Why do black people straighten their hair if non-black people can't get corn row/ box braid/ whatever you consider a "black" hairstyle
why do white people always try to make this non-point false equivalence when they know these are two completely different realities that don’t compare on any plane whatsoever
white people not only make black people hate their hair at an individual emotional level but literally at a systemic level in which black people are and have been for the last century unable to get jobs, attend colleges, enlist in the armed forces, etc. because of the treatment of their natural hair. there literally is nothing white people have to compare…
white people are not getting box braids because they feel pressured to, or out of fear that they won’t have access to a job or anything, but instead because they know it’s an “edgy black people thing” that they’re doing to be counter culture and subversive. there is literally no pressure on earth for anyone INCLUDING BLACK PEOPLE to worship or utilize Black hairstyles or Black hair in its natural state and you fucking know it. It’s literally the complete opposite for white hair. grow up
white people are not gelling down baby hairs for social mobility or financial security or comfort or assimilation.
why do black women feel the need to wear weave?
History Lesson: History Lesson : Why Women Of Color In The 1800s Were Banned From Wearing Their Hair Out In Public
BGLH writes:
“Did you know that in late 18th century Louisiana, black and multiracial women were ordered to cover their hair in public?”
Ciara’s “Inelegant” New Hairstyle And The Politics Of Black Hair
Man Sues Railroad After Co-Worker Cuts His Dreadlocks
Faith Christian Academy: Confront guilty students for bullying; not fault victims for wearing their hair in its natural state
A 7-year-old Tulsa girl was sent home form her elementary school because her dreadlocks were too much of a distraction, Fox 23 News Tulsa reports.
Ohio School Apologizes; Lifts Ban on Afro Puffs and Braids
visual-volume forced to cut locs
Milwaukee teacher cuts off little girl’s natural hair as punishment, throws it away in front of her
credit to black—lamb
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12 year old Vanessa VanDyke is being threatened with expulsion from Faith Christian Academy in Orlando unless she cuts her natural hair.
Read the ads
“MEN WHO GO PLACES” “WAS IT HER RESUME OR HER RELAXER?” white people don’t have ads telling them “you will not be successful in life unless you have cornrows and box braids with gelled down baby hairs” because that isn’t the case. address this in the context of reality, maybe???
Also white people don’t own the claims to straight hair. Even though they have tried to and force people into assimilation, through creating and reinforcing hegemonic beauty ideals and standards that play into laws and social interactions. it’s not theirs! Anyone can grow straight hair, the shit is not theirs!
