bondage then that’s her, but folks need to quit trying to pass that statement off on every black woman who wears a weave…that’s so general. Now since Oprah is wearing her natural hair she has so much to say about the topic GTFOH with that Oprah. You have this show which caters to predominatly middle aged white woman…like they can really understand the plight of a black woman. Hair doesn’t define black women unless we let it define us. Having color in your hair, wearing fake lashes, all that make up and every thing else isn’t natural either, so why is it just focused on hair. I’m sorry, but I don’t feel that look on Solange at all, not saying she has have to hair all weaved down her back, but that look on her I just don’t like. So has Chris Rocks wife stopped wearing all her weave too?

EVERYBODY WANTS THE INDIAN LOOK. Plastic surgery to get their cheek bones and nose shape, tanning salon to get their skin color (there are some that are very dark), they are for the most slim and curvaceous and now their hair for weave to get great texture and length. Yes because of poverty they have a few birth defects, but for the majority, they seem to be what most people want to look like minus the hair color.

GOOD TO SEE OPRAH ROCKING HER OWN HAIR.

Hair is a big deal to me… Nor does it bother me that it is… I love my REAL hair… Some years I wear it natural…. Some years I dye it… Some years (like this year) I have been wearing a weave because its less work and looks good…. Overall I love my hair and all I care about is that its healthy and I look good with that style… I understand that not everyone feels that way…. So speak out about it if you feel you must…

@58- you took the words right out of my mouth!

I permed my daughters hair at age 8 and doing that was the biggest mistake I have done as a mother and the reason behind my insanity was because I couldn’t “deal with the texture” Before perming, my daughters hair was kinky curly, thick, and long. Right now we’re both wearing our hair natural, meaning no chemicals. At the time I was uneducated about our natural hair and thought the quick fix was perming. It’s still a challenge not having a perm, but I rather deal with my natural state than to keep putting poison on my scalp and in my body. The hair topic is important in some degree. Some of these women and little girls have no hairline because of the tight braids, weaves, and perms and this is making some women and girls feel less beautiful because of the damaged and balding hairlines. It’s called Traction Alopecia and it can be corrected if the tightness of the hair is lessened.

This all sounds great and all… acceptance and pride. Well, we are not always accepted, especially by our own. I have no problem with my natural styles. However, in reality, Black men, especially men like Chris Rock rarely look twice at those who go el natural. Let’s be real here. I stated to my man that I needed to get my ends clipped and his first response was “don’t get it cut though.” Don’t get it cut though? He, like many others equate shorter hair as being less attractive than longer hair. I had another man make the statement that woman over 40 cut their hair off and lose their femininity. Although my hair is pretty long, I choose to wear a weave sometimes for convenience. Like someone else pointed out, it’s no different from wearing false eyelashes and make up. To each his own. But I won’t feel guilty for it either.

The reason why oprah is talking about hair is to promote the movie. Come on folks- its called promotion for the movie. The reason why Solo was chosen is because most of you blog reading idiots gave her such hell for doing it - Thats why she was chosen. Put 2 and 2 together and stop being dumb - its not cute

Oh brother. This shyt is getting way out of hand IMO. Hair is an accessory. It isn’t that serious. Sheesh.

Women that keep saying that “it’s just hair” or “hair is just an accessory” or “your hair doesn’t define you” are clearly missing the point or in serious need of some logic classes because your argument isn’t the least bit compelling

Those cop outs and simplifications are just that: cop outs and simplifications. You’re sugarcoating the issue and endorsing it as Okay.

If it were “just hair” then please explain to me why 80-85% of black women in this country relax their hair? If it were just a styling decision then please explain that phenomena to me

Besides since it’s “just hair” why the hell is the hair growing out of your scalp so difficult to accept

“if your hair doesn’t define you” then why do black women avoid simple life style decisions like working out because of their hair? Or simple activities like swimming?

you claim that “hair doesn’t define you” but it invariably defines us black women whether you like the truth or not. The fact that it’s a multi billion dollar industry alone and we over represent ourselves as consumers in the hair industry by an obscene amount despite the fact that we are a minority, is a mathematical phenomena. If you would like, I can devise an algorithm, an equation to illustrate to you how serious black women take their hair in comparison to other racial groups.

