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Posts Tagged ‘Black Hair History’

Why do Black Women Straighten their Hair?

This is a question that I’ve been pondering over for the last few weeks. As I go out day to day on my way to work I observe my surroundings and what catches my eye is what I have a passion for: African American hair. I noticed how many women wore weaves and wigs, but [...]

Real & Fake – Black Women & Weaves

In my personal blog life I like to read a couple other interesting blogs and one woman’s blog I read had a discussion about black women and weaves. I myself pointed out how not only do black women use weave, but when we relax our hair not knowing where this practice originates from. You can [...]

African American Women Whom HATE Natural Hair

I was walking to my job the other day because I left my purse at work by accident and a van happened to drive by with a African American woman whom took it upon herself to scream derogatory remarks at me. I couldn’t quite hear everything she said, but I did hear the word “crackhead”. [...]

Natural Hair: I must go straight!

Today’s article is going to tackle the issue of why natural women believe that when it’s a special occasion, they must reach for the pressing comb or flat iron. Some natural women believe that their hair isn’t as pretty unless it’s straight. The reason I come to this conclusion is because when I was looking [...]

Good Hair Movie Review

With all the planning of my wedding(which will be on the day this article is published) I was finally able to sneak out and see the “Good Hair” movie produced by Chris Rock where his daughter questioned him to why she didn’t have good hair. The movie was educational to women whom are ignorant to [...]