To often we say wearing weaves, wigs, braids etc its all about feeling good and to look pretty. Now the question is "Are you really happy with yourself?" if yes, then why feel the need to wear all these synthetic hairs? drop your comment let's hear your views :).
Comments on video. I have like 3 videos addressing this hair issue. Setting the record straight. This would be my part 3.
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I think most people are just curious rather than to be negative and some aren't hating but want to understand to why cant you feel completely pleased with out all these synthetic fibers.
ReplyDeleteYou state that "We are Black we feel good enough". How is that so yet you still feel the need to complete you satisfactions by having braids on or weave? In this context what is to feel good exactly?
hello Performing the Self.... you ask this question without pointing out that weaves and wigs as well as straightening are results of afrophobic racism imparted on Africans by Europeans. There is a photo of a European standing behind a walls of severed and preserved African heads, each one donning short to long dreadlocks. It seems the further back in time you go, the more hair Africans grew, the more elaborate the hairstyles too. It looks like hairstyles also fetched higher pries for head hunters who used these heads in racialist scientific experiments and showcased them much like hobby hunters take photos with their kills. the more unique the animal, the more impressive the kill and final preserved product.
ReplyDeleteAfricans worldwide now suffer from a serious identity crisis the likes of which have no match in any other part of the world. People in Melanesia with the exact same texture of hair as Africans do not seem to suffer from this problem most likely because they were not approached by Europeans in the same way Africans were, which was with a seething contempt. Fijians take pride in their "buiniga" (afro) hairstyle. Even adorning it with tropical flowers.
Africa is unique in that it is the only place in the world for which species-like terminology is used to refer to people and regions of the continent. For example "black Africa" but no "uyellow asia" "brown asia" or even "red asia". Another example, the hypercategorization of African human beings based on even slightly different facial features or height differences, whereas other parts of the world are not subject to such intense divisions. It has come to the point where there are even anthropological SUB-races for Africans.... Why? Why do this to the first and oldest human populations? Why not do this to Asians which have, in my opinion, a wider range of stark physical differences between its populations? Including hair type?
African hair to this day is demonized so strongly, many are so ashamed of their hair that they resort to fake hair to avoid the crippling mental health issues that come along with being portrayed and treated as the Antichrist by dominant societies (Europe, Europe's colonial offspring such as America, etc).
A revolution in natural hair however, is fighting back, and more women AND men of African extraction around the globe are reclaiming their right to wear their real hair as any other human being does in every other corner of the planet.
Men for far too long have been forced to shave their heads for jobs, whereas white, Asian and Amerindian men were NOT required to do so. It has led to an enforced baldness that makes it hard to tell what kind of genes men have (thick healthy hair or male pattern baldness? how do you know with a totally shiny head?).
Also, the slave trade. African hair became associated with enslaved Africans, the only Africans foreign people came in contact with. When the only time foreign people see your skin color and hair are when you are treated as a second class subhuman, suddenly your skin and hair become synonymous with utter depression and worthlessness.
THANK GOD the natural hair revolution is taking place. Now everyone wants to imitate African hairstyles as well, which is a whole other issue.
The real question is, WHEN will Africans stop being so afrophobic and start promoting their own beauty standards and start rejecting those of Eurasia? The problem is not individual women but the intolerant, hateful and nauseating cultural machinations put in place to degrade their self worth through their hair and skin. The real question is not why but when. We all know why. But when will Africans stop groveling like slaves and start rejecting the foolishness of postcolonial insanity?