It’s not a coincidence that the more educated and intelligent black women become, the less likely they are to relax their hair. I feel that there is a link between intelligence and not crossing to relax and I’m willing to research it. I go to an engineering University and the vast majority of black women there do not relax their hair. I find that interesting.

I THOUGHT BEING A SINGLE MOTHER MEANT HAVING NO HELP/CONTACT FROM THE CHILD’S FATHER, U ARE DIVORCED HONEY!! ITS NOT LIKE SHE DOESNT HAVE MILLIONS IN THE BANK TO GIVE HIM ANYTHING HE EVER WANTS, JULEZ PROBABLY GOT A COUPLE MIL IN THE BANK!!! A LOT OF PPL DONT EVEN EARN $40000 -$50000 PER ANNUM AND SHE WAS SPENDING THAT ON HAIR. SHE SHOULDNT USE THAT TERM COZ SHE DOESNT KNOW THE TRUE STRUGGLE A LOT OF SINGLE MOTHER’S GO THROUGH, SHE CAN AFFORD A NANNY WHEN SHE HAS SHOWS TO DO OR WHATEVER! WAS SHE TALKIN ABOUT THE IRANIAN ELECTION WHEN IT HAPENED?? I BET SHE WASNT, SHE PROBABLY READ THAT SOMEWHERE AND FOUND ANOTHER EXCUSE TO RANT ABOUT SOMETHING ON TWITTER. AND WHAT A CONTRADICTION TINA KNOWLES.. “GOOD HAIR IS HEALTHY HAIR” U PERM THE CHILDS HAIR AT 4 YRS OLD… THATS STILL GROWING OUT OF THE BABY STAGE.

I am not my hair…

I think Oprah needs to do a SERIOUS (not silly comedy HAHA,am Xhris Rock and weaves Bullshit). Its not even funny,its an ADDITION ofr my people this whole weave,hair extension thing.

She said she got a perm at 4, but then said her mom didn’t allow perm in the house……which one is it???

I think it’s PATHETIC that black women wear weave
like they don’t have hair on their heads. Lol. Look,
my sister went and got a lace front or whatever the
hell you want to call it and the woman asked me if I
was up next! I was like “No…” I don’t want that ugly
B.S. in my head. I have medium length hair, it’s getting
long and I LOVE it.

So sad. The woman told my sister “You sure you want
that Yaki hair?” That’s like the texture of our hair permed…
like there’s something wrong with the texture of black hair.
I’m not gonna be a part of this SELF HATRED. I HAVE self esteem.

It matters cuz i am trying to teach my 9 yr old daughter that her natural hair that has never been relaxed/permed or anything is beautiful and is not NAPPY….NAPPY is not in our vocabulary….

