Comments on: All the Way from Hair to There

By: Taqiyya

Taqiyya — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:10:31 +0000

I grew up right here in America. I am a light skinned black female with very course or “nappy” hair. SInce I was a child I was taunted about my hair and a hair dresser once asked how someone so light had such nappy hair. A very early memory I have as a child is trying to put my hair into two ponytails and taking huge scissors to cut out the naps in the middle! I ended up in elementary school with most of my hair cut off after that incident. I am very emotionally attached to not using chemicals in my hair. I don’t think black women that do perm or weave their hair are all doing it to try looking white but I have a problem when we are doing it because we think our natural hair is ugly! My favorite t shirt says “I have good hair, I got African in my family!”

By: Wanjiru

Wanjiru — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:37:32 +0000

I totally agree with this because my hair is now in kinky mode or what is called in here “nappy” . I keep it that way because I do work out alot and it is cheap.Yes the perms, curling and what have you can be expensive and for a woman like me who is trying to save a few pennies, then my nappy hair accomodates that.Nice article!

By: April

April — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:17:26 +0000

I’m a black American from NC yet now living in WA state. Like other women in my family I have wavy curly hair that to whites is considered “wild” and to blacks “good hair”. As long as a person’s hair is neat and tidy, it really shouldn’t matter what a person chooses to do with it. And can a certain someone stop asking what I have in my hair?! It’s au natural! Get over it!