I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS POSTED AND DISAGREE WITH MANY. THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT GOING NATURAL IS THE KEY NEED TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT THERE SAYING. AS A BLACK WOMAN MYSELF I HAVE TRIED GOING NATURAL AND FOUND THIS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT. (A) STYLING NATURAL HAIR IS LIMITED, ITS EITHER YOU DREAD IT, ROCK AN AFRO OR DO TWISTIES WHICH ARE ALL TIME CONSUMING 4 TO 6 HRS TO BE EXACT SOME EVEN OVER NIGHT. (B) SOME NATURAL STYLES ARE NOT EXCEPTED OR EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY AND IN GENERAL (ONLY AFROS AND DREADS I HAVE COME TO NOTICE).OLDER WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION GOING NATURAL (C) MEN LOOK AT YOU DIFFERENTLY EXAMPLE : MY BEST FRIEND OFTEN WEARS HER HAIR IN BREADS. ONE DAY SHE DECIDES TO GO NATURAL BY ROCKING AN AFRO. THE GUYS WHO USED TO WORSHIP THE GROUND SHE WALKED ON IN CLASS AND AT WORK STOP TALKING TO HER. ONE GUY WENT AS FAR AS TO ASK HER IF SHE WAS WEARING HER HAIR THAT WAY BECAUSE SHE HAD NO MONEY TO GET IT DONE EVEN OFFERING TO PAY FOR IT. WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED MEN OUT OF THESE TWO ENVIRONMENTS SHE WAS GREETED WITH THE BLACK POWER FIST OR “HEY SISTAH” “RESPECT”. THE GUY SHE WAS DATING STARTED ACTING FUNNY SAYING HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HER HAIR THAT WAY. I HAD SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. WHITE MEN TREATED US AS IF WE WHERE SOME KIND OF FETISH OR EXPERIMENTS. (D) FINDING A NATURAL HAIR SALON TO TEND TO OR TEACH US HOW TO CARE FOR OR NATURAL DOS BESIDES LOCKING AND TWISTING IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO A WOMAN WHO STARTED A NATURAL HAIR SCHOOL IN CHICAGO SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE PRACTICE IS BECOMING EXTINCT. SHE ALSO CLAIMED THAT BECAUSE THERE IS MORE OF A DEMAND FOR CHEMICAL TREATED HAIR OR WEAVING ETC.(MORE MONEY) THERE IS LESS OF AN INTEREST IN THE SALON WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR ( WHICH CAUSES LIMITED NATURAL HAIR STYLES AND A DECLINE IN THE NEED OF NATURAL SALONS AND, OR HAIR CARE PRODUCTS). (E) THE PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET TODAY ARE GEARED TOWARDS MAINTAINING WEAVED AND CHEMICALLY TREATED HAIR ETC. OTHER THAN MISS JESSY’S CURLY PUDDING AND CAROLS DAUGHTER THERE ISN’T MUCH OUT THERE FOR KINKY OR NATURAL HAIR. IF THESE THINGS CHANGE I MAY RECONSIDER PERMING, FLAT IRONING AND GO BACK TO BEING NATURAL. UNTIL THEN I’M STICKING TO PERMS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO ROCK DREADS, AFROS OR TWISTIES.
P.S. THIS IS FROM RESEARCH DONE WHEN I WENT NATURAL AND FORM MY OWN EXPERIENCES BEING NATURAL. WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE OPRAH SHOW IS ONLY THE SURFACE OF THE ISSUE IT GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. HAIR IS NOT JUST HAIR.

@Anonymous

Please quit deluding yourself how can you make a statement that “styling natural hair is limited” when it is probably one of the most dynamic ways to wear your hair.
I can go from a full out Afro to bone straight hair if I so chose, Is that not versatile?

There’s a plethora of natural hairstyles posted all over the web, too many!
How can you quantify something so dynamic into a simple ignorant statement like that?

Anyone that doesn’t “accept” my natural hair is probably uneducated, and uncultured so I wouldn’t probably be conversing with them anyway. Furthermore I’ve found that black people say negative things about natural hair because of their own inferiority complex.
Black people feel their innate hair texture is unattractive and not socially accepted, it takes a strong and willing mind to break free from those bonds.

Any man that won’t accept me for the way I was made won’t accept the fact that I don’t chemically alter my hair is probably not in my dating pool to begin with. Mainly because I date intelligent men who are objective about beauty that would rather see black women rocking their natural hair.

STOP MAKING EXCUSES
People who want to do something find a way, others find excuses.

Don’t sit here and give excuses about why you won’t go natural, nobody wants to entertain it. I was very ignorant when I began my natural journey but using the web as a key tool, I was educated immensely about natural hair and I fell in love with it and I will never look back.
Within one year my hair has shown way more growth then it has ever did when I was damaging it, oops I meant relaxing it.

Why don’t you get educated before you start spewing nonsense

Furthermore, I can give you like 25 Youtube accounts where the women there give tutorials about how to do SEVERAL natural hairstyles that aren’t “twists and afros”

I don’t know where you got your natural hair information from but I’m not at all impressed.

I cannot believe how many people missed the point. We, black women, rate our self-worth with our hair– and if we don’t our men do. If I’m dating a white guy, he could care less about whether or not I’ve gotten a relaxer, but let that be a black or spanish guy and it is on. Don’t cut your hair and God forbid you choose not to get a relaxer.
I’ve been natural for a little over a year now and it really has been a liberating journey. I used to model and they TELL you to keep your hair straight (usually via weave, you can keep your hair natural underneath– just don’t let it show) and to stay out of the sun. If you are not already naturally very dark they do not want you to take a chance and become very dark. To them, it doesn’t sell.

I could identify with every worth Solange said. It’s completely liberating and I love it. I don’t knock the girls who still use a relaxer, I only dropped the relaxer because I did not feel like dying early for some straight hair. Absorption exists, it really is that simple.

I don’t feel any animosity towards women that choose to relax their hair and I’m annoyed when they give me attitude about not relaxing my hair, as if I’m about to launch a anti-relaxer campaign on them. I still wear full head sew ins sometimes and I used to wear them all the time when I was growing my hair out. The point that Solange made was that she now feels she has a CHOICE. To each his/her own. But for me, it was about learning to love my hair (which I’d never really paid much attention to), realizing that the same guys still notice me with or without straight hair, and learning to love ALL of me.
It’s a good sign that everyone (under the age of 25?) is talking is going, “It’s not that serious.” I only hope that everyone is sincere.

OMG!! ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS… SHE STILL LOOKS DUMB WIT OR WITOUT HAIR!! SHE WILL NEVER BE BEYONCE THATS WHY SHE CUT HER HAIR OFF SO SHE CAN GET ATTENTION.. DAMN SUM PPL ARE SOO DESPERATE!

“Solange talking about being a single mother…like, what does that have to do with her choice to go natural? ”
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Absolutely nothing! She doesn’t work 9-5 like the rest of us. She has nanny’s etc. She is seen plenty without her son. Good for her,but we are not in the same lane. It would have been much better if they just had a regular working mom’s there.. I still don’t get why Solange was there.

@ANA…STFU! Seriously. You are like a broken record-except you are more played out. I swear,they must of banned you from the latina boards. I can see why. You are annoying as hell!!

@ANA…You aren’t black! Your assumptions are just that. Please don’t speak for the black woman or assume what we are thinking. For the last time,don’t yell. Haven’t you learned by now you can’t type in capital letters? Then again,you are the same fool who keeps telling us your business and we keep telling you we don’t give a shyt.

Please tell me why Solange felt the need to get a nose job since she’s celebrating her black/natural roots?

“Also, when Chris Rock raves about Oprah’s length of hair and how beautiful it is it was contradictory to his message.”
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THANK YOU! Chris doesn’t believe his own message,muchless understand it. These celebrities are all full of it.

@99…I wear my hair however I feel. It it usually natural,but if I feel like perming it I will. I am known at work for having lots of different hair styles. I’m from the Caribbean and have always loved the water and my hair has never stopped me from jumping in the pool and doing a few laps on a hot day. I love fashion in general and thankfully my mother didn’t raise me to be overly conscious about my hair. My mother also has natural hair and doesn’t wear make-up(neither do I). My girlfriends of 30+ years are also natural,but like me mix it up once in a while,so life doesn’t get boring.

A question for ladies who wear fake nails. Do you all cook?

this is real interesting, a couple of months ago my history teacher mentioned the reason why most black people have short hair is because of the region where we originated (AFRICA) can you imagine running from a lion and your hair get caught up and tangled in a tree? So we were given short hair to save our life! Not to say some are blessed with long hair, but that is the reason, the whites on the other maybe needed longer hair to keep thier head warm in them freezing climates that they originated, just a little fact to through in the boiling pot.

To 115, how is the fact that Chris admires Oprah’s REAL,
acutually long hair length a contradiction, she grew her
own hair out of her scalp and it’s long and it’s thick as heck
and healthy….nothing wrong with that. The point is why weave it?

Why not grow your own?

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